5. Bowling for Soup - High School Never Ends
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5. Bowling for Soup - High School Never Ends
SO ANXIETY AND SCHOOL HAVE KEPT ME AT BAY RECENTLY but now i am Very Open for threads!!! SO HIT YA GIRL UP OR LIKE THIS POST IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN A THREAD...i'm best reached on skype or dms or what have you rn, but i'm still available for public threads! (ESPECIALLY if I meant to thread w/ya prologue but didn't get to it!!)
15 years of ā¦Baby One More Time
(āā½ā)ā ā„ sachiko ā„ prologue ā„ re: game start attn: noriko
Some people can be fairly comfortable in being alone. They can find a sense of relief in glancing around whatever surroundings theyāve found themselves in to find the area completely empty for once, the weight of expectation being lifted off their shoulders to be replaced by warmth that feels akin to a cosy blanket being draped there instead.Ā
Unfortunately, Sachiko Mori was not one of those people, and the minutes she spent clutching that precious item to her chest as one might a pet they canāt believe had slipped their leash were filled with her mind insisting on trying to run about screaming about it around her stupor.
What!! Did she!! Do!!Ā
(Not even being able to seeĀ herself in this mirror, that was- that was something beyond even just being shallow-!!)
But then all of those strained attempts to think were happily ditched the second she caught wind of a door unlocking, and even though it wasn'tĀ ultimately a solution to everything going on- well, it was certainly better than just standing around in here!Ā What could she have evenĀ done in there, after all- alright,Ā maaaaaaybe she could have sat around and thought on why she was here, where she was, how she might have gotten dropped off here instead despite Mother always beingĀ so good with travel organisation,Ā yada yada yada- but sheād alreadyĀ tried that just before getting up.
And there was nothing!
Just a big, solid block ofĀ basically nothing in her mind, which after a few pushes against - with strength mind you! - Sachiko had decided just wasnāt worth it for now. No, this was the easier choice to make for certain.Ā
Annnnnd most likely the one that paid off the most, because- here was everyone else!
Whoā¦Ā was everyone else?Ā
Aw, she could figure it out later if she wanted to!
Besides, wasnāt that what getting to know people was for?
To say that Sachiko brightened up as soon as she stepped out of her cell would have been an understatement- a step of hesitation became a confident one mid-fall as soon as her pink gaze landed on just one other person, the girl almost seamlessly joining the already-assembled group with a lift of her head and a tense of her body in interest like a dog youād just called the name of. A sweeping glance around everyone else for good measure- the ones trying to kick up a fuss ahead of time, the ones barely even really blinking, the one climbing on someone elseās shoulders?!
ā¦Okay!
Got it!
Her turn!
A small giggle came from Sachikoās corner of the gathering, a white gloved hand hovering delicately over her mouth.
āHee hee! Hi! Iām Sachiko Mori! I hope everyoneās doing well! Um, Iād give aĀ proper introduction, buuuuuut⦠we seem to be a little⦠occupied right now? With whateverās going on? Ohhhā¦ā
It sounded for a second that she was going to trail into more uncertain tones, the way her voice drifted off and strained- but then, as quick as someone snapping their fingers, Sachiko perked right back up into attention again; still bright and bubbly even as she reached into uncertain question territory. Buoyant, really.
āUm, while Iām reaaaaally glad to meet you all - << really happy! >> -Ā does anyone know whatās happening here? Like I just- showed up completely alone? In whatever that room was? Suddenly? And oh, oh- the doorās gone I think? Hee hee! Itās like magic! Ohh, I guess it can be solved later, hee, but just in case-!āĀ
A pause in her words that sounded very much like they were threatening to turn into babbling, the way they were speeding up, as Sachiko reached by her side- only for her hand to shoot through empty space, and a light frown to instantly come onto her features.Ā
"Orrrrrr⦠where my bag might be..? Uwaaā¦ā
Priorities.Ā
Things were...not exactly coming up roses, per se, but nonetheless Noriko found herself buzzing. Sure, she had absolutely no idea what the fresh hell this whole thing even was, but hey! Here she was, the gossip gal extraordinaire, the sizzling social butterfly, surrounded near-entirely by not one, but multiple famous kids! She had enough hot scoops right here to fill an editorās wet dreams! What kind of ace columnist (and generally chatty teenager) would she be if she didnāt jump right into the fray and start scoping?
