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]

[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....

2/2

[canreallymove]

[He goes silent after about fifteen minutes.

Wonder why?]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat, unfortunately, doesn't get distracted by the sudden silence, continuing to meditate. She manages to go on for another hour and a half before prying her eyes open and looking at the surroundings.]

And there we go! Meditation over!

[canreallymove]

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


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....


[w e l p]

[violence_ensues]

[Are... you... KIDDING her!?]

WAKE UP, PUNK!

[canreallymove]

GAAAAAIMUPSALLYIDIDNTSNEAKOUTAGAIN-









Uh-

Oh, hey, kid. What'd I miss?




No one'd dead, right!?!?

[violence_ensues]

[This is not a look of anger. It is a look of disappointment.]

...How long were you asleep?

[canreallymove]

I was asleep?!

[OH NO]

Kid, I'm sorry, I dunno how it happened! I just...I was thinkin' on the nothing circle like you said!

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat sighs and rubs her forehead.]

You hafta do this if you wanna be a hero. Mao Mao said it's very important!

[canreallymove]

But I'm already a hero-!?

[grunts]

I...I never needed to learn how to do this before. I just went and did my thing!

[violence_ensues]

...You mean you didn't get trained at all!? Sonic... there are no shortcuts to becoming a hero!

[canreallymove]

I mean...no?

[Way to put him on the spot. Why is he on the defensive with the five year old?]

I mean, yeah, there were a few adults around? But they weren't really there a lot and most of 'em...they didn't fight. Couldn't fight! Or just straight up got roboticized when they did fight!

So I just learned as I went! What's wrong with that?

1/2

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat flings her wings up.]

How can you not go training!? You don't get to do any cool team moves or learn about the best strateegit positions or how to lure bad guys away from civilians! Like the trial, I said I'm not good with swords. How do you get good with swords?

[violence_ensues]

WITH TRAINING!

[This isn't one of her angry screams, but it's still a scream, nonetheless.]

[canreallymove]

Hey! I know how to fight and stuff! And I don't need swords!

[A scream. Wince.]

And hey, we do have some cool moves, me and Sal! And me and Tails! And trust me, I am the best distraction to have! The moment I get there, SWATBots come right after me!

I'm not Priority One for nothin', geez!

[violence_ensues]

But with training, you can learn how to fight better! Like I know where to hit peoples' heads in order to knock 'em out with one hit non-lethally. Mao Mao taught me how to do that. With training, you can learn so, so much without having to go in blindly.

What do you do if the robot was made to go after Tails and Sal and not you? What if it went after the civilians of your home? Were you trained for that?

[canreallymove]

Easy enough! I know what to do.

We evacuate to the backup hideout and I trash the SWATBots that try to trash us.

[violence_ensues]

How will you mess them up?

[canreallymove]

I Sonic Spin 'em, and then smash em together, and-

[It honestly sounds like he's done this before.]

[violence_ensues]

mmmmh. nnnnnh...

[Admittedly, Adorabat desperately now wants to see a Sonic Spin attack, but is still trying to make a point.]

gnnnnrrr...

[FOCUS, ADORABAT.]

...And if a giant slime monster shows up? What if you do your Sonic Spin and end up stuck in it with the monster unharmed?

[canreallymove]

Oh, you mean like Mega Muck? If I get stuck I have the Freedom Fighters to get my out. They always have my back!

[violence_ensues]

And if they try to befriend it and end up getting the entire village stuck inside and then tried to dissolve it in water only to get stuck themselves and a adorable hero bat had to save everyone by getting the slime to mimic me disappearing?

[Oddly specific example.]

[canreallymove]

Why would you try to dissolve Mega Muck with water??

[violence_ensues]

Idunno! That's what Badgerclops did.

[Adorabat's getting kind of antsy. Hold it together, Adorabat. Serious talk now, cool moves later.]