Studying Kills Socialization Opprotunties, It Seems 3
Random Tale
The Story-Bound
Gripes About a Teacher, and a Secret Request
This was a good opportunity for Hachiman to learn about one of the girls of the Service Club without any interference. And what better way to break the ice than to complain about their mutual meddler?
"So she's even busier than Hiratsuka-Sensei?" he inquired.
"Watanabe has work daily, near-weekly family obligations, Service Club attendance when her family hasn't called her for personal business, general studies, and a focus on Japanese to catch up on our level," Yukinoshita explained. "Of course, with yours and Watanabe's personalities, I believe that Hiratsuka is a close contender."
"She'd be waiting for me out the front gate if I tried to skip Service Club," Hachiman admitted. "And her choice of anime and manga… she's a teenager in an adult's body."
"She shows her age with her references," Yukinoshita agreed. "Even an exchange student 'living in the past', as they put it, don't know half of the media that she mentions."
"Well, why did she rope you into the Service Club?" Hachiman inquired.
"I wanted to be in a club where no one was jealous of me," the girl admitted. "Combined with one of my status, it was only natural to revive the club that is meant to help others once Hiratsuka-Sensei showed me the clubroom."
"So you simply went along with she said?" the boy asked.
"Hiratsuka-Sensei may be a meddler," Yukinoshita explained, "but she has good intentions. Neither myself or Watanabe felt a need to go against her in that regard."
"So you just bow to authority?" Hachiman asked. "Sounds like you just go along with whatever those in charge want you to do."
The girl glared at him. "That's the way of the world, isn't it?" she countered. "If you don't 'bow to authority', as you put it, you will not be able to get along in society."
With that, she decided to end the conversation by turning her attention to her book again.
She wanted the conversation to end, apparently, so Hachiman decided just to drop it for the time being. There was a quick glance at the cover of her book (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens), and then he returned to his own book, actually paying attention to what the page said instead of just using it to disguise his own thoughts.
Minutes ticked by, the two club members engrossed in their thoughts, until the door to the clubroom slid open.
"Checking in how you are doing," Hiratsuka-Sensei growled, walking into the room.
"A knock…" Yukinoshita reminded, turning towards the teacher.
Hachiman, on the other hand, turned his gaze towards Hiratsuka's clothes. "Are those fish scales and ice bits?"
"You're clearly imagining things," came her reply, brushing a hand over her outfit, sending loose scales and bits of ice to the floor. "Is he behaving himself, Yukino?"
"He is behaving better than a few of my classmates," came the icy girl's reply. "But with their personalities, it isn't too much of a high bar to clear."
"I prefer to think of it as self-preservation," Hachiman admitted. Really, doing anything to Yukinoshita would be begging for a disaster at that point.
"I told you," Hiratsuka-Sensei reminded the two, "you can trust in his low-level creepiness."
"Did you just come to run salt on our wounds?" the lone male inquired.
"I actually came with a request," the teacher admitted. "The other request that Yukino didn't fulfill last year."
"I suspect Watanabe's family and job are preventing me from completing it," Yukinoshita countered.
"If you received a request," Hachiman asked, "why didn't you ask Watanabe-san for help with it?"
"Because it involves Watanabe Morika," Hiratsuka-Sensei explained. "If she found out, she would likely make it more difficult to complete it. Her personality is twisted, and I want you to correct that character so that she can function in society in either Japan or America."
[o] Request: Untwist Wata-
"I'm not taking no for an answer," the teacher stated. "Between your own twisted personality, Hikigaya, and your self-preservation, you should be able to force a change without risking your life."
"You make it sound like she's dangerous," Hachiman replied.
Hiratsuka scoffed. "Don't get hurt," she warned, before walking out the door.
"That was unfortunately ominous," Hikigaya Hachiman stated.
"Watanabe doesn't like people prying into her family or work," Yukinoshita explained. "I doubt you'll have better results than myself in fixing her."
"She's your friend, isn't she?" Hachiman inquired. "Aren't you concerned about her?"
"I am," the girl admitted. "But I can only do so much with Morika refusing to let anyone near the issues that I believe are causes for her mindset. As long as people aren't trying to kill her, she doesn't care about her reputation."
The school bell rang, and Yukinoshita put her book in her bag. "I hope you can succeed where I haven't," the girl stated. "I doubt you will."
With that, she walked out of the room.
Hiratsuka Shizuka will remember this.
Yukinoshita Yukino will remember this.
Dawn: Influence Reset
The days passed, and homework had picked up. It wasn't just a one night light workload and done, but he had to ration it over the course of several days. Still, there was some time for him to himself at night and a smidgen at school…
Apocalypse Tome Progress (3/??)
