INTRO MINGLE

[whimsicalism]

WELCOME IN

ORIENTATION DAY

(CW: Slight undertones of experiences of unreality.)

It’s a bright Monday afternoon at the Academy. If the sun happened to be visible, it would certainly be shining. The new semester that everyone has been waiting for is about to begin!

All students wake up at exactly the same time–not that you’re aware of this. Even those who don’t normally sleep must have given into slumber at some point; they, too, will jolt awake with the strangest sensation that someone was just whispering in their ears. The beds that you’ll find yourself in are small and unfamiliar, and you wake up wearing a uniform that you don’t recognize even though it fits you like a glove. A red book with black cardstock lining the inner cover sits on each dorm nightstand. Opening the book reveals a strange code of conduct. The following pages list, in alphabetical order, all of the students.

Beyond the handbook and a change of familiar clothes in the closet, there’s little personalization to the rooms, and they lack most homey comforts. As unusual as these surroundings may seem, it’s impossible to shake the subtle, lingering excitement: It’s the first day of school! What a delightful occasion. Shouldn’t everyone want to make the most of the year? The subtle, unshakeable desire to achieve sits in the back of every mind like the story of a happy dream. Perhaps you brush your hair or wash your teeth before going on with your splendid day. Your reflection in your bathroom mirror looks a little off, did you forget to cut your hair before the big day? Perhaps you realize that your nails or claws have been trimmed recently. A little odd but you must have been excited for a brand new school year.

The world outside the dorm room holds a few more answers, but most things are still shrouded in mystery. Today, it seems that some rooms are still locked up tight from summer vacation. Beside the dormitory and hallways, only the cafeteria, kitchen, gym, playground, school store, and A/V room are accessible. Outside the cafeteria, a digital sign titled DAILY SCHEDULE offers little structure, save for one afternoon event: 5PM - PREFECT’S ORIENTATION - AUDITORIUM. There’s a lot of business to take care of on the first day of school, after all. No one can just be expected to start learning without the proper preparation.

With some time to kill before the promised orientation takes place–and, according to that rulebook, everyone is expected to attend–students have only each other and the various robot sheep for company. With such a small class, perhaps working together will bring you newfound and long-lasting partnerships. The robotic staff seem polite, at least, if a bit confused at the sudden flurry of non-scheduled activities.

How will you spend your first day before classes begin?

OOC NOTES

Welcome to the IC intro mingle for Round 2! Your characters have the afternoon to meet one another, get lunch at the school cafeteria, review their student handbooks, harass the Little Brother robots, and prepare for the upcoming school semester in this post. As promised, the Prefect will meet everyone in the auditorium at 5pm and will post their own introductory comment at that time (Eastern).

While we're sure that some people are dying to get a head start on investigating all of the mysteries of the school (we're excited to reveal them), please hold your investigation comment ideas until the weekly post goes up tomorrow. As all ground floor locations should be open for exploration at that time, we invite everyone to scratch all of your investigation itches on tomorrow's post at noon (also Eastern)! In lieu of investigation threads today, characters may speak to/question/accost the Little Brothers, who have an NPC thread down below.

Thank you, and have fun!

Comments

[lets_dewey_it]

Stupid uniform with the stupid dorm room and the stupid, stupid... _{[Well, somebody's not having a fun first day of school, grumbling as he exited Room 4 in the dormitory. He was groaning to himself, but talking loud enough as if he wanted someone to join in on his anger.]} I can accept getting kidnapped into some weird place, it'd make for a fun mystery for my family, a daring escape by me, but a school? Not an ancient temple full of mummies? Not a secret government experiment building where I could meet aliens and/or find out I'm an alien myself? No death traps even?! What's the POINT?! Where's the fun in just a stupid lame school? I already have to go to one!

_{[Though, later, he seems to brighten up when he's at the playground, looking for some kind of way to turn these things into personal death traps. A good place to start is the swings, where he sits on one and then starts twirling around so he twisted the ropes or chains or whatever's holding the swings up to the metal frame, before backing up a bit.]} Hey, watch this! _{[He didn't even wait for somebody to tell him it was a horrible idea before his feet left the ground, leaving him to become a spinning projectile as he swung back and forth.]}

[spychic]

[Anya, by this point, has gathered that this is no normal school. There's a bunch of not-human people. The profiles are weird. She's been wondering if this is a very convincing dream, and that's before a duck-boy does a flying spin into the air.]

H--Huaaaa?! Watch out!!!! You'll get real hurt real bad!!!

[lets_dewey_it]

WHA-! NOW?! _{[Spinning in his swing, he tried to lean back and nearly hit his head on the swing's frame before sitting up stranger so that didn't freaking happen.]} I! HEAR! A! CHALL-! ENGE!! _{[Yup, he was absorbed in the speen and is definitely going to keep staying on his horrible twirling swing for as long as the chains were untwisting themselves.]} WANNA! BET! HOW FAR! I CAN! GO?!

[spychic]

[Oh dear oh dear oh dear.]

N--NO! ANYA! DOES! NOT! WANT! PAIN! TO ANYONE!

[She looks around. Is there anyone bigger and older and more mature than her to handle this? Probably not.]

Hawawawawawa...

[She gets into one of the other swings...and also starts spinning. She's unsure what to do.

So she just joins in.]

