The Perfectly Normal High School: A Slice of Life Quest! (Defunct)

[X] Plan Aftermath

This is, essentially, everything I want to do. The Forums seem like an issue, and I think we're supposed to be logging a bunch of INT boosters to get ours stats up for tests, but I guess I'm not worried.

Hopefully the bandwagon will get a sooner vote close and a sooner update
 
Basically Dreamer wants to be the Templars during the French Revolution in the AC universe.

Also, I wonder if they're someone we know. This last log was pretty darned suspicious, to me. But I don't know what I'm suspicious of. Just that I'm suspicious. Could it actually be Dorima in disguise? Could she be... A stealth waifu?
 
[X] Plan Aftermath

I like more Hana in our lives. Thanks, Karne.
 
Hm, personally, I'd rather leave talking to Yumika for after school, when we can use the free Chat action we get from Shinohara's phone.
 
"Wha - oh. Right! If you say so…" Yumika took the slip of paper. Her eyes briefly sparkled in intrigue. The way her pupils dilated seemed to be telling him that she knew exactly what he was doing - or was that just him being paranoid?
*sigh*
The best use we could have got out of a newly acquired rediscovered skill, and one of our friends got a Mastery in it, while the other can taste our insincerity. Just our luck.
Why am I so sure of something like this… I'm guessing. I'm making assumptions.
One man's assumptions is another man's working hypothesis. To assume is to think and extrapolate existing facts to make a prediction.
There is never a problem with making assumptions, just with their quality.
But then… I feel like I know that was the best thing I could have done…

Confirmation bias? It must have been confirmation bias.
Well I certainly hope it isn't deja vu! That'd be some backstory, and a perfectly ordinary highschooler can't have that!
Negated if the target of a MANIPULATE action knows that Silas is a Manipulator
It clearly works for Yumika. How many levels of Manipulate is she on?
Be safe, be subtle, be cool.
Safety, subtlety, style. The S-3 of any self-respecting conspiracy!
So long as I am here, you have nothing to fear. Your darkest secrets are safe.
And of course she would not elaborate what he has to hide. Grrr.
Subforum Toxicity: Simmering -- > French Revolution - ing (!!)
I know this was written a while ago, but it cracks me up all the same.
DreamerLuci: i get to keep MY job
Excuse me, what is your job that you are ready to shell out 10K to keep it?
DreamerLuci: ugh i hate people with principles
WHAT IS YOUR JOB!? :o
YamiOtako: There is a terms of service?
Ladies and Gentlemen, Silas the Moderator. Let no written rules bind you even as you enforce them!
...does our job even legally count as one?
The last thing he did for the night was promise himself he'd find a different SynthetiMusician some time in the future. He was starting to get tired of the same voice over and over again…
Oi oi, it's your Big Sister's voice! Well, it's actually the other way around, but if you are tired of one...

Will make an actual vote in a few hours, but...
I think Yumika will appreciate us showing concern for our (her) friends - I think I've said that before. Plus, she's the easiest to talk to, which means a high chance of something positive coming out of the interaction. I also think her closet skellies aren't going to come out until close friends, so I kind of want to make sure we get there as soon as is reasonable with everything else on our plate.
I think we should give the two some space and keep talking about things unrelated to the event, then get Hana to come over for studying (it's a legitimate pretext), then try to get the story out of her.

And then see what we can do about it.

...why the Library, and not (either of) our homes? We live within 10 minutes of each other, would in not be much more convenient for either of us to come over? The library is still a public place with a lot of people, even if they aren't talking to you much. I don't think it's an environment conducive to Hana's studying.
 
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We still have that malus against social actions in our home from Tales of Merika. Qhile geeking out in front of Hana might score us a funny scene, I don't think it would be very effective.
 
But we get a bonus from Dreamy, no? It pretty much offsets it for this week.

And if that trait is about our other home, we can come over to her place, I guess? I was wondering what her family must be like.
 
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Fairly certain this vote is decided. But just in case, I'll still be locking the vote at normal time on Friday, two days from now. After that, I'll be seeing you all in January! (Joking, hopefully)
 
Eye of Miyao, the WAFFy Version
"Actually… to be honest, I'm…" Silas tried to say the words he had formed in his head, but somewhere, it gets lost. He gulped. What was his excuse again? He needed an excuse. He… "I'm feeling really w-worn out… oh! And, Big Sis told me, before I left, that I should probably… I should probably g-get home before it's too late…"

"Well, in that case…" Yumika started to back off. No sense in intruding on Silas and Hana's date. "I guess I could - "

"B-But - !" Silas swallowed, and put on his best reassuring face. "I… I want you two to go on ahead, anyway, um…" He faced the attendant. "Mister, two tickets for the Eye, please…"

"Wait, Sai-kun…" Hana stepped forward, and Silas spun around, placing one of the tickets in her hand.

