sevenhorrors | [goal reached!!]

Who: the student body
When: the afternoon of October 5
Where: the gymnasium, and elsewhere
What: the end of the fundraiser
Warnings: nothing you don't bring yourself!

[boy, has it been a busy week and some change! the fundraising activities seems to have excited more than just the mortal student body. if you've been paying attention to the table adorned with spider lilies throughout the event, you would have noticed that some of the school haunts have been dropping pieces of ghostly yen into the jars scattered on top of it. each jar is now overflowing with glowing golden coins. they're intangible, unfortunately-- no one is going to strike it rich while stuck in this school-- but! they're pretty to look at!]

[and eventually, on October 5, the voice that started the whole affair speaks to you again]

Ah, quite wonderful! This has been such a rousing success. Thank you, my dear students, for working so hard to enrich your educational lives within these hallowed walls!

And a special congratulations to the members of the Outdoors Club, the Occult Investigations Club and the Food Tasting Club. Your efforts specifically have born fruit.

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[Yeah, Ena is just blinking, and then she tilts her head. She's surprised, but not as shocked as she could be.]

Huh? Rin-chan?!

[ Meanwhile, she's surprised that Botan is surprised!? ]

...Yes? It's me.

... Were you playing tag with a tanuki too, or did you get tossed somewhere else?

[ ...yes ]

I—!

[ hold up. she has to make this sound cooler and more daring than it actually was. ]

I was challenged by a tanuki, yes! In a very mysterious and labyrinthine place!

Huh. Just like Koromaru-kun.

That's so weird... oh, you've been gone awhile, by the way.

[Sorry that Minato already stole your thunder for Shiawase, Nei. She's sure it was very good though.]

A few hours is not awhile! And I found it as fast as I could!

[ . . . ]

Wait, that happened to Koromaru, too?

Yeah. He was gone for weeks, for the record.

... And I think you have been too. I wasn't really counting, though, sorry.

What? You're not making any sense. The time of day never changed - and there's no way I'd take weeks to find one little tanuki, either!

Does this really sound like something I'd make up?

Well, no, but...

[ ... ... ... ]

It's not like I wanted to be gone for so long. I... I have to check on my classmates, then.

Yeah, I know. You're not the sort of person to just abandon your class like that. Don't worry, I'm sure they all know that too.

I think they've been okay, but... well, I don't know them as well as you do, so.

[Checking on them is a good idea.]

[ They've been okay...? Without her...? :( ]

T-They're probably very worried! We were all together when I got pulled into the shed, after all!

O-oh. Right. Yeah. I mean--I'm sure they missed you, but... they probably weren't worried because you can totally take care of yourself, right?

[She is... Trying.]

[ Nei can't help but pout at that because.... well, yes! They don't need to worry because she's strong and can take care of herself!!

But also...

...it's nice to be worried about. Not that she would ever admit it. ]

Well... Of course! Even if I really was gone for weeks, I would have been fine! S-So...

[ So she shouldn't feel this way!! She is also... Trying. ]

[............

Hm. Well. A girl does wanna know she was worried over and missed, right? Even a girl like Rin.]

Yeah, but you're still important to them. So of course they'd think about you the whole time you were gone. They'll be relieved you're back!

[ Even a girl like Rin... nods ]

Right, so... I should let them know that I'm okay!

[ . . . ]

I mean, you were worried about Koromaru, weren't you? You went through the effort of making those posters.

[oh not the tsundere trigger.]

I--wasn't that worried! I drew the posters because everyone else was really worried, and it made them all feel better. That's all!

[ tsundere recognizes tsundere.. ]

So you weren't worried about him, but you wanted to make the others feel better, huh?

[ either way... she sees u ]

Yeah, obviously. I have to do my part to make sure they don't all worry themselves into an early grave, you know?

[Stop perceiving her so accurately!!!]

[ she perceives... and also understands too well ]

Of course, of course! It only makes it more troublesome for you if everyone else is too caught up in their worries, right?

[Just two tsundere girlies doing their best out here in this cold, cruel world.]

Yeah, exactly. You get it.

Your classmates put up posters for you too, you know.

Did they?

[ ... ]

I should probably go and take those down!

[ also because she wants to see ok......... ]

[Of course she'd want to see. Ena would feel the same way.

So she just grins in response.]

Yeah, you'd better. You wouldn't want to give anyone the wrong idea by leaving them up now that you're back.

E-Exactly! And we need to make room for other important bulletins now that it's resolved!

[ She flips her ponytail over her shoulder... and starts walking in the direction of the bulletin boards! Is Ena coming along— ]

[You bet she is. Time to goooo!]

Huh. I guess that's important. I haven't really worried too much about keeping the bulletin board presentable.

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