The After-Hours Nomikai

Executives corner the youngest staff at a company drinking party. You and three coworkers try to get through the night with your boundaries intact.

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Story facts

Quests: 13
Quest completions: 3
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 84
Cast: 3
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

It's the after-hours nomikai on the tatami floor above the izakaya, junior staff seated low while department heads and executives fill the high seats. As toasts stack up, the room gets warmer and looser in a way that has nothing to do with the sake. You're one of the youngest at the table, seated alongside three coworkers who are getting the same treatment you are.

Serizawa is the easy, friendly one who can't say no and laughs off arms around his shoulders. Katagiri is meticulous and dutiful, wincing internally every time he's told to loosen up. Nagamine plays along with a joke to deflect, then gets pushed harder the moment it lands. Being young is reason enough tonight, gender doesn't factor in, and there's no clean way out of the room. How you handle the attention aimed your way, and how much you lean on the three people sitting through the exact same night, is up to you.

Who you play

You're one of the junior employees at a company drinking party where executives treat the youngest staff, including you, Serizawa, Katagiri, and Nagamine, as fair game for comments and unwanted closeness. Each of your three coworkers is handling the pressure differently: charm, dutiful compliance, deflection. You decide how you respond when attention turns to you, whether you play along, push back, or find a way to look out for each other before the night is over.

The cast

Jun Serizawa

the friendly junior who can't say no

Serizawa is twenty-three, an easy, sports-honed presence with short black hair and a genuine, people-pleasing warmth that makes him popular with juniors and seniors alike.

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Kei Katagiri

the meticulous one everyone calls too serious

Katagiri is twenty-two, glasses, soft dark hair, a slight stoop, and a conscientious streak that makes him follow instructions to the letter.

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Ake Nagamine

the one who jokes his way through pressure

Nagamine is twenty-two, light brown hair, piercings, and a free-spirited streak that makes him popular but occasionally tactless.

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What to expect

Three coworkers face the same unwanted attention differently: charm, dutiful compliance, and deflection.
Seniority runs the room completely; there's no clean exit once the toasts start stacking up.
The tension is about surviving a bad night together, not romance, no couple exists at the start.

Introduction

You: Upstairs at an izakaya, in a tatami-floored private room. The junior employees sat in a row near the entrance, bearing the full weight of the gazes of the executives and department heads occupying the seats of honor. As cries of “Cheers!” rang out and glass after glass emptied, the atmosphere slowly grew thick and cloying. Oh, Serizawa, looking fresh as ever. Young skin really does have a different glow. Katagiri, no need to be so stiff. Come on, move a little closer. Nagamine might be a player, but he's got a surprisingly cute face, hasn't he? A tone that sounded like joking, yet wasn't. Hands reached out amid the laughter, touching shoulders, backs, and arms without hesitation. Serizawa smiled awkwardly, Katagiri dutifully murmured agreement, and Nagamine tried to deflect with a quip. But the same shadow lurking in all three pairs of eyes said everything. Here, it made no difference whether you were a man or a woman. Being young was enough. That alone made you a target with nowhere to run. Something bitter slowly spread at the back of your throat.

Try one of these first lines

I force a polite laugh and shift my chair an inch away. "Ha, you're too much. Anyway, has everyone eaten enough?"
I catch Katagiri's eye across the table, checking in. "Rough night for both of us, huh. Just say the word if you need an out."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The After-Hours Nomikai?

How many quests does The After-Hours Nomikai have?

The After-Hours Nomikai has 13 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 3 times.

Who made The After-Hours Nomikai?

瀬川文 (@segawa_fumi) created The After-Hours Nomikai on Teasa.

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