"I want you t-to have fun! Both of you," Silas said, forcing himself to keep his breath steady. He looked at Yumika and placed the other ticket in her hand. Yumika opened her mouth to say something - but Silas had the momentum. He had to keep it. "I owe it to both of you. Besides! I'll be uh… w-working. Online, tonight, so I'll make this back, no problem."

"You don't need to do this for us..." Hana tried.

"Do what?" Silas responded, swallowing. Hana blinked, and then she looked confused.

"You... what do you mean, 'do what'? Aren't you..."

"I d-don't really get what you mean..." Silas said hesitantly. "I-I mean, it's nothing, it's just money. H-Here, take it!" He spun around and put the ticket in Yumika's hand.

"Wha - oh. Right! If you say so…" It took a bit, but it finally clicked that Silas actually wanted them to both go on the eye together... Although Yumika wasn't sure if he wanted them to mend the broken bridges that Stupid Yumika had burnt, or if he was just aching to get to Yumika's little gift. Regardless, she decided to play along - and acting was one thing Yumika did better than anyone else she knew.

Hana sighed. She glanced wearily at Silas, before turning away. "Come on. Yumika-san. Let's… let's get this over with, already…"

"I'm following right behind you!" Yumika ran up to her.

"H-Have fun…!" Silas tried to shout, but his voice cracked.

"We will!" Yumika shot back firmly.

"I'll try…" Hana mumbled, her voice just barely rising above the wind. She waved back to Silas, shuffling her feet forward.

Yumika paused at the precipice to the Eye. Abruptly, she spun around, and she surprised Silas by nearly tackling him and grabbing his hand, shaking it firmly. "Oh, and…" her breath formed ice particulates in the air. "Thanks. For bringing us all out. I couldn't have planned something like this better mys - well, um." Okay - so she wasn't quite as good with improv. It didn't help that Sai-kun had this odd expression on his face that kind of made her want to giggle. "Point is, I… probably never would have tried to… do something like this, knowing me. Hana-chan's right. I'm stubborn." She chuckled softly. "See you around, yeah? Oh - and you should read that book." Yumika tilted her head and winked.

Silas smirked. He felt himself gripping the rectangular outline of the paperback through his trenchcoat. "You didn't h-have to be so obvious about it, I was gonna look at it anyway…"

"Ahh… I doubted Master Spy Silas. Forgive me!" Yumika laughed. "Well… time to go face judgement, I guess."

"I uh…" Silas hesitated. "Good luck. See you, Yumika-san. Thanks for coming along with us."

"Nnn." She waved him away. Go, idiot! Read the book!

It wasn't long before she was in the small cart, sat across from Shinohara, who gazed out the window with a melancholic look on her face.

"What~? Did you want to go on the Eye with Sai-kun, Hana-chan?" Yumika said teasingly the minute the attendant shut the door.

Hana pursed her lips, looking far more annoyed by the insinuation than embarrassed. "What are you trying to imply, there?"

"Eeh, the girl who can taste emotions can't tell? Well, I'm not going to spoil it for you." Hana sighed, shaking her head. She turned back to the window as the Eye of Miyao shuddered into motion, slick wheels turning with unfathomable power just to lift the two girls into the sky.

Yumika looked outside too, to the city glistening with a thin sheet of snow. Glittering skyscrapers like ice crystals rose out of the fluffy white haze, glimmering in the late afternoon sun. As the pair rose, they rose above the city, completing the impression of being inside a snowglobe which had been set down, the bottom and all it's surfaces covered in tiny sparkles. A gush of icy wind blew into the compartment, stirring Yumika's face and causing Hana to flinch and cover the side of her face without a shield of hair with one thin gloved hand.

"It's cold..." The Dream-Eater muttered.

"Yeah." Yumika said quietly, putting her chin in one hand. "...I'm sorry about what I did. It was rude of me, and not really good friend-ing."

"Good friend-ing, huh?" Shinohara scoffed slightly, although her grin had no malice in it as she drew her hand away and laid it on her lap. "You're a wizard with words, Yumika-san."

"I mean it." Yumika said, trying to flick the little burst of hurt to the back of her head, where she was pretty sure Hana couldn't sense it. Kind of. Emotions were weird.

Either way, she obviously failed, because Hana fiddled with her scarf just long enough to hide a wince. "Sorry. Well, about that. Not about..." Hana sighed. "I'm still mad at you, you know."

"I know. I'm sorry."