And in terms of scoping people up, it didnāt take Noriko long to pick out who she was going to get acquainted with first.
Sheād been lurking around the centre of the main hall for a little while, now, mixing in (as much as a proudly unsubtle presence such as Miss Noriko Suzuki could mix in, anyway) with the crowd still remaining, her eyes taking in each and every person in the room, listening out for every voice that spoke up, until one belonging to a girl with tight blonde curls caught her ears-- and her attention.
(itās go time, noriko-chan!)
Striding across the room as quickly as she could in high heels, she shot the girl a friendly smile, an excited, intrigued glint lighting up her eyes like a bonfire.
āHeeeeeeya~!Ā āscuse me, darling, but you said...youāre Sachiko Mori, right? Rina Mori-sanās daughter? The badminton champ?ā
Noriko clapped her her hands together and beamed, before extending a hand to shake with enthusiasm.
āIām Noriko Suzuki~! Iām a blogger-- I write for a buncha websites-- it is soĀ cool that weāre the same age! Man, I remember seeinā you in my momās old copies of Josei Jishin! Hee hee...sorry for all the babbling, sweetheart. Itās just really nice to meetcha, Mori-chan! ...As tooootally bizarro as this whole thing is.ā
She put a hand on her hip, now sporting a rather pondering look.
āYāknow, I gotta wonder...whaddya think might be goinā on here? Dāyou think this might be, like, some weird prank on us all? For a TV show or a video channel, something like that.Ā I mean, I noticed that there is a lot of, like, real big names in here-- bona fide celebs! I wonder what some geezerād want with all of us. I mean, this is kiiiinda creepy. ...Ooh, wait! Yāknow, I just had a thought, and I wonder--ā
She turned back towards Sachiko--
āSay, Mori-chan, did you get an invite to Hopeās Peak Academy, too?Ā āCauuuse, if thatās the case, I think I have a theory why we might be here~!ā
...Wait, she couldnāt end on just this. Here she was, talking to a real life celebrity child, and she was discussing theories! She had to at least put something else in there as well! And, in the end, she went with--
āBy the way, Mori-chan, your dress is so C-U-T-E~! I love your style, darling. Say, have you ever done a photoshoot before?ā
Nice.
{i'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue!} | Noriko | [GAME: START!]
Contrary to what her detractors would think, Noriko Suzuki was more acquainted with the concept of the cold, hard facts than her chosen profession might lead you to assume.
Sure, her style of doing things might be more in the way ofĀ embellishingĀ existing truths and ideas than the direct relaying of itā making it pretty to look at, giving itĀ hookĀ andĀ rhymeĀ andĀ reason, making it not just information, but a full-blownĀ storyĀ (breaking goddamnĀ news, baby!)ā but that hardly meant she didnāt need to start from the basic roots of things, did it? And in confusing, hazy, murky situations, she always found it easiest to start with the simple things; the undeniable, irrefutable truths of what she knew.
Right now, those were as follows: one, she was the young woman known to the world as Noriko Suzuki (theĀ one and only, and donāt youĀ forget it, darling). Two, she was seventeen years oldā a teenager, in the first big prime of her life. (At least, sheĀ thought so.) Three,Ā she was a gossip columnist by tradeāĀ theĀ Super High-School Level Gossip Columnist, in fact, having been invited to attend the prestigious Hopeās Peak Academy by the mysterious board of old geezers who, apparently, had liked her style. Four, she was, with no bias what-so-everĀ involved in this statement,Ā theĀ coolest chick in this joint, a sexy, amazing, one-of-a-kind bombshell blessed with staggering intellect,Ā unbelievableĀ good looks and charm, and a very healthy ego (which wasĀ perfectlyĀ justified, thankĀ you, sweetheart!).
