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May mini-mini-event
05/31 16:00
The student council elections take place after class on Monday, with students instructed to gather in the auditorium for the assembly. Attendance is not mandatory, but once students enter the auditorium and take their seats with the rest of their homeroom, they will find that they are not able to speak or get up from their seats. There are no teachers present.
Fifteen minutes past the hour, the doors to the auditorium close and the assembly commences, with the current student body president Maya Arisu stepping up to the podium, obligatorily thanking everybody for coming, and briefly going over the agenda: the student council candidates, sitting in a neat row behind her at the back of the stage, are to first introduce themselves to the student body, after which the candidates will make a case for why they would best serve the student body. As each person comes up to the podium, a projector shines on the white screen behind the stage with an image of the student's profile, displaying their full name, homeroom, blood type, handedness, club membership and leadership roles, current grades, and current merit points. Those in the student council are held to high standards, be it scholastic achievement as exemplified by grades or club participation, or eloquence or bravado if they have nothing else going for them but talk big anyways, like the current candidate in the middle of a passionate speech concerning the atrocity that is Ishimaru's eyebrows, like, do you really want that to be the face of the student body--
The mic cuts off and Maya drops the end of the power cord before striding up to the center of the stage, staring at the candidate to get out of her way or risk a broken foot.
"I'm going to stop wasting your time," she says, voice quiet but at the same time clear and audible in the hush of the room. "The qualities I'm looking for in a member of our council isn't intelligence or diligence or kindness. Who the person is matters the most: what they do and how they think."
She turns around, facing the candidates, looking at each of them in turn. "We will be testing your character. Follow me."
One by one, the student council candidates rise to their feet and file out of the auditorium after Maya, stiff and robotic, almost as if they have no control over their bodies as she leads them out the door. The moment the last candidate leaves the auditorium, the spell binding everybody's limbs and voices breaks, students jumping to their feet to push and shove each other out of the way in their excitement to leave-- not to go home, but to crowd around the windows surrounding the courtyard, or to race each other to the higher floors to claim the windows with the best views:
Out in the courtyard, the student council candidates line up against the side of the school. Facing them, in a half circle in front of the wisteria tree, are several familiar faces, each with a dagger in hand, a stagger to their steps, yellow in their eyes, and wild animalistic abandon in the way they lunge at the student council candidates.
The sun is bright overhead. Blood spills and soaks into the ground. The school stays true and does not turn.
Fifteen minutes past the hour, the doors to the auditorium close and the assembly commences, with the current student body president Maya Arisu stepping up to the podium, obligatorily thanking everybody for coming, and briefly going over the agenda: the student council candidates, sitting in a neat row behind her at the back of the stage, are to first introduce themselves to the student body, after which the candidates will make a case for why they would best serve the student body. As each person comes up to the podium, a projector shines on the white screen behind the stage with an image of the student's profile, displaying their full name, homeroom, blood type, handedness, club membership and leadership roles, current grades, and current merit points. Those in the student council are held to high standards, be it scholastic achievement as exemplified by grades or club participation, or eloquence or bravado if they have nothing else going for them but talk big anyways, like the current candidate in the middle of a passionate speech concerning the atrocity that is Ishimaru's eyebrows, like, do you really want that to be the face of the student body--
The mic cuts off and Maya drops the end of the power cord before striding up to the center of the stage, staring at the candidate to get out of her way or risk a broken foot.
"I'm going to stop wasting your time," she says, voice quiet but at the same time clear and audible in the hush of the room. "The qualities I'm looking for in a member of our council isn't intelligence or diligence or kindness. Who the person is matters the most: what they do and how they think."
She turns around, facing the candidates, looking at each of them in turn. "We will be testing your character. Follow me."
One by one, the student council candidates rise to their feet and file out of the auditorium after Maya, stiff and robotic, almost as if they have no control over their bodies as she leads them out the door. The moment the last candidate leaves the auditorium, the spell binding everybody's limbs and voices breaks, students jumping to their feet to push and shove each other out of the way in their excitement to leave-- not to go home, but to crowd around the windows surrounding the courtyard, or to race each other to the higher floors to claim the windows with the best views:
Out in the courtyard, the student council candidates line up against the side of the school. Facing them, in a half circle in front of the wisteria tree, are several familiar faces, each with a dagger in hand, a stagger to their steps, yellow in their eyes, and wild animalistic abandon in the way they lunge at the student council candidates.