Hana glanced at Yumika, her one showing eye glimmering slightly in the blood red light. "I know. I just... I don't have a lot of friends, you know? Especially friends who know about my, er, condition."

"You know Rakuyama-san wouldn't judge you. Nobody in Drama would."

"You say that, but... Maybe they wouldn't knowingly do it, or might even try consciously not to do it, like you and Sai-kun do, but it's still hard."

Yumika flinched slightly. It was true, she tried not to judge Hana, but in a way, that meant she already failed from the start.

"I-it's not that I don't appreciate it. I get it, you know? I think I kind of judge myself about it sometimes; ever since I was ten I've always thought about myself as 'the weird girl who eats emotions'... So, really, I like that you and Sai-kun are so willing to... Change, to accommodate me. But it still hurts, just a little. I don't like bringing it up and calling that sort of thing down."

"Yeah, I guess." Yumika desprately wanted to turn and look out the window, or search for something to say to change the conversation topic - but she fought both urges off. This was something they both needed to do, very badly, and something Silas wanted for his friends. She couldn't fail him.

"But, yeah. I don't have a lot of friends, or even really want a lot of friends. I'm happy with just you two... Actually, I was happy with just you. Sai-kun kind of just made an impact I couldn't ignore."

"By impact, do you mean he fell on you? Was it like in an anime? Am I going to have to get my bat? Poor Sai-kun; to go to heaven, and then have me send him to hell-"

"He didn't fall on me or grope me anywhere inappropriate." Hana snapped. "Stop with that."

"Okay, okay, I'll stop!" Yumika giggled. Hana managed to keep her stern expression for only a second more, before her lips twitched into a smile.

"Man, I'm glad we caught you before you did anything too stupid." Hana said, her smile settling into something small and honest.

"...Me too. I was just so angry. I didn't really think ahead, about how it would effect you guys. I just kind of, saw red and started trying to cause chaos."

"Forget about us, what about your family?"

Yumika winced. "They'd-"

"They'd miss you. We'd all miss you."

"I'm sorry."

"I know you are. I... I forgive you. Again."

"Sheesh, you didn't have to put it that way you know?"

"This is the second time you've nearly gotten yourself killed or worse because you 'see red'."

"It's only the second time! You're too much of a hardass, Hana-chan!"

"H-Hardass?!"

"Hardass! Hardass! How do you even sit down, hardass?!"

"T-there's nothing hard about my ass!"

"Ooh, so that's where Sai-kun fell-"

"Silas Yamigawa has not and never will touch me like that-!"

"Oh no~, Sai-kun is going to be sooooo~ disappointed!"

"That's not what I meant and what do you mean disappointed?!"

"Ne ne, Hana-chan, what does ~LOVE~ taste like?"

"Excuse me, ladies, but your ride is over. You have to get off, or get another tick-Ergh?!"

Hana managed to shoot the lethal glare, meant for Yumika, directly at the unsuspecting Ferris-wheel operator. He recoiled in pure horror for a moment, before evidently reminding himself that it was actually just a young girl making that face and not a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Yumika, having been on the receiving end of that face too many times to count, didn't blame him. Sometimes, with Hana, it was hard to tell.

"Okay, okay, have another ride, sorry to bother you-"

"W-wait, sorry I didn't- We're going to get off thank you very much!"

Yumika couldn't hold it in any more, giggling like mad as she exited the cart behind Hana, who was apologizing and bowing so profusely that Yumika was reminded of those dorky little water-sipping birds one puts on an office desk if they have no personality.

She had to pull the dream-eater away from the poor man, who was still obviously jumpy with adrenaline, before she could even speak for laughing.

"Well, I think we made up, right?"

"God, I'm so embarrassed. Why do you bring out the worst in me?"

"'Cuz you bring out the best in me, and the universe needs to be in balance~?" Yumika said, twirling around to smile widely at her best friend.

"...Honey and Ice Cream." Hana said dully. "Way too sweet."

"You need a better tongue. Honey and Ice Cream sounds yummy."

"I'm more of a savory sort of girl." Hana said, slipping an arm around Yumika's elbow and pulling her lightly away from the heavy crowds.

"Nnn, meat? That's good too. Especially if you're... A... Hardass!" Yumika whispered mischievously, leaning into Hana's ear.

Hana's lips pursed again. "Why are we friends again?"

"Because I won't let you get away~." Yumika said with a smile. "And because I need someone to go to karaoke bars with."

"Oh, no you- S-stop pulling! Hey, Yumika! W-wait-!"

As promised, a Ferris wheel omake.
 