- Unification of the Warlord (3/4)
- Rebellion of the Archer (0/4)
- Scheme of the Merchant (0/4)
- Fall of the Farmer (0/4)
- Legacy of the Ruler (0/3)
- Index of the Forgotten (0/1) (Unknown languages, can't read)
Academic Bargain Progress:
- Arithmetic: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- English Foreign Language: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- History: +1 (Int) (0/1)
- Home Economics: +2 (Wis) (0/1)
- Japanese: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- Physical Education: +1 (Con) (0/1)
- Physics: +1 (Int) (0/1)
Challenge of Service:
Hikigaya: 0
Watanabe: 0
Yukinoshita: 0
Requests Completed: 0
Votes for this section must be in plan format.
[X] Plan (Write-In):
- [X] School: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 1: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 2: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 3: (Write-In)
- [X] MAXX Coffee Action?: (Write-In)
This was a good opportunity for Hachiman to learn about one of the girls of the Service Club without any interference. And what better way to break the ice than to complain about their mutual meddler?
"So she's even busier than Hiratsuka-Sensei?" he inquired.
"Watanabe has work daily, near-weekly family obligations, Service Club attendance when her family hasn't called her for personal business, general studies, and a focus on Japanese to catch up on our level," Yukinoshita explained. "Of course, with yours and Watanabe's personalities, I believe that Hiratsuka is a close contender."
"She'd be waiting for me out the front gate if I tried to skip Service Club," Hachiman admitted. "And her choice of anime and manga… she's a teenager in an adult's body."
"She shows her age with her references," Yukinoshita agreed. "Even an exchange student 'living in the past', as they put it, don't know half of the media that she mentions."
"Well, why did she rope you into the Service Club?" Hachiman inquired.
"I wanted to be in a club where no one was jealous of me," the girl admitted. "Combined with one of my status, it was only natural to revive the club that is meant to help others once Hiratsuka-Sensei showed me the clubroom."
"So you simply went along with she said?" the boy asked.
"Hiratsuka-Sensei may be a meddler," Yukinoshita explained, "but she has good intentions. Neither myself or Watanabe felt a need to go against her in that regard."
"So you just bow to authority?" Hachiman asked. "Sounds like you just go along with whatever those in charge want you to do."
The girl glared at him. "That's the way of the world, isn't it?" she countered. "If you don't 'bow to authority', as you put it, you will not be able to get along in society."
With that, she decided to end the conversation by turning her attention to her book again.
She wanted the conversation to end, apparently, so Hachiman decided just to drop it for the time being. There was a quick glance at the cover of her book (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens), and then he returned to his own book, actually paying attention to what the page said instead of just using it to disguise his own thoughts.
Minutes ticked by, the two club members engrossed in their thoughts, until the door to the clubroom slid open.
"Checking in how you are doing," Hiratsuka-Sensei growled, walking into the room.
"A knock…" Yukinoshita reminded, turning towards the teacher.
Hachiman, on the other hand, turned his gaze towards Hiratsuka's clothes. "Are those fish scales and ice bits?"
"You're clearly imagining things," came her reply, brushing a hand over her outfit, sending loose scales and bits of ice to the floor. "Is he behaving himself, Yukino?"
"He is behaving better than a few of my classmates," came the icy girl's reply. "But with their personalities, it isn't too much of a high bar to clear."
"I prefer to think of it as self-preservation," Hachiman admitted. Really, doing anything to Yukinoshita would be begging for a disaster at that point.
"I told you," Hiratsuka-Sensei reminded the two, "you can trust in his low-level creepiness."
"Did you just come to run salt on our wounds?" the lone male inquired.
"I actually came with a request," the teacher admitted. "The other request that Yukino didn't fulfill last year."
"I suspect Watanabe's family and job are preventing me from completing it," Yukinoshita countered.
"If you received a request," Hachiman asked, "why didn't you ask Watanabe-san for help with it?"
"Because it involves Watanabe Morika," Hiratsuka-Sensei explained. "If she found out, she would likely make it more difficult to complete it. Her personality is twisted, and I want you to correct that character so that she can function in society in either Japan or America."
"I'm not taking no for an answer," the teacher stated. "Between your own twisted personality, Hikigaya, and your self-preservation, you should be able to force a change without risking your life."
"You make it sound like she's dangerous," Hachiman replied.
Hiratsuka scoffed. "Don't get hurt," she warned, before walking out the door.
"That was unfortunately ominous," Hikigaya Hachiman stated.
"Watanabe doesn't like people prying into her family or work," Yukinoshita explained. "I doubt you'll have better results than myself in fixing her."
"She's your friend, isn't she?" Hachiman inquired. "Aren't you concerned about her?"
"I am," the girl admitted. "But I can only do so much with Morika refusing to let anyone near the issues that I believe are causes for her mindset. As long as people aren't trying to kill her, she doesn't care about her reputation."
The school bell rang, and Yukinoshita put her book in her bag. "I hope you can succeed where I haven't," the girl stated. "I doubt you will."
With that, she walked out of the room.
Hiratsuka Shizuka will remember this.
