whimsicalism: (Academy)
Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2022-08-15 07:47 pm
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WEEK 0

Week Zero


Despite everything that made yesterday feel like a particularly spectacular dream, everyone will wake up today back in their dorm rooms and their academy pajamas (providing they changed before bed). The artificial light is still bright and happy, but the reality of the school year is truly beginning to set in. This is the true first day of classes.

This week, the ground floor of the Academy is open to explore. All of the rooms that were inaccessible on Monday are open for the rest of the week, though students will still be kept firmly on the ground floor while remodeling continues on the upper levels.

Classes are also in session, with a basic schedule advertised on the board outside the cafeteria. In addition to basic academic subjects, the courses offered have a slight bent towards soft skills: home economics, etiquette, and public conduct are peppered in with math and science. The textbooks available for classes are handed out at the beginning of every sheep-taught lesson, and they encompass several levels of learning on the same subject to account for the different levels of students in attendance, as if someone created a series of textbooks in the nature of this video series. Strangely enough, there usually seems to be one fewer book than there are students, as if someone wasn't accounted for when books were ordered. The Lady Prefect can often be found in attendance at these classes, though she tends to disappear right after each session for her office hours. All in all, she's a distracted, even daydreamy student, and she may occasionally ask for someone else's notes. But she's quick to take roll and remind others of deadlines.

Regardless, classes only last a few hours a day, and students are otherwise encouraged to pursue their own extracurriculars and self-improvement, including via gym and music room activities. There's time to eat and train on your own schedule...or maybe you want to try making a dent in the large collection of Zoobooks in the reception area, feeding the strange vending machine in the school store some of your red coins, or convincing a Little Brother robot to tell you what really happened when one of them started getting mouthy yesterday at orientation.

Two future dates linger on the horizon, both fresh from the discussions on Monday: The Little Brother that was behaving so strangely promised a game of hide-and-seek on Wednesday, and the first main school event, the spelling bee and dance, is slated to take place on Saturday.

How will you prepare?

Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
OOC Notes


Welcome to Week 0 proper! Events will unlock on the relevant day. Effective immediately, students are able to explore the week's locations for some more information about the school. If you'd like mod input on an investigation, please tag in the mods by writing (INVESTIGATION) in the subject line of your comment. If you'd like to speak with a Little Brother, please put (SHEEP) in your comment header. They're pretty wary of talking to students in secluded places, unfortunately, so while you can talk to them one-on-one, they don't offer a private contact post of their own.

The Prefect, however, will be available for her office hours. Nanami herself can be contacted in private via screened threads there. Given the general off-the-rails beginning of the semester, she is a bit distracted this week, but there's never any harm in reaching out!

Don't forget your regains!
hashtagwoof: Smug (You've closed a door in front of me)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-19 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He glances over and- Oh, is this bat kid a fruit bat? ]

You think so? [ He smirks before handing one of the unwanted fruits over to her. ] Here, you can have one of mine.
Edited 2022-08-19 15:36 (UTC)
violence_ensues: (Impressed)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-19 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[She snatches and eats it both messily and LOUDLY.]

OMOMOMOMOM! Mmmmm, yummy!

[It's then that Adorabat notices the dress.]

Oh, is that your new dress?
hashtagwoof: (How should I get people to love me?)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-19 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He was about to discard the weird green thing after ignoring Adorabat's eating habits, but now she's given him more reason to ditch the dress. ]

What? NO! I don't even want this thing! It's got huge dork written all over it.

[ He comes from a long line of fashion designers with just a drop of nobility in there somewhere, he does not want to be caught wearing this. ]
Edited 2022-08-19 21:59 (UTC)
violence_ensues: (Default)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-19 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adorabat examines the dress. ...It seems fine to her. Then again, she knows nothing about fashion.]

So it's not... um... What was that one word Pinkie used that one time...? ...Markenable?
hashtagwoof: (It’s easier to deal with *** after all..)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-20 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[ He needs a moment to figure out what Adorabat just said. ]

You mean marketable?
violence_ensues: (Impressed)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh oh! Yeah! THAT'S THE WORD HE USED!
hashtagwoof: (You said I would've hit the ceiling)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-20 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hm...

[ How does he explain this to a five year old... ]

Listen. There's probably a market for weird fantasy dresses out there, but that sort of thing just isn't my style. You get what I'm saying?
violence_ensues: (Confused)

1/3

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
...Is it because you like black and white and red?
violence_ensues: (Excited)

2/3

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Almost abruptly, Adorabat screams out in excitement.]

OOOOH! WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER!?
violence_ensues: (Relief)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[A moment passes and Adorabat giggles a little nervously, poking the yips of her wings together.]

I... don't have my jokity book, I just remembered.
hashtagwoof: (And I'm not the only one)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-20 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He was gonna say something else, but that half a joke threw him off. ]

... Tell me the answer was gonna be "a newspaper."
violence_ensues: (Giggling)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Wrong! It was your clothes. The color red isn't in newspapers, silly!

[Cue Adorabat giggling at her own joke.]
Edited 2022-08-20 16:06 (UTC)
hashtagwoof: (Sometimes it's hard to understand)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-20 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... He rolls his eyes. ]

Dude, I only added a few personal touches the uniform we've all been forced to wear.

[ For context, he's wearing the standard issue Ira Academy uniform (pants edition) with the black fingerless gloves, black tie, and red designer trainers from his outfit from home. ]

Though credit where it's due, the uniform on its own isn't that lame compared to the green thing.
Edited 2022-08-20 16:27 (UTC)
violence_ensues: (Relief)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Does he not get it?]

No, no, it's because "red" and "read" sound exactly the same and newspapers are usually read, so it's funny because it's not funny!
hashtagwoof: (Identity gone haywire)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-20 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He just stares at Adorabat for a moment. ]

I got the joke!

Now, are we talking about my clothes or are you just trying to be funny? It sounds like you're trying to do both at once!
violence_ensues: (Concentrating)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-20 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
mmmmIf you didn't find that one funny, then... What did the farmer say after he lost his tractor?