WEEK 1

[whimsicalism]

WEEK ONE

This week, students at Ira Academy must return to class with their memories of the weekend hanging over them. The Principal is watching now, and he dislikes children even more than his initial draconian idea of education led everyone to believe. The rules revision is probably at the forefront of most people’s minds, along with the sinking paranoia of being monitored much more closely and more severely reprimanded for stepping out of line. This very empty academy building suddenly feels all the more claustrophobic. All students now have the option to commit murder and be freed from this school. Less than a week ago, you were teaching yourself to be friends with some of your fellow classmates. Will things remain that way, or will someone reveal themselves to be willing to take a life to escape?

But just because murder’s on the table doesn’t mean that your studies are off of it, and the Little Brothers are still here to helpfully encourage all students to complete their coursework. Despite being shepherded away at the end of the school dance announcement last night, this week the Prefect will be back for her office hours and, thankfully, less fixated on pulling off a successful weekend spelling bee and social event. Less thankfully, it seems she believes that completing your re-education as originally planned is the correct course of action. You’d do well to remember, perhaps, that right now your success reflects ultimately on her. Students who prefer to see how their fellow school denizen and prisoner-in-spirit can also sneak into the music room whenever it’s unoccupied to converse with A.

To that end, it also looks like someone’s posted a “Tutors and Study Groups” sign-up sheet on the hallway walls outside the A/V room. There are illustrated descriptions next to it, so even someone who doesn’t understand the writing should be able to glean its purpose. This seems like a good way for people who are interested in working together or helping one another with anything involved in school life. Students may make use of this resource as they will.

Finally, at the end of the hallway near the music room, a sliding wall has receded as if it was never there in the first place, revealing an unexplored area on this floor.. Hmm, what could be up there?


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Regains | AC | IC Profiles | Locations | Mystery Information | Prefect Contact | A Contact

OOC NOTES

Welcome to Week 1! As with last week, if you have anything you’d like to investigate, you can bring mod responses in by pinging (INVESTIGATION) in your subject line. (SHEEP) for the Little Brothers. Unlike last week, Nanami can also be invited to participate in your threads with a (PREFECT) call-out. This is an option for anyone who wants non-private/event convos with her, if for some reason anyone wants to spend MORE time with her. If you are looking for information about the school’s mysteries, it's highly recommended you bring in the sheep or the mod journal instead!

Don’t forget your regains, and please submit your AC for week 0!

Comments

[keyringwitness]

[Yasu arrived early, but clung to the wall like a particularly stubborn species of flower, nose buried too deeply in her grimoire to make small talk. But when Sonic calls a start to the meeting, she puts it away in the satchel she now carries everywhere with her, listening attentively as everyone makes their points. After a few minutes pass and nobody makes the point that's on her mind, she takes a deep breath and finally speaks her mind.]

Um... I know nobody wants to consider it, but... we need to be prepared for the worst case scenario.

[She looks down, away from everyone's faces.]

I know that none of us are, um, willing to murder each other. Probably. I think the Principal knows that too. I- I mentioned it when the rules were first changed, but I think this was his plan from the start. A lot of the class got sent here because at, um, the end of the day, somebody wanted t-to get us out of the way. So if the "re-education" fails, just... killing all of us accomplishes the same thing, j- just less politely. And when I asked about the r- real reason why he called, and, um, how he was going to threaten us, he said that he was waiting for us to react. He was l- looking for an, um, excuse. That's it. He poked and p- prodded us until we rebelled so he could say that we brought this on ourselves.

He might hate us, but the Principal knows how children work. So he's p- probably aware that we won't start murdering each other r- right off the bat.

[A deep breath. Boy, that was a lot of words! So many of them! Yasu feels like she just ran a social marathon, but she still has a few more steps to go.]

There are three components to a mystery. Whodunnit, the culprit. Howdunnit, how the crime was accomplished. And w- whydunnit, why the crime was committed in the first place. Without that last part, nothing would've happened. I don't b- believe that just "getting out" is sufficient motive for anybody here to m- murder someone and let the Principal kill the rest of us, and he knows that too. There's a chance that he might try to offer us something else to get us t- tempted.

I don't know what that'd look like, b- but it's something we have to consider. With that in mind, w- we should have a p- plan in place for what to do in case. Uh. ABodyReallyDoesTurnUp.

[Yasu shrinks back, looking ready to faint from all that talking.]

