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Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2022-08-15 11:06 am
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INTRO MINGLE

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!
gotnothing: (some things you do just to see)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-15 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sure is a nice, normal morning we're all having in murderschool! Sure would be a shame if some kind of shitty teen.......... happened to it! ]

OKAY, WHO'S THE SHITSUCKING WEIRDO WHO PUT ME IN A FREAKING PREP SCHOOL OUTFIT? COME OUT AND GET YOUR ASS KICKED, COWARD!

[ ... she's such a nice girl, isn't she? Catch her stomping through the halls directly after yelling that, shirt untucked and jacket unbuttoned, literally just trying to find someone in charge she can punch. Yes she read the rules, yes the location is the part she's this mad about.

Once she's... not cooled down, necessarily, but resigned herself to there not being a way to kick the ass of whoever did this injustice to her, Ava ends up on the playground, hanging upside-down off one of the platforms and reading through her student handbook. That can't be good for her, can it? ]
keyringwitness: (Avoidant)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-15 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is so far outside Yasu's area of expertise that the mere sight of Ava freezes her to the spot as she struggles to process her, well. Everything.

Including the swearing. Her training kicking in automatically, Yasu looks down and mumbles,]


T- The madam says you're not supposed to swear in the halls, Miss, um... [She mentally pages through her recollection of the handbook until she comes on Ava's prfoile.] Ava? [She phrases that like a question.]
gotnothing: (🔵 just stay alive)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-15 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ava's about to yell before she realizes that like. That's a little kid. She's not gonna yell at a scared little kid. But she will continue to be grumpy, as is her god-given right as a fifteen-year-old. ]

Then the madam can come face me about it herself.
keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-15 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
D- Don't worry, she can't hear you. I think. It's just awful getting scolded by her, so I thought I'd...

[Yasu frowns after she realizes that, for once, her life wouldn't be dominated by the madam's disapproval.]

Oh. She probably didn't come to the school, though... At least I hope she didn't.
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gotnothing: (let people call you crazy)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-15 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, can't be worse than getting hassled by the monks. "Ooh, Ava, you can't listen to music while you meditate," "Ava, stop interrupting Brother Loquacious's meditation by throwing slices of processed cheese in his face," why do adults expect us to care about the rules they made up without us?

[ Why Indeed? ]

School is so freaking weird.
keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-15 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...L... L- Loquacious...

[For a moment, it seems like Yasu is struggling with what the word means. But instead:]

That's, um. Kind of an odd name for a monk who meditates all the time, isn't it... A- ah! Sorry! I didn't mean to insult him, I, uh-

[Sometimes, your inner monologue leaks out of your mouth and there's nothing you can do about it.]
gotnothing: (🔵 ever since we founded rome)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-16 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ If that bothers Ava, she definitely doesn't show it. ]

Pft, right? He definitely had a lot to say once the cheddar was in his face, that's for sure.
keyringwitness: (Overjoyed)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-17 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yasu can't help it, she snickers at that. Then instantly looks scandalized about snickering and looks at her shoes, blushing.]
gotnothing: (makes you feel alive)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-17 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh come on, kid, don't you go meditating on me too. I promise you he can't hear you right now.
keyringwitness: (Talking)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-17 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
S- Sorry... I'm just not supposed to laugh while I'm on shift, and it's, um, hard to break the habit.
gotnothing: (and this is what you get)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-19 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"On shift"? What kind of jackass is telling you not to laugh?
keyringwitness: (Nervous)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-19 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The madam of the house... I'm a servant of the family, so I should carry myself with appropriate, um, dignity.
gotnothing: (I hide down in my corner)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-19 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ava sort of. Narrows her eyes a little. ]

How old are you, kid?

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canismajorcontrolfreak: (Just see spots)

Halls

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-15 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dylan just woke up not too long ago, it is definitely way too early for this-]

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE, I AM NOT ABOUT TO DEAL WITH LITTLE KIDS KNOWING CURSE WORDS IF I CAN HELP IT!
gotnothing: (we wear them like protective shells)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-15 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's good for them! It builds character!
canismajorcontrolfreak: (The sky beyond...)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-15 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, builds character-until they cuss out a police officer or someone else they shouldn't! Then that "character" gets you in trouble with the law, ground for months, or running away from dogs twice your size!

[Not that he's (canonically) speaking from experience. Headcanon, on the other han-er, paw...]
gotnothing: (and they will shake their heads)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-16 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Frankly, I think more people need to cuss out the police. Keep them on their toes.

[ who put her in a building with all these kids show characters. who allowed this. ]

But ugh, fine, random talking dog, I will cool it on the swearing until whoever kidnapped us shows their stupid face.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (If you just see spots...)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-16 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
I am 100% sure that will go wrong.

[He sighs.]

But thank you for...trying to keep it to a minimum.

And in my defense for the talking thing, most animals I know do talk, it's humans that don't even try to understand us.
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gotnothing: (there'll always be a few things)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-17 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ "I will teach them to swear at the mastermind in private later" is the part she doesn't say out loud, but. ]

Yeah, I mean... Maurice talks, and he's a dinosaur, so that makes sense. Usually you just need, you know. Equipment, where I come from. But it's a big galaxy out there.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (Do you still see sky?)

1/2

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-17 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Dylan was absolutely about to make a comment about all the dinosaurs being dead, but then that last sentence comes, and-]

Galaxy? Like...like space?
canismajorcontrolfreak: (In every mirror)

2/2

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-17 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
[And then suddenly Dylan is running up to this teenager, biggest goofiest grin on his muzzle, absolutely beaming.]

OH MY DOG ARE YOU FROM ANOTHER PLANET?!

[Congratulations Ava, you have found the local space nerd.]
gotnothing: (to recover from all of the damage)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-17 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Oh, he's impressed, is he? well. ]

Well, not exactly... I'm not from any planet, I live on a spaceship that travels between them.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (Clouds are spots)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-17 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my dog, oh my dog! I've never gotten this kind of opportunity before! What should I do-what should I ask-what should I say-

[He's more or less talking to himself for a moment, looking to the side with every sentence that comes out of his mouth, before he's focusing on Ava again.]


Okay, most important question. What's the best thing about living in a spaceship?
gotnothing: (there'll always be a few things)

[personal profile] gotnothing 2022-08-19 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The best thing? Hm...

[ She makes a show of pondering the question. ...And, mentally, limiting it to the fun spaceship she lives on now, instead of the others. ]

Being able to go hang out on different planets, probably. If you wanna go take a walk, there are a lot of options out there.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (In every mirror)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-08-19 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow...

[It's minimal, but his tail is wagging a mile a minute.]

How many planets have you been on? How many stars have you gotten to see up close-oh! How what are the names of some of the stars you know? Do you still call some red giants and white dwarfs or do you use different terms for stars like that? Is there life on other planets, and if so, what is it like? Any specific ideas on how to make space travel easier? Have dogs gotten to go to space yet, or is it just humans so far?

[If Ava does not stop this, he will go on for an hour, that is a promise.]