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

[cellpreservation]

Do you have legal authority to arrest people from outside of your world? That sounds like something that would be out of your jurisdiction.

I mean, your laws might not even apply to some of us based on the world or country.

[violence_ensues]

[Uh, yeah, about that...]

What's jurisiction?

[cellpreservation]

In my world, authorities are only in charge of certain areas. You can't just apply your laws to someone from a different place. That's illegal.

So actually, you don't even have the right to arrest me 'cause I'm not under your watch.

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat gasps. She spends several moments being silent.]

...BUT THAT'S SO DUMB! WHY WOULD ANYONE STOP POLICEMEN FROM DOING THEIR JOB!? This is definitely a case of police corruption!

[cellpreservation]

It's to prevent police corruption.

Let's say in country A, they think a certain kind of medicine is bad for everyone, so it's illegal. But in country B, they think it's safe, so it's allowed. Police from country A can't just go to country B and start arresting everyone who uses it. That's not following the law of the land.

[Mind these are completely different matters but look if it gets the baby to be quiet it's worth a shot.]

[violence_ensues]

[And now Adorabat's clearly thinking about this. This is an entirely new concept to her!]

nnnnn... But why can't they talk about it and come to an agreement on it?

[cellpreservation]

Because most of the different countries are super old, so they already have their own way of life. They aren't just going to sit down and agree to make everything the same when each country has a lifestyle that makes sense for them. And depending on things like the environment or climate, some things make more sense in certain countries than others, so trying to come up with a system that works for everyone in the world just wouldn't work at all!

Even individuals have their own needs, right? So trying to account for the exact same set of rules for everyone in the world is totally impossible.

[violence_ensues]

[This is all super complicated. Adorabat doesn't really fully understand WHY, but she'll mull it around in her head.]

[cellpreservation]

[It got her to pipe down for now so he will consider this mission accomplished.]

[hashtagwoof]

[ Hunter's tapping your shoulder after a moment of silence. ]

Psst. Just curious, did your folks go to law school or something?

[cellpreservation]

Huh? No.