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castle_whims2022-08-21 12:29 am
whimsicalism) wrote in castle_whims2022-08-21 12:29 am
WEEK 1
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?
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!
PREVIOUS TAG "Ritz cracker from the Liturgy of the Eucharist back on Sunday"
[She takes Spirit Ball Shamash down and begins patting him all over, looking for parts besides a head.]
You can see him, Dylan? And you have never seen any ghosts before? Nor even nature spirits?
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No, I've never seen a spirit of any kind before.
['Helps that they're not real.' is what he's tempted to comment, but he's not about to be the one insulting someone's religion, at this point.]
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[She puts Shamash down to hover closer to her uniform skirt pocket.]
Perhaps it is because I lack the intermediaries that I usually use for Shamash to express his oversoul. But he is usually only this small and compact the moment before I integrate him into the objects. [Her lips quirk like a shrug, knowing this is "blah blah blah" to Dylan.]
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So, it's because...you don't have your usual abilities, that he can't do anything. And even if you did, he wouldn't be this small, because...this is how he looks before you...fuse him into certain objects?
[Did he get that right? He feels like he got that right.]
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Technically you could say that his own power is a third separate entity from my own power or the objects. Other than that, your understanding is very precise. I praise you.
[The pseudo-biblical words come out soft. This has taken the light out of her eyes. She runs her fingers over Shamash's crown nervously.]
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[Huh, he got it right in one try! He'd be more proud, if not for the sad look on Jeanne's face.]
Well...at least you have him back? If he's a friend, it's better to have him back, if not fully himself, then to not have him at all, right?
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I was very distressed to be separated from Shamash when I first arrived. [She looks down at the spirit ball again.] We are supposed to be together.
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[He can't help but rub the back of his neck at that.]
Having to be anywhere away from my family this long...it's a lot to have to deal with, really.
[Going from a house full of puppies to a school full of near strangers...not a lot to like, really. Especially with memories of Saturday...]
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[How difficult to not see or touch them. Hear them, smell them, lick them. What do dogs do, sleep in piles? Even if he were a Cheaper by the Dozen human, it would be far from Jeanne's experience.
She. Should help. She begins to cautiously pet him on the head.]
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Still, after a moment, he pulls back, not too suddenly at least.]
S-sorry, I'm just...worried, you know?