yuuka "You all may know me as the substitute this past week for Professor Okazaki."
yuuka "I've been teaching Botany, a topic on which I am {sc}incredibly{/sc} overqualified for, to idiots younger than you, but still very much similar to you."
narrator "{i}A few nervous chuckles break throughout the auditorium.{/i}"
yuuka "But enough of the customary good-natured teasing, I am here because Professor Okazaki is returning today."
yuuka "As is stated in the faculty handbook she wrote and doodled over, because clearly not even she could have handwriting THAT horrendous,"
yuuka "I must give a presentation to report to the faculty and administration exactly what I did as subsitute for Professor Okazaki."
yuuka "This is that presentation: a postmortem to my short time here, a retrospective of sorts."
yuuka "You might also be wondering why I've invited select students to attend this presentation."
yuuka "I will be getting to that, please do not leave your seats throughout this presentation. This will be brief."
yuuka "In the meantime, I think that woman's bones would make for good fertilizer."
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yuuka "{i}When I first laid eyes on the school, I found its exterior to be less than appealing to me.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "What?"
yuuka "{i}Now I'm no stranger to different architectural sensibilities, I've had the privilege of owning mansion myself, but we all ought to admit...{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "The hell am I looking at?"
yuuka "{i}This school is very out of place for Gensokyo.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "Gaudiness aside, this is absolutely where that outsider is."
narrator "{i}That's Reimu realized her folly, allowing Yuuka to use her new assumed position to do something unforgivable: mildly inconviencing her.{/i}"
marisa "Plus, all of the students? They're not from the village. They didn't even know about Reimu! We're thinking this is a major breach of the barrier."
marisa "We're thinking this is a major breach of the barrier. I already said we think these students aren't from the village but they don't even know the first thing about Gensokyo!"
alice "Look, this is the first time I've seen you talk with humans without it being some kind of underlying threat or overlying threat. This could be good for you."
yuuka "They are living things just like any of you, smarter, more articulate than you could imagine."
yuuka "Has anyone here heard of the language of flowers?"
narrator "{i}One or two hands went up.{/i}"
yuuka "In the back row."
"Student" "It's the use of flowers as symbolism in poetry and letters: telling things without saying them directly."
yuuka "Not entirely wrong but it extends past use OF flowers. Rather, it is the language that flowers themselves use."
yuuka "Today, I'll be teaching you all to learn to listen, not just to me, but to the flowers. If you can learn to hear their voices, there may be hope for you yet."
yuuka "{i}And really, I was staking Alice's plea on this.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}A week of my time is a valuable thing, so unless there were results, I would not wait.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "Split off into groups of three, pick your members yourself you're old enough not to need to be babied."
yuuka "I've brought one sunflower for each group and I want you all to try and discern what your flower is telling you."
"Various Students" "This is crazy.{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "We're listening to flowers talk now?{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "Well, we are learning magic aren't we?{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "Magic that can't be understood is indistinguishable from...{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "It's CAN be understood not CAN'T, you dolt.{nw=1.0}"
yuuka "Do not harm any of the flowers. You {sc}WILL{/sc} pay your debt if you do."
narrator "Marisa, Alice, and Reimu shivered."
yuuka "Now get to it! We'll discuss the results in 15 minutes."
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marisa "Hey, teach! I think my flower's broken!"
alice "I'm not getting anywhere with this."
narrator "Reimu was the only one out of the three still taking the assignment seriously."
reimu "Listen to their voice..."
yuuka "{i}She was staring at her group's potted plant so hard you'd think she'd burn a hole.{/i}" (cb_name="")
marisa "I guess you'd be pretty used to this kind of thing, huh Reimu?"
alice "Marisa, shut up. Let her focus."
reimu "{cps=1}...{/cps}{nw}"
reimu "...{fast}I've got nothing."
yuuka "Let's wrap this up class! Return to your seats."
yuuka "{i}After that, the session continued on/ For the most part, no one felt they managed to hear the sunflowers' voices.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}But...{/i}" (cb_name="")
"Various Students" "But don't you think they're pretty? I wonder if they could sense radiation.{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "For your sake, I hope you don't test that out. I don't know how much our substitute was joking.{nw=1.0}"
"Various Students" "Actually, we can't just call her the substitute for the whole week right? What is her nam{nw}"
"Various Students" "I dunno about you guys but I think my sunflower can hear me.{nw=1.0}"
yuuka "{i}There was more enthusiasm than I had expected.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Still I had made my decision.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Next few days, actually.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}But I spent those days doing the same thing.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Teaching.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}I learnt that this wasn't necessarily a normal school with my time here.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Well normal as far as circumstances could allow.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}It was specifically a school merging Outside World education with magic.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Now, I've no experience with the former but when it comes to magic, I think of myself as being above average.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Things did get tense from time to time.{/i}" (cb_name="")
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yuuka "Are you just dense or did your mother replace your brain with wool?"
