castle_whims | WEEK 2

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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?

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!

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[This Tuesday, a Little Brother unit approaches each student around lunchtime. Each robot reaches into its wooly chassis and withdraws a small parcel, which they press into the hands of its respective recipient.

After the gifts are handed over, the sheep immediately make a beeline away. They don’t even stay around to sign as the Principal’s voice booms through the PA system. Instead, his words are recorded in writing on a small note, like a gift card, taped to each butcher's paper-wrapped box.]

Last week was a disappointment for everyone. Well, except for the clown, I guess. This week, however, I expect great things from everyone. No more pulling punches! If you prefer those back at home over your fellow students then this should force your hand, right? Here’s some proof that I know what you hold dear.

[Though the speech clearly evokes the contents of the package, it’s probably best to be certain. Upon unwrapping and opening their box, students will find three things: 1) a plain folder with a few photographs of someone important to them, taken in secret from a few feet away; 2) a lock of hair or similar physical evidence, such as feathers, fur, scales, or cloth; 3) a small, innocuous personal affect, like a teddy bear, watch, or old sweater (maybe it even still smells like them). Those who do not or no longer have someone important to them will instead find evidence of something (a place, perhaps, or a thing) important enough that, if it were destroyed or damaged, it would devastate them.]

What are you waiting for?! The clock's ticking, I'm not a patient man.

Edited 2022-08-30 16:02 (UTC)

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As a note, please don't sign up if you explored the mystery last week.]

Edited 2022-08-28 15:49 (UTC)

[It’s very early Monday. The clocks slowly tick to five past midnight as some students get a rather rude awakening–that is, if they could get any sleep tonight. It’s been a long weekend, after all. Betrayal and death have struck the Academy. It would be understandable to spend a sleepless night staring at the ceiling.

For those asleep, the sudden wet sensation falling on them would be enough to stir them awake. For those awake, well, pray that you weren’t looking up. Something is seeping through your dorm room’s ceiling. Something wet, warm, and red.

Blood.

Globs drip onto you as a stain grows steadily bigger in the ceiling above. Perhaps the sins of Saturday are coming back to haunt you?

Either way, the laboratory is on the floor above the dorms. It may be a good idea to head in that direction unless you want to stay in your room with the ever growing amount of blood seeping into it.]

((OOC: As with the previous mystery, this is a locked event. You may talk about the events after they happen, of course, but trying to wake up the other students isn’t allowed. If they try they’ll get a sensation that they just don’t have the time to spare. What happens to your belongings after the mystery is up to you! We don’t want to make that decision for you. While you may respond to the event individually to put in your reactions since this an investigation, we prefer that you stick together for the duration.]

Edited 2022-08-29 19:00 (UTC)

[make the skeptical dog have to deal with a ghost

please]

[MYSTERY]

[GHOST!!!

I am genuinely widely available starting from 12 PM EST to pretty much any reasonable time afterwards, however please let me know if it starts at exactly 3 PM EST because then I will know to take my self-scheduled lunch break before instead of after!]

((This thread is a church containment zone to contain all of the church and only church.))

playground

Peace be with you.

[This is a way more depressing mass than last time considering Reika and Luz are dead, Jeanne hasn't had the opportunity to apologize to Adorabat yet, and Yasu has been retraumatized and radicalized. Jeanne has had to absolutely throw herself at Valmont's knees to reel him in to ring the triangle for the eucharist, but they did not find it in time and saw the cowbell that Fret had played before, instead. At least it will be faster to find the old greetings and unchanged readings. She is armed with an entire little regain bible to do the readings with more confidence.]

...let us begin with the first reading and the second reading.

[She is taking volunteers but doubts that she will get them. Such is life. Time for the gospel..]

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

I would like us to have a song today. To honor the "narrow way" part of the sermon on the mount.

[That's all.]

Edited 2022-08-28 16:24 (UTC)

[Yeah. He's investigating. And where better to investigate than in the science lab? He's looking through everything he can-the tables, the cabinets, the very weird skeleton, the floor, the ceiling. Something. Anything.

