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

[copycut]

Do I look like someone who usually goes around swinging axes?

[ Probably not! There's a definite athleticism to her shape, but it's more on the lean side.

She pushes some hair over her shoulder, then sets her hands on her hips. ]

I'm just... used to always having a weapon at hand. The last two weeks have felt like I'm walking around naked.

1/2

[cellpreservation]

I don't know! We have talking animals here, anything's possible!

[Possibly that is actually bothering him more than he's been letting on.]

[cellpreservation]

[...Ahem.]

You normally have a weapon?

[copycut]

It'd be more accurate to say, "Normally, I'm impossible to disarm." [ She sets a hand on her hip. With her other one, she flexes her fingers, like she's trying to wrap them around the hilt of a blade that isn't there. ] The magecraft this body specializes in is called Projection. With it, I can use my prana to create any object I want, so long as I understand its form and structure. So, even if someone caught me empty-handed— Swish!

[ That hand cuts through the air in the slice of an invisible sword. ]

[cellpreservation]

[Wait what.]

Magecraft and... prana? I guess magecraft is self-explanatory. Is prana supposed to be like magical energy?

[copycut]

Mm-hm. Specifically, it's magical energy that's produced inside the body. [ She holds up two fingers. ] There are two types of mana: prana, and od. In contrast to prana, od comes from the environment itself.

[ Magecraft is supposed to be a secret, but... Well, given that it seems like Closetland really is "outside" of normal space, it shouldn't make any difference. ]

[cellpreservation]

Huh... What happens if you take it from the environment? Is everything just infused with magic where you're from?

[copycut]

Actually, the average magus has to do exactly that—especially if they want to accomplish something big. [ Kuro has now adopted her other most commonly heard tone of voice: Lecture Mode. ] Think of it more like... The planet itself is a single, huge body. Compared to something as minuscule as a single organism like you or me, how much more mana do you think that would produce?

[cellpreservation]

Um... A lot?

[Seems like the obvious answer anyway.]

[copycut]

Bingo~ In fact, when you consider the way volume increases relative to surface area, the difference in capacity between a planet and a human body is nearly infinite!

[ normal 11-year-old conversations ]

[cellpreservation]

Well duh.

But you don't have to do that?

[copycut]

No~pe! We're talking about average magi, after all. My body has a much higher capacity.

[cellpreservation]

Is there a reason for that?

[copycut]

I guess you could say I'm just built different!

[cellpreservation]

Why, are you a magic robot?

[Kind of thrown out like it's obviously too silly to be true.]

[copycut]

[ She probably shouldn't say it. Alas, she can't help herself. ]

Hu~h? Of course not — that's my mama, not me!

[cellpreservation]

...What.

[copycut]

What's wrong? You're the one who brought it up, so it can't be that strange!

[cellpreservation]

Are there really magic robots where you're from?!

[He feels ridiculous even asking this.]

[copycut]

Hm~m, well, how else would you describe a homunculus or a golem?

[ Her smile is so innocent that it just makes her look more like she's teasing him. ]

[cellpreservation]

[He doesn't even know what a homunculus is on accounts of not reading anything that has them so!]

A golem or a what?