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yuuka "{i}Yeah.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}The students kept attending, for the most part, which was a surprise.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "Professor Okazaki was apparently equally eccentric as I was.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Part of what convinced people I was the real substitute.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Which only made it more odd that the real one never showed up, if there ever was one.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}Soon however, the midterm exams would come.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}No, it's not as dramatic a climax as final exams but who would allow an untrained substitute that late into the semester to dictate the class?{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}That's why it would've have made sense if it were midterms, but unfortunately Professor Okazaki is, again, very eccentric.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}I am also prone to lying. Apologies/{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{i}The FINAL exams would come soon.{/i}" (cb_name="")
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if attacked_student:
"Student" "Please, you've got to tell me how you did that giant sunflower!"
"Student" "I'd kill to know how, it'd impress so much!"
yuuka "{i}The final exams were to be a presentation of your best magic. Whether it be the most perfected, most flashy, most personal, most elegant.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "{b}Kill{/b}, you say?"
"Student" "That's right! So you see, I'm trying to get a good score in the Mass section of our rubric, based on last year's finals. As far as I can tell your magic is the most massive I've seen so far! Bar, Professor Okazaki's masterstroke, of course. On that, have you communicated with her? Are we still using last year's rubric or–{nw}"
else:
yuuka "{i}The final exams were to be a presentation of your best magic. Whether it be the most perfected, most flashy, most personal, most elegant.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "You say you wanted to ask me something?"
"Student" "That's right! So about our final exam, I was wondering about the rubric if we're following last year's system or if you'll be using your own? In which case, I'd like to ask what criteria are you using, are taking into account the student's participation in class because Professor Okazaki will attest that I–{nw}"
yuuka "Please close the mouth-shaped whole on your face."
"Student" "Okay.{w=1.0} Now what?"
yuuka "Now what, what?"
"Student" "Now what do you want me to do? If it means a good grade, I'll do anything!"
yuuka "...I'll need you to turn around."
"Student" "Sure, done."
yuuka "And walk outside the school. Find a nice meadow to relax. Don't come back until I've left the building."
"Student" "I will do everything you say down to the most minute detail."
yuuka "And that's why you're my favorite student."
yuuka "{i}She left soon after.{/i}" (cb_name="")
yuuka "Favorite to tricking into leaving."
"Faculty Member" "Having trouble with the kids, Miss... I don't believe I've gotten your name?"
yuuka "No, you haven't gotten it. And yes, I didn't expect consultations. I'd have thought the buggers, given how happy they are when class ends, wouldn't want more."
"Faculty Member" "Well, I'm sure they feel they need any advantage they can get this late into the semester."
"Faculty Member" "Has taking over Professor Okazaki's Magi-Physics class caused any issues?"
yuuka "Magi-what?{nw}"
yuuka "I mean, no, absolutely {sc}no{/sc} issues."
yuuka "{i}I soon realized an issue.{/i}" (cb_name="")
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yuuka "Class, given your final exam is literally in two days, I've come to a decision."
menu:
"What does Yuuka do?"
"Revolution, obviously":
yuuka "We are going to walk out on the upcoming exam. There will be no exam, so long as there are no teachers or students to take it."
"Various Students" "No exam? Let's fucking gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo{nw}"
"Various Students" "But how will this affect the economy?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "Who cares about the economy? Anarchy!{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "That's not what anarchy means. It literally means order without r{nw}"
"Various Students" "I am begging you all to shut up.{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "The teachers are in on this? Who exactly are we protesting then?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "The principal, I guess. Do we have a principal?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "I'd assume Professor Okazaki, isn't she the founder?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "Yeah, but she was fired.{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "Huh, what's happening? Is it a test?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "Dude, you ask that every time we have class. Stop staying up, playing League of{nw}"
"Various Students" "Dude, you ask that every time we have class. Stop staying up, playing {fast}Outlasting Maroon{nw=1.0}"
yuuka "Are we clear on this?"