Later, he's in the art room, slinging paint at a canvas. There's not much rhyme or reason to it, but he seems less angry and more...determined. He's got his tongue out eyeballing his painting and everything.

Anyone up for joining him for whatever he's planning?]

[Well. That was...a day. Was it a day? It felt like two days. A lot happened. Anya remains solemn for a bit, before she looks up. Ah. The second floor is open. That means it's time to explore.

Her first stop, once arriving, is the Sensory Deprivation Room. She toddles in after putting on the suit and then crawls into the pod. It's unsettling how her first thought was - someone could probably kill someone here real easy. She's in and out in no more than 30 minutes. Outside of the room, she shakes her head before moving on.

The Science Lab is next. Anya walks in, peering around...and she immediately jolts away from the skeleton once she sees it. Spooky! She doesn't like that! However, she does finally find the pull-down posters, and she looks at them with a little smile.]

Stars are pretty.

[The smell of the room is pretty funky, though. She eventually leaves, looking more cheerful than when she came out of the previous room.

Next is the Art Room. Anya looks around at all the art curiously, before she voices a very obvious question.]

Why do they keep repeating...?

[She'll probably try her hand at origami or peering at the pottery wheel before she moves on.

The Workshop is connected to the Art Room, so that's where she goes next. It's hot, and there's wood. She's not sure what to do there, so she spends a good minute looking at everything before moving on.

The Mediation Room is her last stop. And it's...unique. She takes a seat inside on one of the cushions, looking more or less out of her element...

Before she tries to sit down with the door closed. It's cramped! She opens the door, and she tumbles out.]

Weird tiny room.

[She mumbles. But that completes her exploration of Floor 2. With that, she approaches the stairs and prepares to head back down.]

Edited 2022-08-28 18:00 (UTC)

Art Room Investigation

[New floor, new floor! Adorabat is thrilled to bits to see this happen! With gusto, she immediately dives in to explore. Very quickly, she spots the art room and is immediately drawn to it. What all's in there!? What paintings and supplies are there!?

Meditation Room

[As much as she wants to grab a paintbrush and start painting, she DOES notice a meditation room. And Adorabat is WAY behind on her meditation. Mao Mao would disapprove. After she investigated the art room, she can be found actually meditating in the room.]

Maooooooooo... Maooooooooo... Maooooooooo...

Uh.

[Sonic's head slowly pops into view.]

What're you doin'?

[BRING IT]

[Adorabat blinks, snapped out of her meditation.]

Hmm? Oh, I'm meditating.

[Adorabat is mysteriously absent throughout the entire mass. Is she still angry about being accused? Is she bored of church? Is she too excited that a new floor opened up and is exploring it?

The world may never know.]

_{[Unlike last week, Dewey was out of his room. But just like last week, he was skipping church. Instead, he's heading upstairs to the Meditation Room and just... lying on the floor with his eyes closed. Maybe this was a yoga position somewhere- no, he's just sleeping.]

[But, as soon as he was awake again, he was rushing towards the Art Room in order to have some fun that wasn't on the playground for once. He had a pencil, scribbling away on the paper in a rather crude imitation of 90s edgelord comic book styles. Except for one.

is that his fucking humansona]

[And then, he was in the Science Room and sort of... shuffling around, as if looking for something. Probably chemical to mix and do science stuff with his zero science knowledge. But he'll also take the time to look at the astronomy poster, speaking to whoever's passing hy unprompted.]}

Space is so cool, actually...

[Anya walks into the science lab...and she sees Sonic looking through everything. She catches on immediately, and also begins looking.]

Anya...will find a clue.

...Oh, so...like concentrating really hard?

[W h o o p s. Sorry Adorabat.]

Hey there, kid.

[Shuffling through vials.]

Just be careful of any chemicals you find! Some of 'em look nasty.

Tje way Mao Mao describes it... it's the exact opopsit of that.

Edited 2022-08-28 18:06 (UTC)

Wait, really?

I thought you just, like, stare at a wall really hard until you see dots or somethin'-

[Sonic what the fu-]

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WEEK 2

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Mystery 3 | Blood is Thicker

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Meditation

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