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Nana Daiba ([personal profile] playitagain) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-07-30 10:08 am

Open!

Who: Nana... and everyone!
What: Banana Stand, training, and dorm hijinks!
Where: The ubiquitous banana stand, out on campus, and Lumiere.
When: First half of August!
Warnings: There's going to be some screaming and panic in prompt three.

I. BANANA STAND

[August begins, classes are ready to start anew, and Nana Daiba is on hand.

The Banana Stand is back. It didn't make an appearance during July, between the Herald and people being gone. Now, though, the snack station is out on the Quad: a large, wooden stand with "BANANICE" painted across the top. Nana is working it -- possibly with help, if you're so inclined -- and handing out free cookies, muffins, slices of banana bread, and more. All of it is flavored, too, with bananas.

She's beaming brightly, waving at everyone -- especially the newer students -- and trying to get them to come over.]


II. WHEN BAKED GOODS GO WRONG

[Nana does a lot of her baking in Lumiere.

But baking at a school with as much magic and strangeness as Daybreak carries... risks. Such as when Nana finds ingredients for sale, which she thought were mundane but high quality, and are actually magical. In this case, it means that there is a rumble from the first floor kitchen -- then the door bursts open, and Nana goes running ahead of... something.]


I DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAND!

[The something is about a baker's dozen giant banana muffins. They have grown arms and legs; they are groaning audibly, and one hurls a baking tray that Nana just ducks under, before they start to rush forward down the hall and roar.]

Why have my muffins turned against me!?

III. WAKING UP IS THE WORST PART

[Even after the Herald, the dreams don't stop.

Nana hasn't been sleeping so well since June. There's people she can turn to -- the few who know -- but she hides the fact that she is a Seer. Her visions come from the Giraffe; her visions are dreams, and less accurate and have a different cost. Unfortunately, they come more and more often now. Nana is falling asleep, periodically. Maybe it's in class.

Maybe it's out on campus, on a bench or at the side of a building. Maybe it's in a dorm common room. Either way, sometimes, she dozes off...

And then wakes up with a jolt and a start. Sometimes a gasp; occasionally a shout. Nightmares. It might not be the firs time.

ooc: If you'd like this prompt, feel free to set exact circumstances! Ask me if you have any questions.]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
About everything that happened with the herald? [It's the most harrowing recent event he can think of. But... there are other feelings she's had for longer that might be compounding it.

Aren't there?

He moves to sit on the bench beside her.]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuya leans forward as she leans back, gripping the edge of the bench in his hands.]

Well... I've got time if you need a moment to figure out the words.

[He's always got time for Nana, like that was ever in question. Nothing for her could ever be a burden.]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-05 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well... we got a little less hurt this time, right? [And others didn't, but he's going to try and focus on a smaller point right now.]

Nana... it doesn't have to be all you, right? You take so much of it on yourself, but can't we do this together? It'll be easier that way.

[He holds his hand out, palm up.]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-05 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuya grips her hand as soon as it lays with his, his gaze turning down. There's a smile, still, but it's just a little pained.]

I... saw a memory of yours, when they were floating around. I'm sorry I took so long to tell you. But you're really in more pain than you tell people, aren't you?

[And he invaded that private moment between her and Kano, and he shouldn't be ripping the wound open but Kano isn't here anymore and who else is going to keep Nana from burning up in her own brightness?]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-09 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He's a little afraid she'll pull away, so he grips tighter.]

It was after the Valentine's Day ball. With Kano. [When she fell apart at how it shook her and Yuya couldn't to more than bandage it. She wasn't okay when he let her go. Is she okay now?

Yuya shakes his head.]
I know that was private, but... what you said...
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-09 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
No, no--it's okay! [He reaches for her other hand to hold that too.] Anyway, I get upset about even smaller things than that all the time, right?

[No, that's not the point he wanted to make. He wants her to be able to depend on him, and he can't do that if he's a crybaby.]
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-09 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
... Yeah. [He squeezes her hands gently.] Me either. But you're already the strongest person I've ever met.

[Something like that doesn't make Nana anything less in his eyes. She always carries the biggest burden.]

And I'm not Kano, but I'd like to help when you don't feel strong, too.
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-10 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is, but he's someone Nana trusted with that. Can't Yuya give her when part of that support? What is he lacking? How can he be what she needs?]

But I'm not going anywhere.
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-10 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuya smiles warmly, growing into a bright grin. That sense of trust makes him feel lighter, more confident.]

I won't go anywhere! I promise.
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-13 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, that's my line. [He smiles wider. And what he thinks he would do, he's better off not saying.

He moves to stand up, pulling on her hands to draw her with him.]
All right, you have two choices--a nap, or caffeine.
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-08-15 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Nap it is. [So Yuya will start leading her to her room in the dorms.]