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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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Y-yeah.
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Actually, I kinda wonder where he is now.
[Is he still living in the city? Did he go to Knothole now that Robotnik was gone?]
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[...]
I'm...I'm sorry for how I acted. Before. Slapping your hand and-and yelling.
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Nah, man-look. That was nothin'. I get why you did it, it's all way past forgiven.
I'm just hopin' everyone else is smart enough not to put people into that situation again, y'know?
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Agreed. It...that...we should've talked more, about it. I-I wanted to hold a meeting, to talk about what everyone would be dealing with, but...I got distracted.
[...could he've done something? Prevented things from happening the way they did?
He doesn't know. But he wishes he did.]
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You mind if I be honest for a sec? Like, real honest. Just my thoughts on all this.
[As if he hasn't been honest about his thoughts before, but.]
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I'm all ears.
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What Reika did was way past uncool. And I don't think what she did was the right thing. Like, at all. She had us to watch her back! But she snuck around and just.....
[He clenches his fists.]
That's uncool. So uncool. But-that's all just playin' into the Principal's hands, right? Voting to kill her is what he wants, just like him getting us to kill someone is what he wants. Or...him makin' us be at this school to begin with you!
That's just me. Like, if there's anyone I'm gonna actually...you know. Kill in this place, it's gonna be the Principal. He's made himself pretty clear on what kinda bad guy he is. He's just as bad as Buttnik and needs to do down.
[He shakes his head.]
Everyone else? Nuh uh. They're not my enemy no matter how mad I get at them. If me refusing to vote ends up being the only way I stick it to that creep, then that's the way I do it. At least that way when I get home, I can look everyone in the face and be all, yeah. I kicked butt. But not the wrong butt.
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[A sigh.]
And I know I can't just...make anyone else think like me. I don't really know anyone, you know? It's not like bein' with the Freedom Fighters where I grew up with 'em all and know we'd all stick together on what we do. Heck, I think some of the others think I'm nuts because I don't know much about heumins outside of Buttnik and stuff...
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I...agree with you, about the-any feelings about...killing. I-I don't want any one of us getting hurt, no matter who they are. Valmont seems like a jerk, and H...I don't...have the best relationship, with another person, but. That doesn't deserve a death sentence. They should still get out of here and live their lives.
As for the Principal...I wouldn't stop anyone if they tried anything on him, that's for sure.
And...if anyone thinks you're crazy just because you don't know much about humans, I think they're the crazy ones. I think we can do something, keep everyone safe, we...most of us seem like perfectly sensible people, we just...need to stick together. Work on a plan as a whole. I think we should be able to do that much.
At the very least, if you need anyone to help strategize, I'm...used to it, back home.
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Yeah. I mean. The Principal's a bad dude, I think we can all agree on that one. No question, if he's gotta be taken down for real, then that's what we gotta do!
...and yeah. I'm not exactly a...planning kinda guy, if you haven't noticed. Planning strategy's kinda boring. I just do what I gotta do and switch it up when needed. It's what I'm good at!
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[It's...weird, how familiar some things are starting to feel, in this place...
Main point, don't think about that-]
How about this? I can try to come up with a plan later this week, and we can work together to put it into action. Does that sound like a good idea?
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