It's time for another FAMILY MEETING!!

[carpevinum]

[There's a sign posted on 3-C on the 27th the future is now indicating that it's that time of month! That's right, it's time for the family meeting!

Lucifer is in charge this time and he is holding a whip, so please behave yourselves or you might get a warning crack near your head. Or don't behave yourselves. He's not your dad. He will, however, try his hardest to keep you all on track.

As Lucifer is also one of the Team Moms Dads, he's also made everybody lunch as he is wont to do. The rather fancy-looking food is set up on a couple of desks at the front of the classroom to peruse at your leisure. There are cookies and muffins as well, but please try to eat a real lunch instead of subsisting off of sweets entirely.

On the whiteboard, Lucifer has written the following topics & talking points that he'd like to discuss with everybody, and has requested that you all raise your hands so that this can be done in an orderly fashion... Good luck, Luci.

• Who is missing? Who is confirmed deceased?
• The gladiatorial battle — is it possible that those who died previously may come back to inflict further harm? Any guesses?
• What the Hell was going on last weekend?
• The void in the auditorium is infinite
• Results of last month's investigations that we agreed on doing
• The imps plaguing the school have been removed (thank you to Clamor for his assistance)
• Have we discovered anything new?

Last but not least, the final bullet is one hundred percent something that Lucifer clearly wants to do, and it reads simply:

• Instating a chore chart

So that's... fun.]

Let's try to keep this more orderly than the last one, shall we?

[And yes, the cardboard baby jail is set up in the back of the classroom! Naughty children go to cardboard baby jail. Naughtier children get a whip cracked at them. Have fun, everyone!]



[[OOC: The usual rules of the family meeting posts apply, which means threadjacking/general mingling is allowed and encouraged! Please remember to only share information your character discovered ICly to avoid metagaming. Also no Lucifer will not actually cause physical harm to anyone's characters with the whip unless player permission is granted, I'm not as psychotic as he is, don't worry about it.]]

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On "Kazuki", among other things!

[overlordofice]

[ Gundham makes his way to a desk, paper in hand. So far, most of it is blank, except for one, which is folded in half like a namecard. He sets it down on the table as he sits down. It reads:

FREE PROTECTION SIGILS. TAKE TWO, MORTALS.

Because chances are, with how chaotic these gremlins get, they're gonna rip one. He then starts taking the smaller, square pieces of construction paper and draws protection circles on them, placing them in a neat pile. After he gets a decent stack going, he finally speaks up from his seat. ]

Recently, I have become aware of the Groundskeeper that resides outside at darker hours. However, he does not appear as a mere groundskeeper to me; rather, that is but an illusion to his true form. I have drawn out the his visage as closely as I can.

[ He then takes out his drawing of Kazuki's beast form and places it also on the table before him. ]
You can see this form through an adderstone, which I do have in my possession. You can also see an endless night, and the void within the auditorium this way.

Amami-san has conversed with me about him previously. He has spoken of him saying to not "speak your name into the night." This leads me to believe that fair folk are perhaps in play here. Real names hold power, and should a fae trickster learn of your full name, they can spirit you away or hold power over you. I advise caution when involving yourself with the groundskeeper. We do not know what abilities he holds just yet.

[carpevinum]

[Dad here to check on his son, oh look at that he's so proud finally someone who knows what a fucking protection seal looks like.]

If you wouldn't mind... I would like to borrow the adderstone from you to view this groundskeeper at some point. I will not take it from your possession for longer than an hour, and you are free to accompany me on that venture as you see fit as well. Call it a demon's curiosity.

[overlordofice]

[ HI DAD!!! He's just vibing in his corner over here!! Look at his cool art! ]

Hm... These are reasonable terms. Very well. I shall allow you to make use of the adderstone. [ Far be it from him to not let a Prince of Hell use the stone! If anything he definitely trusts him more than most people here. ] Let me know which day you would like to use it, and I shall lend it to you.

[carpevinum]

[He's so proud of you, he cares for you so much Gundham.]

I'll contact you. I won't be able to choose a date off the top of my head for such things. If I may ask, though... where did you acquire such a device?

[overlordofice]

Truth be told, I had it the moment I had... "awoken" in this place. I simply didn't know I had it at the time.

[ He takes out his key to the Student Council, and on it, a keyring with the adder stone rests there! He shows it to Lucifer. ]

Hm... perhaps such an item went undetected by myself for so long because of this place. ...Ah, one can also see the imps through this as well. It's quite useful.

[dangernoises]

[ You know when a dog gets really excited when they see something plausibly ... Akin to themself or a worthy opponent? He's stuck on both right now and with his eyes widening seeing it.... NOT SURE HOW HE HAS MISSED IT NOW HE CAN SEE FUCKING GHOSTS!!! ]

I wanna kill it. I wanna kill it. I wanna kill it. I WANNA KILL IT!! I wanna kill it. I WANNA KILL IT!!