AndĀ five, she was currentlyā¦lying on the cold, hard ground.Ā
(Hey, what gives?)
The darkness in the little room was startling; she had to shift over to the walls, grasping on the vines adorning them to successfully heave herself up onto her feet. (Goddamn, whyād she decided to wear high heels today? She couldnāt even remember.) After a few moments of blind stumbling, she made her way over the mirror, where she was, sadly, unable to click her tongue and blow a kiss at her own reflection, but what sheĀ didĀ see wasā¦
ā¦Huh. This wasā¦definitelyĀ not gleaming gold theĀ lastĀ time she saw this. What was this, a copy?Ā Eh, whatever, finderās keepers!,Ā she thought as she swiftly pocketed the glitzy article in question.
Thenā a door. Inside the doorā a room. Inside theĀ roomā teenagers.
Not justĀ anyĀ teenagers,Ā famousĀ teenagers. Bona fideĀ celebrities! The real deal, here in the flesh!
This wasā¦weird. ReallyĀ weird. She, at least, had a lotĀ of questions.Ā (A looooootĀ of questions. Hoo boy.)Ā And she could, like,Ā barelyĀ see. But she could feel it, in her guts and in her mindā something was gonna go downĀ here, and she, Suzuki Noriko, wanted to be there to see it happen. Who knew?Ā This could be her lucky day! Ā This wasnāt just some hypothetical bizarro dream scenarioā this was anĀ opportunity! She had to take it by the horns, make some realĀ useĀ out of this, really getĀ going.
So, how would she start to go about that?
Why, by making her presence in the roomĀ known, of course.
āMaaaaaaaan! This isĀ superĀ W-E-I-R-D, huh, sweethearts~?ā
Her casual exclamation was not yelled, butĀ definitely pronounced enough to be audible to anyone close by, delivered with a cheery, nonchalant cadence and her ever-trademark wolfish grin.
āSaaaaaay, what doĀ youĀ superstars thinkās happened? D'ya think weāre a part of some reality television thing? Or a social experiment? Who knows, I guess, hehehe!Ā Seriously, though, if you got a piece of juicy info on your hand, drop a gal a line, ākay, darlings? TrustĀ me, you'llĀ knowĀ where to find me~!ā
Things were about to getĀ interesting.
35 facts: dubious columnist chick edition
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( āoā)äŗŗ(ā-ā ) = Friends the character has or would like to make
Norikoās current best friend is a six foot tall geeky South Korean girl by the name of Kyung-Sun Lee! Noriko and Kyung-Sun first met in junior high, as Kyung-Sun was one of six fellow students who set up the school magazine club with Noriko, who took the helm. (The club hadnāt existed (mostly due to lack of prior organisation and interest) before Noriko suggested it to the student council-- even with all sheās accomplished now, sheās still rather proud of doing that.) While they always got along fairly well and Kyung-Sun always admired Noriko a lot, though, they didnāt become close until high school; Kyung-Sun stood up and stuck by Noriko during a particularly bad, messy time, and Noriko appreciated that a lot, and since then theyāve been thick as thieves.
(Honestly, if thereās one way to gain Norikoās genuine friendship, itās to defend/stand up for her when sheās in hot water. Noriko likes to think of herself as very capable of handling whatever others throw at her, but it really does mean a lot to her if someone does that for her.)
