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

[shinedsobright]

Aiiight! I'll serve first so you can see how it's done - you just try to hit it back!

[Fret throws the ball straight up, then gives it a decent whack - the bounce is definitely enough to make it to Adorabat but nothing crazy yet.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat will hit it back. She's unused to playing Ping pong, so she accidentally launches it too hard and it's heading straight for Fret's face.]

[She notices this and gasps in OOPS, but by then, it's probably too late.]

[shinedsobright]

Kweh!? [poink. Off it goes from his chin. At least she didn't get him in the eye or something]

Alright, just to be super clear, the players themselves are ALSO outta bounds!

[violence_ensues]

[And now Adorabat is sort of flaily.]

I'm sorry! I didn't know I would hit it so hard! This is my first time playing!

[shinedsobright]

It's alright! I'm not mad. Welp, it's a point for me anyway.

You wanna try serving this time?

[violence_ensues]

[Oh, good. Hooray for learning!]

Um, okay!

[Once she's handed the ball, she taps on it lighter then how she did it the first time. And it's a perfect serve! She's starting to get the hang of this!]

[shinedsobright]

Hey, nice one!

[He's glad it didn't target his face again! And he hits the ball back, also fairly lightly, closer to the side Adorabat's holding the paddle on too. If he wants to screw her up he'll see if she can get it from the opposite side... But for now he wants to get a rhythm going.]

[violence_ensues]

[With a light flap of her wings, she'll position herself to get a better hit on the ball, and taps it over the net, the ball landing close to the outer edge.]

Thank you!

[shinedsobright]

No sweat- Oop! [He's gotta move a little faster to hit that one, so Fret hits this one back a little harder this time. It bounces kind of high. But that shouldn't be a problem for a bat!?]

[violence_ensues]

[It's completely a problem. And by that, I mean it's not a problem at all. In fact, Adorabat gets fancy by spinning in the air before hitting it back over to Fret's side, giggling a little.]

[shinedsobright]

Damn! Do a barrel roll next time!

[He'd never want to be a reaper, but having wings must be fun. Fret was almost distracted by her fancy moves, but he still manages to catch and send it back down the middle.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat complies, doing a barrel roll, not an aileron roll. Mao Mao made sure to teach her the distinction whilst on the aerocycle. But she NEARLY misses and NEARLY lands out-of-bounds while doing so. A little too fancy!]

Adoraslap! Hehehe!

[shinedsobright]

!!

[He really had to jump for that one, he almost fell for it going foul. But he made it!]

And a Fret reset!!

[violence_ensues]

[Adcorabat's clearly enjoying herself right now, giggling at the name Fret said. She'll do something fancy again, less so than the barrel roll, though. She catches it, hitting it directly up a couple times before having the last one go much higher, where she will follow and hit it over to Fret's side from higher up.

Fighting monsters sure does help with precision and acrobatics, doesn't it?]

[shinedsobright]

[Well, that is a little too high for him after he just went low! She's clearly a natural at this, and scores a point!]

Nooo~!

[violence_ensues]

Oh, yay! We're tied now!