I. WANNA KILL IT!!

[ Every part of him is upset hes not in his bestial form because he feels like he would have a FUN time fighting this thing beast to beast. ]

[rhymed]

Calm down. You did hear Lucifer politely ask to keep things orderly, did you not?

[ And he let's out a fake ass chuckle. ]

Should we step into another room so I can help you calm down?

[dangernoises]

Ehhh? But the thing looks like fun to fight?

[ Hyde at first, leisurely and most plainly answers but Hajuns next comment gets him to freeze. ]

And then what?

[ He says very weirdly and awkwardly, with a straight face staring at him confused.]

[rhymed]

I'll beat some common sense into you.

[ Said normally -- like he's not just... insinuating that they have a weird S&M relationship in the middle of a family meeting. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[IMMEDIATELY FLITS OVER a bit slower than normal because wow she's kinda sleepy that's weird. but this is very important. important because it is validation.]

I've been saying it's fairies the whole time! Did you see how the flour babies acted? They were alive; when we ended up in the void, they took ours, to the void... I think they were changelings!

[overlordofice]

By the Gods... you might be correct!

[ Truth be told, he still has his flour child. He's determined to keep it around until the end of the month. Darling Morgan Pow-D le Flour is resting comfortably in the seat nearby. ]

How curious. ...I have a theory. Is not the school surrounded on all sides by trees? We are at the bottom of such an enclosure. Perhaps we are in the midst of a large fairy ring!

[closewithnewintown]

Or a fort! That would make everything make so much more sense! [well, to her, because fairy stories are things she knows.] All we have to do is find out who the queen or king of the court is! That's who's responsible!

[overlordofice]

Perhaps so. But even that is easier said than done. We must gather more information about our surroundings, and that shall point us in the right direction.

[sisters]

( this is one of the times amami will wander away from rika for a moment. he just wants to grab a couple of those sigils — six, he guesses, before wandering back. not sure how effective they'll be, but he was already suggesting this stuff, so he's not gonna pass up on the opportunity. )

[overlordofice]

[ That's very valid, thank you for your patronage Amami! Gundham's just gonna nod in greeting as the other takes some and continue making some more. ]

[filialdeception]

[ ...... ]

I see. Thank you very much for passing this information along to us...I wonder what kind of being he is, exactly. I don't believe I've ever witnessed a form like this in my entire life.

[moderating]

... Maybe thats the final boss...?

[ She is peaking behined their shoulder. Hands full of talismans. ]

[filialdeception]

[ Meng Yao will blink, honestly probably making a mental note to take a talisman for himself. Then, turning his head slightly at the other who had just spoke. ]

...Final boss?

[ He didn't play video games, so the terminology escaped him, unfortunately. ]

[overlordofice]

...Hm. More of a midboss in my own opinion.

[ He thinks it's too early for the final boss just yet... They've been here this long, this can't be the full way out. ]

[sunstead]

[hell yeah he's taking one of those protection sigils—only one, because it's getting neatly tucked in his spellbook later. it certainly doesn't hurt to add more spells to his repertoire while he's here.]

This is clean line work... not bad! [and Lucifer seems to know him already, too? Gundham starting off with an A+ first impression here] Is this self taught, or did you have a teacher?

[overlordofice]

[ Ah, he's being praised for his sigils! Impeccable taste, Clamor. A grin spreads across his face, preening a bit. ]

Fuhaha, of course! One mustn't tamper with such symbols so frivolously- as the Supreme Overlord of Ice, it is imperative to have a steady, precise hand. I am self-taught in the arts.

[ When you're internet famous, you have time to look up other things while staying on top of your website. He's got tons of books and references at home too! ]

[sunstead]

Supreme overlord? That's quite the title for someone so young... are you some kind of ice mage, then?

[stares at this tag like please, when will someone explain to Clamor what a chuunibyou is]

[insecution]

Oh, no. That isn’t a fairy. The reason you don’t see the groundskeeper in the courtyard during the day is because that, young man…

[ Shinobu leans in, her eyes flitting between him and the drawing he has out on display. She knows a D-word when she sees one. ]

… is a demon.

[overlordofice]

Hm... Perhaps. It is certainly a possibility that is not lost on me.

[ Honestly, with what he's seen in this place, anything is possible! Heck, he's friends with Lucifer, a literal demon. It does make sense. ]

Still, one cannot deny that there is some semblance of fae magic here. It would be wise to keep your name to yourself during the night.

[insecution]

[ That’s a strange assertion to make. How does Gundham know for certain that this is fae magic and not, say, a Blood Demon Art? How does he know any of this at all? Shinobu cocks her head, intrigued. ]

Do you think the students who went missing made that mistake before they disappeared?