WEEK 2

[whimsicalism]

WEEK TWO

Two weeks is plenty of time to get used to a new school, but the horrors of Ira Academy are likely to require much more acclimation than that. The lesson learned this weekend may be more important than anything else taught thus far: Regardless of motivation, regardless of friendliness, regardless of heroism, any member of the student body could turn out to be a killer.

Starting this week, the immovable, impenetrable glass wall blocking the staircase by the first aid station has receded. Students are free to go up the stairs beyond that wall and leave the ground floor of the school for the first time.

The new area that opens up in the Academy couldn't come at a better time. Past the landing, where a new ascending flight of stairs now waits behind another thick impenetrable wall of glass, the second floor greets students with muted, calming colors. The rooms in this area of the school house activities targeted at calming, freeing, or emptying the mind. After witnessing such terrible things on Saturday, it would be lovely to clear such thoughts away entirely, wouldn't it?

On Monday, classes will resume as normal, as if the student body had not undergone recent and horrific attrition. At least there are a fair few more places to hide now that the next floor has opened up, and it might be easier to avoid the Little Brothers trying to herd you into the classroom every now and then. It would be easy to let unease and paranoia reign over everyone. Perhaps, come Tuesday again, there will be another announcement from the Principal, holding another threat over everyone's head until the right person snaps and attempts the optional capstone project. There may be another mysterious phenomenon to follow through the school, seeking a hint of meaning or answers. Of course, you could all give up and choose re-education.

How will you move on?

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday
Regains | AC | IC Profiles | Locations | Mystery Information | A Contact | Sheep Contact

OOC NOTES

Welcome to Week 2. The Prefect has been removed from play until further notice and will no longer be able to be contacted. Mod Shay will continue to work for the game on an administrative level. ICly, the Principal will mention vaguely that the Prefect has been removed from her duties for the foreseeable future. The IC rules will be updated to reflect this and that's how the characters will find out. The sheep will take up her work monitoring the school and have their own contact post, and the A/V room is still locked. While you're free to question this ICly, please be mindful of others and try not to push the issue either ICly or OOCly. This isn't related to the plot and shouldn't be treated as such.

As a reminder, AC runs Sunday to Sunday concurrent with these posts and is collected based on the prior week; this means you have a whole week to get in AC for the week prior. AC for week 1 should be submitted no later than this coming Sunday. Remember to submit your regains! Also, if you want to investigate put INVESTIGATE on your subject line, please!

Comments

[violence_ensues]

[????]

Where'd you learn THAT?

...You know what. nevermind. Wanna try meditating with me? You just have to focus on nothing.

[canreallymove]

Eh, sure, why not?

[He goes to sit.]

Though I gotta admit, it sounds weird to just think of nothin’.

[violence_ensues]

It's easy, you just have to... ummm...

[What was that thing Mao Mao said...? ...Oh! Right!]

Just clear your mind! Here, watch.

[Adorabat closes her eyes and rests her wings into a meditative position, then, will clear her mind...]

Maoooooo... Maoooooo... Maoooooo...

[canreallymove]

[Well, here he goes.]

Ummmmmmmmmm…………maaaaaaaao……?

[Maybe if he closes his eyes or something, the wall is, uh, totally distracting him and stuff. Totally the wall! Nothing else like the fact two people are dead and Nicole is gone and…and he’s trapped here…there’s a bunch of kids and EVERYTHING IS FINE OK-





Yeah he’s practically vibrating with Not Nothing. Yup.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat will attempt to slyly peek an eye open to see how Sonic is doing. Hmm!]

Maoooooooo... Maoooooooocloseyoureyes... Maoooooooo...

[canreallymove]

[fjrighfejavofpSHUTTING HIS EYES NOW]

MaaaaaaaaaaaoooommmmmmmyeyesareclosedIswear..........mmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaao....

[This is hard because how do you to this without getting bored after five minutes hrwiofjeoigw]

[violence_ensues]

[Just clear your mind, blue boy. Just as Adorabat is clearing hers to be able to meditate, so must Sonic. And hey, this is all part of being a true hero, according to Mao Mao.]

Maoooooooo... Maoooooooo... Maoooooooo...

[canreallymove]

Maaaaaaaao.....

[He is trying. He's seriously trying.

But even without opening her eyes Adorabat can probably feel he's just....struggling. Also he might be grunting a little trying to banish his thoughts.]

Hnnnnnnnngh...

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat twitches a tiny bit. Yeah, she notices. It's distracting, so she opens her eyes to check things out, pushing him a tiny bit. Not enough to shove, but to wiggle.]

...What are you doing?

[canreallymove]

Uh....meditating?

[It's a lie. He's clearly not doing a good job.]

...I dunno if I can do this.

[violence_ensues]

But it's so easy...! How could you be having trouble with it?

[Adorabat, be nice.]

[canreallymove]

Cuz I can't stop thinkin'!

[grumble]

Like, how do you just....stop? Sal would tell me to start thinking, not the other way around, and how to you focus on nothing with all the stuff happening?!

Not a gag tag

[violence_ensues]

No, no, no, it's not focusing on nothing, it's focusing on nothing. Cuz nothing is still something instead of nothing.

[Adorabat, what.]

[canreallymove]

Say what???

[Yeah, what?]

1/2

[violence_ensues]

It's- it's nothing! It's-

[Adorabat uses her wings to gesture unhelpfully. This eventually culminates into a brief scream of frustration.]

2/2

[violence_ensues]

[But then Adorabat gets an idea. With a gasp and happy smile, she rushes over to the art room to get a couple pieces of paper and a paintbrush with paint on it. She draws a simple circle on one of the pieces of paper, then points to it with a wing.]

Do you see how there's nothing in the circle?

[canreallymove]

I...yeah?

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat points to the blank paper.]

I think what you're trying to do is this! See, the nothing inside the circle is something, but the nothing on the paper with nothing is everything. Ya just gotta focus on the something nothing instead of the everything nothing!

And if you have a clear head, it's easy!

[canreallymove]

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




So...focus on the...circle of nothing?

[violence_ensues]

...

[She can make this work.]

Yeah! But not anything outside the circle or the circle itself. ...I forget exactly what Mao Mao said...

[canreallymove]

This...

[IS CONFUSING. BRAIN BRAIN WHAT IS BRAIN ON THIS.]

Uh, yeah, I'll try that.

[violence_ensues]

Okay! Let's see!

[Adorabat sets the paper and paintbrush aside, sitting down and getting into meditation position. She closes her eyes.]

Maooooooooo...

[She peeks an eye open to see how Sonic is doing. Hopefully, he's also closed his eyes by now.]

[canreallymove]

[Yup, his eyes are closed.]

Maaaaaoooooooooooooo...

[Be the circle. Do the circle. Be the circle? Be the circle...nothing circle is nothing circle...]

[violence_ensues]

[Okay, good. Adorabat will go back to closing her eyes and focusing on the something nothing herself.]

Maooooooooo...

[This really is a useful skill to have, Mao Mao said so!]

1/2

[canreallymove]

Maaaaaaaaaaao..........maaaaaaaaaaao....