The sun is bright overhead. Blood spills and soaks into the ground. The school stays true and does not turn.
OOC
✽ Happy Execution Day! For those unfamiliar with how murdergame executions work, the initial top-level is reserved for Ishimaru and Madison to fight to the death, while the rest of the post is free for characters to post reactions as well as to play out the aftermath.
✽ As a general guideline, the dropped characters look the same as originally, aside from yellow eyes, and the way they move is haltingly, as if they're resisting the compulsion to murder. It is a compulsion, though! So if both Ishimaru and Madison refuse to fight each other, they'll just get stabbed by somebody else.
✽ The execution will end once there is only one person left, after which the door will allow them back inside the school. Before then, the doors and windows are locked, and trying to escape the courtyard will result in loss of consciousness, with enough warning to turn back. The moment there is one survivor left, the npc students go home, as the position is won by default. Congrats! Hope it was worth it.
✽ As a general guideline, the dropped characters look the same as originally, aside from yellow eyes, and the way they move is haltingly, as if they're resisting the compulsion to murder. It is a compulsion, though! So if both Ishimaru and Madison refuse to fight each other, they'll just get stabbed by somebody else.
✽ The execution will end once there is only one person left, after which the door will allow them back inside the school. Before then, the doors and windows are locked, and trying to escape the courtyard will result in loss of consciousness, with enough warning to turn back. The moment there is one survivor left, the npc students go home, as the position is won by default. Congrats! Hope it was worth it.
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[But then, he's also not thinking with his mind in the gutter.
It's probably getting harder to make out his words with all this cheek-tugging!]
Hmph! At this point, I question how respectable this student council is! [After that election, he can't exactly see them as a paragon of morality among the student body anymore.] I- I appreciate your peace offering! But wouldn't it be better for no one to swear at all?!
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( she sounds very hesitant, like she's actually got something concrete and terrifying in store. well, she does, technically? given how easily susceptible to teasing ishimaru is, but still — )
Yeah, they're pieces of shit, aren't they? ( she tugs one more, before finally letting him go. ) But now that you're on the team, you can try to change it, right?
( at the very least... she knows ishimaru's intentions are good. )
Pffhaha!! No way, no way! We're teenagers, so someone's gotta curse!
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[He says with a stern nod! He can only imagine the horrors she can unleash... yes, she probably would make him drop dead.]
Change it... for the better... Am I - am I really strong enough to bring about such change?!
[He folds his arms fussily.]
I did not know that was a requirement of youth! In fact, I've considered it to be the opposite!
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Hmm... I think so. 'cause if you can't do it, I doubt anybody else can.
( it takes a strong set of morals to influence others; she knows she couldn't do it, for example, even though she's got a good idea of what's right and what's wrong. it's the stubbornness and single-minded need to do good that separates him from other people — even if they're good people, even if they know this isn't right. )
So we're counting on ya, you know? ( she pulls at his cheeks again. ) And if you do it, I might even consider not cursing! ... for like, a week!
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It's like there's a new light in her eyes as he listens to her. His tears have subsided, but his eyes are still watery, and he looks down at his hand uncertainly.]
Y-you sound like... like you really... believe in me.
[Then, he looks up with renewed energy.]
I cannot let you down! If it inspires you to consider behaving properly, then... I have to do this! I... must... be the beacon of morality...!
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still, when he puts it like that, she's almost embarrassed, huffing as she crosses her arms over her chest. )
I don't believe in just anybody, so feel honored, okay?! ( tsun side has Awoken. ) Pfft...
( as expected, though, ishimaru's just so... earnest... she can't even keep that up for long. )
That's right! Do your best for Rika-chan, okay? ♡ If you don't, I'll suuuuper punish you! I'll pants you for two weeks straight!!
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He prepares a small grin.]
I feel fully honored to have your support!
[And he recites that sincerely. And at her threat, his cheeks flush as he shouts back.]
Don't you dare!! It won't come to that, but even if it would, I'm not going to allow it! I'm done taking anyone's dung!!