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Post by Mother on Jan 24, 2015 1:35:29 GMT -5
(someone should remind me to reply to this when I'm not so tired please cries) bump 2.0 OMG SORRY SORR SRRR
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Post by Mother on Jan 24, 2015 1:50:11 GMT -5
(hello this is from mobile so i apologize for any typos in advance) Taro blinked at the notion. "Other hobbies?" He repeated, tapping his chin thoughtfully with a free hand. "W-well, I haven't actually seen any sewing kits around here, so that would be really nice if we could find one eventually, though if we don't find one at all that's okay too. As for other hobbies, though-" He paused, and then shrugged with a carefree smile. "I don't have any, actually! Family was too poor to pay the taxes and I got dropped out of school back in second grade, you get the idea. I kinda only worked on my sewing abilities since then to bring in some sort of income. I don't care about it much, so don't worry." He added hastily, "I managed to get into Hope's Peak, so that makes up for everything, right?" He paused. "Save for the fact we're in this killing this, of course." He added sadly. "That's kinda unfortunate." Alice nodded more solemnly, looking at Taro gently. "It is... unfortunate. I don't think any of us expected this from the school. I thought it was going to be a great opportunity. A place for me to start over and start afresh. A place to make friends... I mean, not that it can't be that still, but..." She paused. "But yes. It was good that you got it. That must have been exciting for you. I know it was for me." It was nice to talk more openly with Taro. I mean, sure, it was casual and stuff but it helped. A lot. Even counselors have problems they don't know how to work through sometimes. It doesn't matter how much you know about how the human brain can react to traumatic events, it still affects you nonetheless. In some ways, it was harder for Alice to process through her emotions because she still expected herself to be ok, and to be "perfect" in many other ways that others weren't. She felt like she had to be the strong one. I mean, with a SHSL counselor, people are going to expect you to be sound of mind and supportive right? She didn't want to let everyone down. She didn't want to break down like some other people were. She was going to get through this. Even if she wasn't gonna get out of it.
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 24, 2015 10:39:29 GMT -5
Taro tapped his chin. "Actually, now that I think about it," he mused, "we can kind of make it happen. I mean, we won't be able to form an actual school, but-!" He waved his hands hastily in front of his face. "We could sort of make our own type of teaching system, I guess? 'Cause, y'know, that Monokuma thing or whatever never said anything about absolutely having to kill anyone - we'd just have to do it if we wanted to get out of here. But we don't have to get out of here, do you see what I'm saying?"
He bit his lip, knowing very well that what he was saying could be used against him if heard by others who strongly disagreed with him. "We could form our own sort of life here, per se. We have all the necessities to live here and the like, so we'd never really want for much. We could set up a teaching system where we teach each other about how we use our SHSLs or something, and-"
He began to scratch at his hat furiously, his face flush with embarrassment. "Ah, sorry, forget I said anything. It was a stupid idea. Like anyone won't end up killing someone else eventually."
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Post by Mother on Jan 24, 2015 21:07:15 GMT -5
Alice's face lit up with excitement -or rather- hope.
"No! No! That's - that's a really good idea!!"
It really was. She didn't know why she hadn't thought of it before.
(sorry this is short ///shot//)
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 25, 2015 11:29:59 GMT -5
(pfft nah its fine everyones tired)
Taro perked up a little. "Y-you really think so?" He murmured, clutching at the ends of his scarf with cold, clammy fingers. "I-I'm not exactly...open with things like these, per se, so when people say stuff like that, it really means a lot."
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Post by Mother on Jan 25, 2015 18:45:36 GMT -5
"Awwh well I think you seem to have good ideas. I think it would be really cool for everyone to teach each other their different SHSL's. It would certainly be more productive than sitting around all day worrying about this murder stuff."
She paused for a moment.
Sigh.
"Although I can't say we should ignore all this craziness... I guess I just wish that I knew the motives behind the murders. It just doesn't make sense... I mean yes, it would get them off the boat, but..."
Alice didn't want to be a downer, really, she just felt comfortable talking to Taro. He sounded like he would be open talking about this stuff without it getting him super depressed. At least she was hoping. Her skill of being naturally intuitive always seemed to fail her when she needed it most.
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 25, 2015 22:05:06 GMT -5
Taro scratched his cheek absentmindedly, sighing a bit too deeply. "I don't get it that much, either." He admitted. "I mean, I, er..." Taro's voice trailed off for a moment, before gathering up his courage once again, "...at the beginning of all this, I let the heat of the moment take over than me and I tried taking my own life. I can see how and why people would do that, but to take someone ELSE'S life...well."