Kyung-Sun, while sharing much of the same interests as Noriko, has a different vibe to her-- sheās a chirpy, nerdy, gushy, excitable sweetie pie, the kind who rarely has a bad word to say about anyone and who just really wants to fit in and make friends. (TBH, most of Norikoās closer friends have been or are massive fucking nerds.) At a glance, Norikoās and Kyung-Sunās friendship seems slightly lopsided, given that Kyung-Sun has such an innocent personality and tends to follow Noriko around like a lapdog and praise everything she does, but for what itās worth, Noriko genuinely loves Kyung-Sun dearly, and would fight any asshole who tried to fuck with her.
While Noriko paints herself in a Popular High School Girl sort of image, how she actually is in school has some layers to it: technically, she has a fairly big friend group, but sheās only close with maybe 3-5 of them, and the rest are people who suddenly grew interested in her when she Got Famous and who Noriko knows would throw her to the wolves in a hot second if shit ever hit the fan. It doesnāt bother her much, really-- shallow connections are still connections, after all, and sheās not much inclined to trust people anyway.
(ā āļ¹ā ) = What the character daydreams or thinks about
Celebrities. Being on television. Kissing really attractive people. How people totally misinterpret Becky Sharpe from Vanity Fair. Cramming for the test on imaginary numbers next Tuesday. Buying better quality eyeliner. If she can get a good portable chess set online for cheap. How sheās going to murder her sister and get away with it one day. Kissing more really attractive people.
Norikoās a girl of many different trains of thought at once, is what Iām saying.
(Ā“ļ¼Šļ¼ļ½) = What worries the character
Noriko has always been glad that sheās not a gal prone to pondering deep universal philosophical concerns; as she sees it, whatās the point of brooding over the past or the future? Live in the now, baby! She tries her best to take things as they come, without spending her time stressing about stuff way ahead.
That said, Noriko has a strategical mind, and spends a lot of her energy mentally managing each and every individual aspect of her day, determined not to let a single thing slip out of place for her. Given how busy her schedule is, though, Noriko is veeeeery prone to hideously overworking herself a lot, and the more exhausted she gets from doing that, the more stressed and worried she gets trying to keep everything going the way she wants it to do...though sheāll do her best to make sure no one can tell. Silly rabbit, Suzuki Noriko-chan doesnāt get stressed out by things!
BTW YāALL as well as her sprites being hereĀ and her fullbody ref being on the bottom of this page, i also have a tag for noriko art that you can view right here if you want any more refs/examples of her!!
(iām pointing this out mostly so i can re-link to this cute pic shout drew of noriko and her oc minhee together bc two years on and it still fuels and blesses me daily)
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[TO: nakai-kun š] >yooo nakai!!! (Ā“āļ½)ā”Ā i JUST saw THE LIT MOST ADORABLE CAT in existence holy shit iām so #Blessed???Ā (Ā“ā½`ŹĘŖ)ā”
>I ONLY GOT A SUUUPER BLURRY SNAP but trust me it was sooo cute i know ur a squid man urself but oh my godā¦..my crops are THRIVINGā¦ā¦ā¦.iāll send u the pic l8r!!Ā šŗšŗĀ
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>Um??? nakai????? sweetie??????? š Ā you DO realise you were meant to be here like an hour ago yeah??? wtf are you!!!!
>I s2g dude i WILL kick your ass when I see you next!!!! srsly. >:((
⤠: a flirty text
>hey doll!!!! (ļ¼¾ā½ļ¼¾) today i walked past this guy who looked kinda like u it was sooo weird lol ;0
>realised it wasnāt you preeeetty quick tho bc ur like.. 80x times more handsome just in general jsā¦ā¦.true fax here only bbyĀ ( Ė Ā³Ė)ā„
ok back to being productive @ meĀ
š (refs for her are on the /sprites + the bottom of the /about page!!)
just a really messy doodle but i love her so much
back in april, my younger sister drew a noriko for me and i still really love the drawing she did, so iām posting it here too bc itās just really Good Content!!
ā (there's refs for her on the /about and /sprites pages if you want/need em!)
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