[canreallymove]

....................................

[You can tell Sonic really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, R E A L L Y does not want to believe anyone would actually murder someone among this group. It's in his expression.

But. He frowns. She's got a point. They don't know what the Principal's got up his sleeves, and while he's not going to murder, that doesn't mean...others...might...not.]

Yeah. Maybe we have some us guys be ready in case. You know. Bein' detectives and all to look at the...the crime.

If one happens!

...

I mean.

Well.

[He's the one who suggested this meeting. He's gotta man up to that.]

Guess I may as well step forward on that one if I gotta.

[keyringwitness]

I- I'm not really qualified, but... I do read a lot of detective novels, s- so I'll have at least a little idea of what to do...

[Yasu is well aware that doesn't equate to actual experience no matter how you look at it, but it's the best they've got.]

We should also set up, er, pairs of people to keep an eye on the s- scene of the crime, to make sure nothing happens to it. [A pause, as she considers something.] I wonder... could we ask the Little Brothers for help with that? They might work for the Principal but, um, I don't think they want to see us get killed either, so t- they'll probably lend a hand in that case.

[canreallymove]

Yeah, I guess we could ask them about that. They seem pretty chill, all things considered. Though I dunno if asking the Prefect for help is a good idea, on that note.

[keyringwitness]

I don't think we're even allowed to... according to the new rules, the Prefect isn't allowed to help us or give us clues.

That, um, does imply she'll know what really h- happened on the off chance something, um, does happen, but it doesn't do us a lot of good. And she's as much of a prisoner as the rest of us; I, I wouldn't want to get her in trouble with the Principal.

[canreallymove]

...Of course Miss Priss'll know. Figures.

But you really think she's a prisoner? I just think she's-

[Dumb.]

Uh, you know, duped.

[Nice save.]

[keyringwitness]

S- She um, said, that she didn't want to disappoint her brother, and a bunch of other things.

I... I think she "woke up" too, and is just as trapped as the rest of us. It's just that she doesn't want to acknowledge right i- in front of her face.

[canreallymove]

A bunch of other things? Like what?

[She must really care for her brother to come here, yeesh.]

[noblesnow]

I think we should all be prepared, to whatever extent is reasonably possible. If... something does happen, that means there will be at least two people we can't rely on to help us.

[cellpreservation]

Like giving us a motive.

[Great.]

Guards on the body sounds like a good idea. But... I mean, all of us are kids. Are we supposed to do an autopsy by ourselves?

[canreallymove]

...An auto-what?

[WELP]

[cellpreservation]

An autopsy. You know, when you look at the body and try to figure out what the cause of death was?

[canreallymove]

Oh. Right.








I knew that.

[cellpreservation]

Sure.

Anyway, I don't think any of us actually know how to do that... right?

[keyringwitness]

Mmmm... I, um, may have read some detective novels, b- but I'm not exactly a qualified doctor...

It's a long shot, but does anyone here have medical skills?

[noblesnow]

I could find a textbook and learn the basics.

[This is a better idea than it sounds like, since it's Reika, but she's still maybe not an ideal candidate?]

[keyringwitness]

If, um, you think that'll work, Miss Reika...

[Yasu does not think this will work.]

[noblesnow]

...no good?

[Honestly she'll accept that.]

[keyringwitness]

We do need whatever help we can g- get, so... it might be worth a shot, actually. You, um, said it yourself. The more people we have w- with these kinds of skills, the better.

[cellpreservation]

There's no way a kid like me could possibly know that kind of thing.

[keyringwitness]

I- I mean, all of us have some kind of neat talent... I figured it was worth, um, asking, at least.

I doubt cleaning will, um, help very much with crime scene investigation, though.

[cellpreservation]

Not saying I'm totally talentless, but I don't think soccer skills are going to help anyone either.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

I-I'm...more experienced with dogs, but...my mum did teach me a few things, and I'm usually the one to take care of injuries, back home.

[Not that they will need, no one will murder, no one will die here.]

[keyringwitness]

A- according to all the textbooks I've been reading, most, um, living things share pretty much the same structure. It's just the specifics that are different... that might be more helpful than you think.

[The more you know, the more accurate an autopsy report you can get before it's inevitably updated!]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Huh. Alright then. Pretty sure it won't come up, but it's at least good to know.

[No one will kill, no one will die, you cannot convince him otherwise.]