I was wondering why the intro to the omake felt so weird, and then I realized it. Normally, when writing in the 3rd person, the events are shown from the protagonist's point of view. We can see what the other characters do, but not what they think or feel if they do not outwardly show it.

The text keeps Silas' narration from the original, and then interposes Yumika's on top of it. As a result, we are left viewing the scene through both sets of eyes at once until one of them leaves.

'Dream Eater' was, if I recall correctly, our name for the play that unfortunately didn't pass. It has a nice ring to it, though. Certainly better than a Dream Bakemono.

It is an interesting take on Hana. She is somewhat like Silas, in that she is an introverted girl who keeps to herself, but for her it's mostly by choice (and maybe partially by necessity of keeping her secret) rather than out of shyness. Her profile reads 'Hana is meek, like Silas, but a bit more scary', but I don't think there is anything 'meek' about her. 'Quiet', maybe. But she is certainly capable of giving people a piece of her mind.

Then again, she felt threatened by Dorima of all people. Huh.

I liked that detail about the attendant. Try as he might, current Silas would never be able to manage a feat like that. He'd be like an angry rabbit, more adorable than scary.

Aaaanyway, the vote! I am probably hopelessly late, but I have to make the effort!

[x] Plan: Watching (out for) Maeda
-[x] [SOCIAL] CHAR: Plan an outing with a friend: Shinohara Hana
--[x] Intended Turn: After last school day of Week 5
--[X] Location: The Library, or the next most suitable quiet and mostly private (but public) place
--[x] Event: Foreign Language study session. Kamasaki-sensei's given you a great opening!
-[x] [SOCIAL] INT: Observe someone: (Who?)
--[x] Maeda Kirino
-[x] [CLUB] Work (Influence club actions, ???)

Can't say I am a fan of the new Plan format. I kinda get that some actions may be dependent on the success of others, but quite a lot of them don't.

So, we still have that bonus to observation actions, and with the new information we can perhaps glimpse something tangible. There are risks involved, of course, but hey, there always are, and I like to indulge in gambler's fallacy.

I'd like our meeting with Hana to be more private, where we could bring up things that may not be appropriate to bring up in public.

...what are we going to do about the forum situation? Do people have ideas?
 
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Home invites are super forward between opposite gender new friends, especially ones as adorkably awkward as Silas and Hana. Not ready for that step yet.
 
Eh, I was never bothered by it. If anything, it's because we are talking dorks like Hana and Silas that we know there is nothing else to it.

But point taken, adjusting.
 
It's Friday somewhere! Vote looocked~

[X] Plan Aftermath
-[X] [SOCIAL] CHAR: Talk with someone: (Who?)
--[X] Matsuoka Yumika
--[X] Make sure her and Hana made up. Reinforce that as their mutual friend, we want to know that the two of them aren't fighting - they're old friends, as far as we can tell, and it'd be sad for us to be the catalyst that burns that bridge.
-[X] [SOCIAL] CHAR: Plan an outing with a friend: Shinohara Hana
--[X] Intended Turn: After last school day of Week 5
--[X] Location: The Library, or the next most suitable quiet and mostly private (but public) place
--[X] Event: Foreign Language study session. Kamasaki-sensei's given you a great opening!


Time for some dice rolls.
LuciDreamer threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Talk: Yumika Total: 2
2 2
LuciDreamer threw 1 50-faced dice. Reason: Doo dee doo Total: 26
26 26
 
...a crit? Did we finally get a crit?
Talk: Matsuoka Yumika
DICE ROLL: 2
Result: Crit Success!
Last time it was. Though it ended up raising our cred with Allen. Somehow.

No rolls required to prepare the outing itself, huh.

I still don't know whether we want to roll high or low on the mystery d50 die.
 
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No rolls required to prepare the outing itself, huh.

This happened last time as well. We got a roll for talking to Hanamura, but not to set up the festival event. Makes sense, too; All we're really doing is scheduling a meet up, which is basically a matter of "either Hana is available or she isn't". There's not much point in rolling for that other than to give the RNG an extra chance to screw us.
 
Hm, so you think whether or not they are free and whether or not we have any complications (say, they want other people to attend, or a different time/place, or something else) is purely deterministic? I suppose this could be the case.
 
Depending on how anal LuciD is about his characters' schedules, that could well be the case.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to that crit. I wonder if maybe Yumika has some trait that makes social crits on her give extra Relation with someone else on her relationship sheet. Plus, another +4 towards reaching Close Friends, where her relationship changes normallize, and potentially other benefits. Also, Yumika is a fun character to be with and the direct hard counter to basically all of Silas' problems, so having a close relationship with her means we don't have to worry so much about knocking out flaws and can focus on building Silas into a specialized and unique person.
 
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