"Various Students" "No!{nw=0.5}"
yuuka "Good."
alice "This is a terrible decision, Yuuka. Have you thought this out at all? You could tip Yumemi off that something's wrong."
marisa "Worse than that, this means no Libraonmics class at two-thirty!"
reimu "I thought you hated that class? You've never attended it."
marisa "Yes, but the timeslot is perfect since it's taught by the school's main librarian."
marisa "I'm in and out before the replacement can arrive. It's a way easier target than the Scarlets'"
alice "Could we bring this back to the topic at hand? You're creating chaos, the students are out of control!"
"Make the students teach themselves":
yuuka "Class, I'll be opening up student tutoring regarding Magi-Physics."
"Various Students" "It was weird we suddenly started doing Magi-Botany.{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "I took it in stride, this is easy shit in comparison.{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "We changed teachers?{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "How have you just now noticed? Professor Okazaki is bright red from hair to clothes, you'd have to be blind to confuse her and... uh, I know this... it was...{nw=1}"
"Various Students" "To be fair, I thought she could've just dyed her hair.{nw=1}"
yuuka "Are we clear on this?"
narrrator "{i}A familiar hand went up.{/i}"
yuuka "Yes?"
"Student" "May I volunteer my friend, my inspiration, Ga{nw}"
"A Different Student" "You backstabber! You should be tutoring, you actually like this class!{nw=1.0}"
"Student" "Right, because you only like Professor Okazaki and her strawberry red hair, and her cape, so cool, and{nw}"
"Once Again, A Different Student" "Can it, you two! The only person who should be handling other students is someone with experience. That's why I think Li{nw}"
"Another Student Entirely, This Time" "You skunk! I taught you one time!{nw=1.0}"
yuuka "Wow, I've really imparted my values onto this class haven't I."
alice "That, for better or worse, you have."
marisa "Worse. Definitely worse."
reimu "Eh. It's about the same as how they'd react in the school in the Human Village."
alice "But those are kindergarteners?"
reimu "Exactly."
narrator "{i}Reimu pointed at the class, arguments in various small pockets melding into a cacophony of voices.{/i}"
reimu "Kindergarteners."
yuuka "I'm glad you all see it my way~"
marisa "Let's take this outside if we're actually going to talk. I'm getting a headache from listening to this."
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yuuka "So?"
alice "What do you mean, \"so\"?"
yuuka "Weren't you the one, Alice, that said I had to interact with humans more? I've been doing exactly that and see how it ended up."
yuuka "Chaos and rage directed at one another: treating each other like how they treat the rest of nature's providence."
yuuka "I simply let them be as they are."
$ renpy.pause(1.0)
alice "You know, what Yuuka?"
alice "I'm not even going to argue with you."
alice "You've determined you're right and that's all that matters to you."
alice "Not the students, not me, and certainly most of all: not the flowers you seem to act like you're a representative for."
yuuka "I quite literally am as a flower youkai."
alice "No, I don't think you are. You just took it up as a face for yourself."
alice "You don't seem to think of anything as different from playing with your food."
alice "And frankly, I'm done trying to work with you. I'm going to be working around you from here on."
yuuka "Is that a threat?"
alice "It is the opposite of one. You're not my concern anymore."
alice "Good day to you, Yuuka. I hope the days of others is lit up by your {i}joyfilled{/i} presence."
yuuka "Oh for your mother's sake, Alice. You know fully well what they've done, the thousands of lives beneath their feet, taken carelessly, thoughtlessly."
marisa "Should we really be here?" # talking to reimu
reimu "I say we stick to the sidelines for now."
yuuka "You keep telling me to be mindful, to be considerate. Why, when so few will give the plants, give me that same chance?"
yuuka "It's hypocrisy to demand of me so much when you don't speak the same way to those... children."
alice "..."
alice "I speak that way to you, Yuuka, because you are my friend."
alice "But I don't know if you feel the same way."
yuuka "..."
alice "..."
alice "...can't even manage to spit the words out?"
alice "Fine."
alice "I won't be seeing you then."
# alice leaves
# argument? no alice just gives up and that affects yuuka a lot more
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