Yukinoshita Yukino will remember this.
Dawn: Influence Reset
The days passed, and homework had picked up. It wasn't just a one night light workload and done, but he had to ration it over the course of several days. Still, there was some time for him to himself at night and a smidgen at school…
Apocalypse Tome Progress (3/??)
- Unification of the Warlord (3/4)
- Rebellion of the Archer (0/4)
- Scheme of the Merchant (0/4)
- Fall of the Farmer (0/4)
- Legacy of the Ruler (0/3)
- Index of the Forgotten (0/1) (Unknown languages, can't read)
Academic Bargain Progress:
- Arithmetic: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- English Foreign Language: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- History: +1 (Int) (0/1)
- Home Economics: +2 (Wis) (0/1)
- Japanese: +2 (Int) (0/2)
- Physical Education: +1 (Con) (0/1)
- Physics: +1 (Int) (0/1)
Challenge of Service:
Hikigaya: 0
Watanabe: 0
Yukinoshita: 0
Requests Completed: 0
Votes for this section must be in plan format.
[X] Plan (Write-In):
- [X] School: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 1: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 2: (Write-In)
- [X] Personal 3: (Write-In)
- [X] MAXX Coffee Action?: (Write-In)
Actions:
- (Activity) with (Person or Group)
- Explanation: Attempt to use a time slot to perform an activity with the designated person. The other person might not always be available, in which case Hachiman will likely try to do the activity themselves.
- Explanation: Attempt to use a time slot to perform an activity with the designated person. The other person might not always be available, in which case Hachiman will likely try to do the activity themselves.
- Explore Chiba
- Explanation: Has Hachiman discover new locations to visit in Chiba, on top of visiting one of those locations; thread discussion makes the likelihood of discovering relevant locations more likely.
- Explanation: Has Hachiman discover new locations to visit in Chiba, on top of visiting one of those locations; thread discussion makes the likelihood of discovering relevant locations more likely.
- Read Apocalypse Tome (Section)
- Explanation: Has Hachiman read the next (readable) part of the designated section of the Apocalypse Tome. You can read multiple parts of the same section during a time skip, up to the maximum number of times to complete said section.
- Known Choices: Unification of the Warlord, Rebellion of the Archer, Scheme of the Merchant, Fall of the Farmer, Legacy of the Ruler
- Explanation: Has Hachiman read the next (readable) part of the designated section of the Apocalypse Tome. You can read multiple parts of the same section during a time skip, up to the maximum number of times to complete said section.
- Sleep
- Explanation: Have Hachiman spend the designated slot sleeping, either sleeping in the Service Club or going to bed early. Grants a +1 bonus to the next d20 Hachiman makes in the next section due to rest (multiple slots spent sleeping don't increase the bonus, but merely extends it to another roll). Can't be taken if the MAXX Coffee action is used for anything other than (None).
- Explanation: Have Hachiman spend the designated slot sleeping, either sleeping in the Service Club or going to bed early. Grants a +1 bonus to the next d20 Hachiman makes in the next section due to rest (multiple slots spent sleeping don't increase the bonus, but merely extends it to another roll). Can't be taken if the MAXX Coffee action is used for anything other than (None).
- Socialize with (Person or Group) about (Subject)
- Explanation: Has Hachiman talk with the designated person or group about the designated subject. Remember people react to different subjects differently, and might respond differently based on which time slot the interaction falls under (if they can't speak face to face, Hachiman will call them).
- Known People: Hikigaya Komachi (Anytime), Hiratsuka Shizuka (School Only), Watanabe Morika (School Only), Yukinoshita Yukino (School Only), the Hikigaya Parents (Personal Only)
- Explanation: Has Hachiman talk with the designated person or group about the designated subject. Remember people react to different subjects differently, and might respond differently based on which time slot the interaction falls under (if they can't speak face to face, Hachiman will call them).
- Study (Subject)
- Explanation: Has Hachiman study a subject. In addition to improving the odds of success in the Academic Bargain, it might have other benefits elsewhere…
- Known Choices: Arithmetic, English Foreign Language, History, Home Economics, Japanese, Physical Education, Physics
- Explanation: Has Hachiman study a subject. In addition to improving the odds of success in the Academic Bargain, it might have other benefits elsewhere…
- Visit Chiba Location: (Location)
- Explanation: Visit the designated location. As more of Chiba is learned about, the more locations open up.
- Known Choices: Angel's Landing (Sketchy Store), Chiba Library, Chiba Konbini (Convenience Store), Chiba Mall, Chiba Train Station, Soubou High School (Personal Only)
- Explanation: Visit the designated location. As more of Chiba is learned about, the more locations open up.
- (Write-In)
- Explanation: Want to try something else that's not listed here? Feel free to write it in, and Hachiman will likely give it an attempt. Note that blatantly stupid actions (like telling Hachiman to kill himself) will most likely be ignored and wasted.