1/2

[lets_dewey_it]

THAT'S! THE! SPIRIT! <sub>[And suddenly, CLANG!

The chains jumped, causing his swing to bounce a bit and stop... swinging. Right before he could even jump off like a frisbee.]</sub>

2/2

[lets_dewey_it]

AHHHH, come onnnnn! _{[And now, Dewey was stumbling off, dizzy as heck, disappointed that he couldn't go flying like a saucer. And now he's collapsed on the ground because his entire world was spinning.]} Wanna... go on the jungle gym... or something- hold on... _{[He looked like he was on the verge of death and he wasn't even injured, just very queasy from self-induced vertigo.]}

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat nearly flutters by but stops when she hears the ranting about no danger and stuff and gasps excitedly.]

YOU LIKE DANGER!? AND FIGHTING MONSTERS!?

[lets_dewey_it]

Wha?! _{[He turned around, seeing the talking bat and brightening up immediately.]} Wow, someone who's not a hairless ape creature! Heck yeah, danger, fighting monsters, the thrill of adventure, I love it all! I've been all over the world and seen so many things that nearly killed me! What about you? _{[He is definitely willing to get to know this bat better.]}

[violence_ensues]

[...New friend found! Just wait till Mao Mao hears about this! If her day was ruined, this immediately fixes it.]

Mao Mao and Badgerclops have been training me to be a hero! We fight monsters and sky pirates and go on all sortsa adventures together! We have all sortsa cool moves together and we also fight crime and help protect the other Sweetie Pies!

Oh, and I'm Adorabat!

[lets_dewey_it]

SKY PIRATES?! Me too!! I met a whole crew of sky pirates! I even led them for a bit until their leader came back and usurped me!

_{[As Adorabat introduced herself, he bowed and pointed to himself.]} Dewey Duck, at your service!

dorm

[noblesnow]

[Reika pauses, jogging in place for a moment (and completely unperturbed by Dewey being, you know, a duck).]

It does seem a bit strange to be kidnapped just for school.

Re: dorm

[lets_dewey_it]

"Strange" is an understatement. I don't even think Uncle Donald enrolled me in this place. Nor Uncle Scrooge, nor Ms. Beakley, nor my mom, DEFINITELY not my mom. _{[He rolled his eyes and slid against a wall, loosening his uniform's tie and then wrapping it on his head like a headband.]} And I hate this stupid dumb uniform.

[noblesnow]

I certainly haven't been enrolled here, either. I already have a school.

[She's pretty sure they need her there, actually!]

Maybe you could wear the gym uniform? [Because that is, after all, definitely the point.]

[lets_dewey_it]

Maybe I should, but they'd probably have a stick up their butts about me only wearing it in the gym or something.

But I'll try it anyway once I get a feel for what's going on here, just to feel something.

[canreallymove]

WHAT!? NO DEATH TRAPS!?!?

[Immediately there is a blue??? hedgehog, making to grab his shoulders.]

What kind of way past crazy place is this!?

[lets_dewey_it]

Right?! If you're going to kidnap your heroes, at least make them jump and juke and jive their way through your obstacle course in order for them to escape! It's such a waste otherwise! _{[By virtue of him being blue, he already feels some sort of kindred spirit in this weird hedgehog.]}

[canreallymove]

MAN, it's bad enough we're in a school...

[He grimaces.]

This is the most uncool kidnapping ever. No speed, and I gotta go to school? I'd rather hear Ant sing than that!

[lets_dewey_it]

No speed?! How fast could you go?! They TOOK THAT FROM YOU?! _{[Wow, he really WAS getting riled up over this place.]}

dorms

[hashtagwoof]

[ Hi. The kid from room 8 looked up from the handbook and is now staring blankly at you. ]

What... [ That... Looks too realistic to be a fursuit. He rubs at his eyes, but nope. Still looks the same. ]

Dude. Are you a talking duck person?

Re: dorms

[lets_dewey_it]

Huh? _{[And now Dewey was staring down this kid too, shaking his head to make sure it wasn't a hallucination.]} Are you one of those hairless apes from that nightmare sitcom world I was sent to with my family once by a genie? Didn't even know you guys existed outside that world! _{[That was. Specific.]}

[hashtagwoof]

. . .

[ He pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs heavily. ]

Okay. Great. Either I'm dreaming all of this up, or I've finally lost my mind.

[lets_dewey_it]

I wish it was a dream, I already pinched myself every which way and didn't wake up! I mean, I could pinch you and see if this is your dream that I'm in somehow, but I dunno if that's how it works. _{[He was just as confused as this new face unfortunately.]}

playground

[weirdlymagical]

[Having finally found the outdoor portion of her new hell, Luz has been combing it for a way over those iron fences. No dice. But at least there's a playground to wander distractedly through- wait, what's tha-]

Ohh my gosh! [Thankfully, Luz ducks out of the way of the spinning Dewey projectile.]

Uhhh, are you sure that's safe?

Re: playground

[lets_dewey_it]

_{[And he hits the fence and clings to it! Just as he intended!]}

Absolutely not! But it's super fun anyway! _{[But there he goes, falling to the ground dizzy, but at least he's happy to have achieved what he wanted.]} I gotta find the monkey bars, wonder if they're like a big arch...!

[weirdlymagical]

Whoa!

[Okay, but, she's impressed... Until he hits the ground.]

...Hm. You know, I think I have a better way over the fence.