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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!
Closed to Sonic
Another day, another batch of coins to redeem, and another familiar ring. Dylan knows who it belongs to and knows that it would be perfectly easy to just knock on a door, give the ring, maybe talk for a short bit, then go on about his day. But...he should talk about things, shouldn't he? He said it before, they should all be able to work together to keep the peace, or something like that. He should be working on that.
One step at a time.
So that knocking does happen, but there's a plan in mind Dylan waits for the hedgehog to answer.]
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Hey dude! Uh, this is unexpected.
What's up?
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O-oh, uh, nothing much, just...
[Dylan doesn't exactly have many ways to store things, and even with the new jacket the pockets aren't exactly big, so he's gotta be clever on how he carries things around. So it's probably not too surprising that he has to remove the big ring from his midsection, offering it to Sonic.]
I...got one of your rings again. Figured I should get it back to you ASAP, you know?
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[He does smile as he takes the ring back.]
Not that that I can do much with it here, but hey, you never know!
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[Say it, say it now before he thinks everything's fine he can go-]
A-also, I kind of...wanted to talk, a bit more? If that's alright?
[The smile is kind of forced, but it could be worse? Probably?]
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Yeah, sure, uh, just give me five seconds-
[He retreats, and their sounds of someone basically-trying to clean their room really fast and kind of failing. Whoops. Yeah.
Anyways, after about a minute.]
Ok, it's cool, you can come in.
[His room looks like he very much tried to clean and only somewhat succeeded.]
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[Dylan isn't fully sure if Sonic hears that before the door's shut. Regardless, Dylan sits and waits patiently, because what else is he supposed to do?
Once the door opens, he doesn't make any comments about the state of the room (despite the urge to), focusing on the task at paw.]
Sorry if this is all kinda...sudden. I just...I need to talk to someone about the motive.
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[He does pat the bed in case Dylan wants to sit.]
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[How does he say, how does he say it...]
Did you...only get one person, mentioned? I-in the photos and the fur and thing? Or...did you get...more that one?
Y-you don't have to tell me who it is! I just...I need to check something.
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[He swallows.]
Why? Did you get more than one?
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I...I didn't, no.
[Without a second thought, Dylan pulls out the file he'd hidden under his jacket. A picture or two flies out of place, allowing Sonic to see...well, something he probably expected: a dalmatian.]
That-that should be a good thing, right? If-if-if he's only threatening Dolly, then that-everyone is fine, I don't-I don't need to worry, they're just...everyone is fine...
[It seems like he's trying to convince himself more than anything.]
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[He goes to his very messy dresser and picks up his box.
His photos are...well. It's not a hedgehog.]
Well, it's pretty easy to threaten the person closest to you. That's Villainy 101 for you. If that doesn't work, he'll start adding people to the list, probably.
[Not helping-]But-I mean.
Obviously everyone's fine right now. You can't let the Principal get to you, you know?
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[He holds back the flow of words threatening to continue, taking a couple deep breaths.]
I...I know, I just...I panicked, a little. This situation is already terrifying, add to it someone you care about getting threatened, and the fact that I just don't know what's going on at home, when we've been gone for so long...
It's just...scary.
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That others would be having a major problem, I mean.
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What...are you used to dealing with? I mean, if this is-if you don't mind-you don't have to tell me, if you don't want to.
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Apparently that's not normal.
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...yeah, that's...that's kind of. The farthest from normal. Out of most of the people here.
[Maybe not exactly, considering Adorabat's world sounds pretty weird, and there are several people that are very much displaced out of time, but it's still pretty high up there.]
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[He's still a firm believer of science before magic, even now. Someone going mad with robotic power and trying to ruin/rule the earth with it...unfortunately believable.]
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Or...I guess they are done back home and they're doin' stuff now that I don't know about?
[Stupid time lost to possible brainwashing!]
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And that's...gotta be one good thing about this all, right? With how much time has passed...everything's got to be better at home, right?
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...
It tends to be Antoine's fault when stuff gets messed up, can you blame me?
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But if the main guy behind it is gone, then it might be okay. I mean, how do you mess up fixing a world messed up with technology?
[At that point, you'd have to be on the villain's side.]
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[Dylan you mess up fist bumps every time you try them do you think you get to talk-]
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