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castle_whims2022-08-27 11:42 pm
whimsicalism) wrote in castle_whims2022-08-27 11:42 pm
WEEK 2
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?
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!
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[She should have laid out less hula hoops, she supposes. But she will do it all herself. She will do anything to have someone ring a bell for the love of god. She will not throw the Alice headband of sharing back over until the second she sees Emma walking at them again.]
Perhaps next week Carrie will play the glockenspiel...
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[ Valmont's not actually even sure what a glockenspiel looks like, but it sounds fancier than anything they ought to have in this silly place. ]
I suppose lunch will be a rather more protracted affair now that Yasu isn't here to serve us.
[ He really should be calling her by her last name now that she's a fellow student and not a servant, but... he doesn't think she actually has one. ]
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[She tries to pick up the pace on their walk inside. She has... thoughts. It is more like shrinking her shoulders inwards.]
Is longer really correct? I have often had things brought to me as the holy girl inside the iron maiden. I accept it. I do not actually prefer it. Needing to wait patiently...
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[ Like. Spiritually. If she explained this in the service, he nodded through it. ]
Oh, well, if you prefer preparing the food yourself, far be it from me to stop you.
[ Just gonna gloss right past the whole iron maiden thing and not think about it!! Gross! ]
But I shall have to sit there waiting without even the benefit of a conversation partner. I expect it'll drag terribly.
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[Everyone gets what they want! Right? What's that? Valmont is actually slothful? Perish the thought!
She's standing in the cafeteria looking at the meal time poster trying to organize her thoughts so she can get their food efficiently. And... still thinking about his earlier question. It drains her a bit.]
It is truthful that the jingle is not theologically necessary. But when I was young, it always brought to mind the Lord consecrating the Eucharist - I had not realized His subtlety yet. It is just... we have no steeple, no stained glass, no chalice, no tabernacle, no organ. I am no evangelist; I am trying to provide comfort to the members of the Body of Christ who have been torn apart. The bell is the only tool that I could easily find.