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[June 5th, Mid-Evening / The Town of Hisakawa, New Commercial District, North Station]
If she could just read his words like it was out of a book, then maybe it would've been possible to delude herself into thinking that his opinions were kind and earnest. But up right beside him, it was painfully apparent that Leo was just as belittling towards her as ever. At least, that's how it felt. Saying such things and meaning something else but with with slanderous intentions. It was for this and many other reasons that Yuri felt at such disease when was left in a conversation alone with him.
There was just no way... it would be a long way before Yuri could ever speak to this person. Maybe she would never be able to really get along with him.
"I'm starting to think I might fall asleep"
How much longer till the train comes by...?
Coming up with ways to respond was tiring. The easiest thing to do was to simply stop responding. But that was impolite. It was her duty to be attentive and responsive to all the students who sought her out. Regardless, with this particular subject, doing such a thing was a little difficult.
Luckily though, someone familiar soon came by.
"Hello there, Yuri and Leo."
"Ah, Nii-san!" Yuri immediately lit up as she turned to face her brother.
"Has your evening been going well...?"
And with that, the sole conversation between Yuri and Leo was over. With her brother there to save her, allowing Harrison to do the talking, Yuri sidelined herself away from Leo.
Loading onto the train and arriving at the station in the old business district, Yuri excused herself to go get groceries for the house, and insisted Harrison go off with Leo home. Letting her take care of the groceries on her own. She was rather persistent about it.
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Working together, the clash conquered the school festival with their performance.
Planning, rehearsing, assembling props, memorizing lines. In the weeks leading up to the culture festival, the class worked diligently towards seeing their production being ready for that day. Yuri did her duties of orchestrating everyone to do their part. The first project that involved everyone in the class... it went so smoothly. Yuri couldn't have hoped for anything better to happen. Every member in the class had their own kind of experience. But collectively, everyone put aside their differences, and saw it all through.
As the curtains closed, the audience gave a roaring applause. The play was a success. Marcus' musical selection and new personal scores were advertised by the school. Yuri admittedly felt their play seemed somewhat insignificant compared to the new pieces that Marcus had composed. In the auditorium, among the students and teacher there were a number of people who - by their dress - seemed to have traveled a long way to see him play once again. Despite this, Marcus' return was a massive success. In an unlikely turn of events,
Marcus once again became active in the music world. While he was still a part of the class, it was apparent that even partially returning to the music career was a big commitment - as the class saw less and less of him in the weeks that followed.
Though few recognized her for it, it was thanks to
Haruka's persistence that Marcus was compelled to put in the extra mileage that really made the class' play shine in it's musical department. In Yuri's mind, she dedicated more time and energy than anyone else - just solely on trying to overcome Marcus' objections. It was because of this that Fujiyama fell behind on other matters that caused her to also become busy elsewhere, just like Marcus. But that is another story.
And finally,
Hamasaki Toshi. As it turned out - the big talk of him being the perfect actor turned out to have some truth to it. To everyone's surprise, he was soon signed up to be an actor in a movie studio. His energetic performance caught the eye of a talent seeker among the audience of the play. When asked about it, Toshi had said that he was involved in a movie, but couldn't say which one exactly. Though it was supposedly going to come out sometime in December.
As for the rest of of class 2-A. After the festival, things resumed as normal. That is, until talk about the upcoming sports festival began to come up...
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Incident 1
Status: Auto Resolved
Notes: Action taken due to Key Character Departure.
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[fieldbox= Incident 2, white, solid]
I'll Prove It!
Involving: @Katsumi Y. - Katsumi Yukimura & @Rithas - Leo Kane
The culture festival went very well. For once, the class really got together and pulled of something amazing for their event. The class as a whole grew closer working for the culture festival... at least most of them thought they did. While Yuri was championing the idea that everyone came together in order make things work out, Kane proposed that everyone had been done thanks solely to Yuri's puppeteering through the weeks leading up to the culture festival. When Yuri contested this, Kane urged her to 'prove it'. By letting the class as a whole have a free hand as they prepare for the upcoming sports festival. Each class in the grade will compete against each other for trophies in various events, as well as some larger events that will pit the three grades against one another.
If class 2-A can score high in a majority of these events - without Yuri's so-called pupeteering being put into play - then it'll prove that 2-A successes really are something they can do themselves. At center stage of this story is Katsumi, wanting to prove Yuri's feelings towards her wanting the best for the class, she took it upon herself in order to see that the challenge can be overcome.... But how can she do this without being blamed for doing the exact same things as Yuri did?
Positive Outcome
Character Relations Improve
Side-Arc - Academy War - Group Battles
Side-Arc - The Peculiar World of Hisakawa - Swimsuit Study Hall
Negative Outcome
Character Relations Go Down
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[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]
[June 22nd, Afternoon/ Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Second Floor Hallways]
"Yukimura-san? Do you have a moment?"
"I'd like for us to talk for a second. Could you step outside with me, for a moment?"
A day has passed since Katsumi Yukimura accepted Leo Kane's challenge to the class. A challenge to see whether the class was capable of working together effectively without Yuri's 'interference'.
What this challenge meant, was that for the upcoming Sports festival, the class was going to have to get first place in at least a couple of the events. Maybe even a majority if they wanted to drive the point home against Leo's accusations. Of course, Yuri was completely against this. She already had the daily regiment for the next week laid out for the entire class. Truthfully, a weeks wasn't enough to turn everyone in class into the best athlete at Hisakawa. But preparation was nonetheless indispensable. In Yuri's eyes this whole charade was nothing more than an attempt by Leo in order to put things out of balance for his own amusement.
But the worst fact of the story thus far was that the class went with it, and that it was ultimately Yukimura who had accepted the challenge on behalf of the class. So, it was natural that Yuri would approach her about this. With it being lunch period, Yuri took this chance to pull her aside to finally talk.
"Yukimura-san... thank you." Yuri said as she turned around. Having lead Yukimura outside into the hallway for conversation.
"It isn't easy for me to say this to you, but I must. I have to implore you to not give in to Leo's 'challenge.' If there isn't anyone learning the training regimens for the class, then we'll all be completely unprepared once the sports festival comes around. Just going to Physical education like normal isn't going to cut it. If we want to be competitive we have to train - and most of all, it's my duty in order to see that happen!"
There was a quiet urgency in Yuri's voice. She kept it down so as not to be heard by the class inside.
"This entire challenge is just foolish. I understand you may have accepted it in trying to be considerate... But! It doesn't change the fact that it's something I've been assigned to do. If you accepted it for that reason, then let it be known that getting teased by Leo, isn't worth the entire class being unprepared for the the upcoming festival."
Looking intently at Yukimura, Yuri waited for a response. Yukimura was never able to really get across why she accepted the challenge to Yuri. There was a good reason to accept this, there had to be. Or else, why would Yukimura have accepted it?
In any case, it was important to get Yuri on board with the idea. If not, Yuri would likely break the challenge herself - something that she is well aware of drawing the criticism of Leo Kane for the rest of the year. Kane who believed Yuri was the sole reason the class was able to do anything productive, Yuri whose silent wish was for whole class to come together and get along. Maybe, the answer Yurkimura needed to give to Yuri was somewhere in there?
@Katsumi Y.
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