He swallowed, and sighed. "I don't understand how people can be quite that cruel. I couldn't imagine myself taking a life, y'know? And, I'm not a hundred percent sure about you, but from what I can tell, you don't seem like the type to take a life."
He paused. "Actually, no, I'm really sorry about this, but I take that back. No one else seemed like they would be the type to kill someone, and look where they ended up."
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Post by Mother on Jan 25, 2015 22:18:52 GMT -5
"It just makes no sense. I have this nagging feeling that it wasn't all their doing. I feel like... Monokuma must be involved somehow. He - or she - or whatever that bear is, they got us all into this. I hope to god that it wasn't for no reason. And I hope the reason isn't solely to see us dead."
She paused for a moment, taking a deep breath.
"I agree with you... I don't believe myself capable of killing somebody. Gosh, I can't even imagine it. It seems so surreal even thinking about the kids that are gone never mind -" she shook her head in disgust "-never mind actually... doing. That. It's just so wrong, at least in my opinion, to think you have the right or should wield the power to take someone's life and to make that decision for them whether they live or die. It's messed up man. I still don't know what to do about all of this."
She looked at Taro. He seemed like a such a nice and smart boy. This was all just a horrible situation.
"I don't think you'd kill someone either. I know I definitely don't want to. I wouldn't. I couldn't. I'm just too..." she made a frustrated gesture with her hands. "...I cant."
If
...if
... if she did. She would probably kill herself too.
There would be no way for her to live with herself.
Right?
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 25, 2015 22:33:16 GMT -5
Taro looked at his feet. "I really hate the person who's doing this to us." He whispered. "Whoever they are. Although, as stupid and ironic and ridiculous as it sounds-" He inhaled deeply. "-maybe they have their reasons? I don't know. Maybe they're being forced to do it, or something? Maybe they're being bribed? Blackmailed? Manipulated?"
He paused, considering his own words for a moment, before laughing hollowly. "Ah, who am I kidding. I'm not making much sense, am I?" He hit himself in the head with a small fist and stuck out his tongue. "Anywho, thanks for talking with me. That may not have seemed or felt like much to you, but that actually cheered me up a lot." He bowed. "Thank you."
Pulling himself up again, he glanced over at the piano. "Erhm, this is, uh," He paused, trying to find the correct words for this situation, "you, well, seem acquainted with the piano. Would you, uhm, be inclined to," He made some vague hand motions with his hands, "teach me?"
(tfw a+ foreshadowing skills am i right. yeah its almost 11 where i live im tired but sleep is for the weak)
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Post by Mother on Jan 25, 2015 22:50:33 GMT -5
Alice was about to thank him for talking to her before -uhhh. Oh! Ahh. Piano... lessons?
"You wanna learn?" She did consider herself a pretty decent teacher.
"You know, if you know a few chords, you can play a lot of songs. I could should you some for starters if you're that interested!"
This might be fun. And they did talk about possibly teaching each other things right?? Yeah! This should be fun.
(foreshadowing pfff what u talking bout maaaan i mean yeah yeah... yeah... //squints//) (sleep is for the human aka not me)
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 26, 2015 11:10:17 GMT -5
Taro's eyes widened and he clapped his hands excitedly. "R-really?!" He exclaimed. "Y-you wouldn't mind teaching me?!"
He inhaled sharply. "I-I mean, of course, you only need to teach me when you have some free time or whatever, and you shouldn't feel forced to make time every day or even every other day - this is purely voluntarily, right?"
He paused. "B-but I'd really like if you could do that. I've always wanted to learn, but I've never been able to get my hands on a piano."
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Post by Mother on Jan 27, 2015 4:07:04 GMT -5
Alice smiled and laughed.
"Y'know I really don't have much going on otherwise. It's not like I've got to be anywhere else!" She gestured to the room - they were, in fact, trapped in a boat.
"I'd love to teach you Taro. I could show you some stuff now if you wanted, but I don't know if you'd want to meet here...everyday before noon maybe? It's not like I have anything to really keep track of time much, but you know, before the sun reaches it's peak in the sky... yeah."
This was so exciting. A new friend, something to do, someone to teach, and music... she withheld a squee.
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Post by kano shoeya on Jan 27, 2015 16:55:42 GMT -5
((Well it seems like its kinda wrapping up or do you wanna see if we can continue it anymore??))
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Post by Mother on Jan 28, 2015 4:08:12 GMT -5
((iffff she starts teaching him now we could continue it or idk about like time skips to when they'd meet up??? //shrugging/)
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