Awakening

[notsosou]

Who: Shin Tsukimi and Anyone
When: July 2nd
What: Opening Post!
Warnings: None as yet.

Shin’s arrival to Yogen is heralded by a slam as he sharply closes his locker and dizzily leans against it while two sets of memories jostle each other. He gathers himself enough to glance around, grab his jacket, and lock it, mind furiously racing as he puts it on and tries to process how he is here. The raw relief flooding through him is turning sour at the immediate possibilities that come to mind.

A: School Life (Day, Misc)
Shin… keeps going to classes he half-remembers, eyeing any non-human-looking students he sees. He feels exposed (and also mundanely chilly) without his scarf and beanie, and his hands keep drifting to the empty space of either. When classes end he returns to his locker, puts them on and pockets the items inside, before trying to leave through the front doors and finding he… can’t. Ah. So that’s how it is. You can catch him in such states as staring at the School Rules with an unreadable expression, at one of the vending machines with more of a debating one, or in one of the classrooms sitting with his elbows on a desk and his hands tugging his beanie down over his head.

B: Washing Day (Evening)
So it turns out one of the side effects of dumping a bag of dirt out inside a locker is that everything in that locker... becomes covered in dirt. So if you go into one of the bathrooms after 6PM you may see the strange sight of someone in a dirt-dusted purple jacket not-so-gently washing their clothes in one of the sinks with half his face buried into the similarly adorned scarf around his neck, because as furtive as he’s been about waiting for one to be empty it’s just a bathroom and people can just walk in. Ask him how his day is going.

C: Safety In Numbers (Night)
At this point you may see Shin file quietly into whichever room seems to have the most people in it and sit down in a corner or seat. Somewhere he has a good view of the room; if you catch him looking at you he’ll give you a polite smile and glance away, fiddling with his scarf. He’s exhausted, and his head will occasionally dip and jolt back upright as his body tries to collect the day’s debt.
Believe it or not this is him starting to try out that ‘trust’ thing again… or maybe it’s just there’s no dorm rooms he can lock. Baby steps.

Comments

A

[forwearemany]

They catch the third year staring at them in the hallway between classes and stare back for several moments, raising a headflap. Despite being very obviously a robot and also towering over basically everyone, few people seem to care about their presence, so Shin's attention is noticeable.

"Greetings." They lift their hand up in a stiff, awkward wave. They are uncertain of strange organics as always, but they are aware that if they wish to survive, they will need to 'get along'. Additionally, interaction may help to dispel any misconceptions about their nature as a Geth.

a. ive come for you bestie what type of deep friend bond are we feeling

[commences]

( komaeda hasn't been well these few days, despite his sickly disposition, that blinding energy he usually emits has died down from a few particular circumstances. it's because he let his guard down, he decided to give a bit of trust to a few people, and that's where his first mistake was — he realizes that he should stop caring, rather, he will. it's why he stays in the library more often, keeping himself away from people where his luck doesn't act against him — he's tired of the amount of bad luck he's accumulated, and he doesn't care for what good will come either.

the thing is... he doesn't eat properly like he should anymore, and it barely crosses his mind, but when it does. he believes he should attempt, because dying such a hopeless death like starving is beneath him — no one else may have hope around here, but this doesn't mean he'll lose his. he lifts one prosthetic hand, slowly tapping at his waist by his jacket to feel for his pda, and after a few smacks, he realizes it isn't there. he checks the other pocket with a few more pats, and there's a disappointed sigh that leaves past his lips once he realizes that it's gone. he stops a few steps away from the vending machine as his eyes drop down to the floor —

now, he noticed someone's shoes out the corner of his peripherals, and while he doesn't have to be that type... he sure is going to be that type, the manipulative one he sounds sad as he does this like so: )

Sigh...

A

[samuraiwomen]

[ Sara is walking down the hall near the first floor when she catches sight of a familiar shock of teal hair, covered by a red beanie and scarf. She stands stock still for a second, freezing in her tracks. In a second she'll turn, and it'll be gone. It had been strange enough to stop hallucinating here, but with the recent stress, she's not surprised. She should ignore it, head to math, and keep her head down. That would be what Keiji would say to do.

Sara turns. The young man by the door is still there. ]

Sou! [Shin doesn't get much of a warning before Sara practically tackles him, hugging him from behind with a desprete air she never had in the killing game. It's bad, he hates her, and hes going to throw her off in a second, but its so good to see someone she knows. To touch them, and feel that they're real. In this school of unfamiliar faces, she hadn't realized how lonely she'd been. ]

C !

[mermaidcursed]

( it isn't quite one of the more crowded rooms, but nene is so used to sleeping in 1-B regardless of hanako's own desire to hole up somewhere, just the two of them, and hajun-nii is there too... and nene has extended an invitation to sara herself, since she'd expressed discomfort with staying in her classroom when her fellow transfers in her homeroom were two grown men.

which, regardless of how flirty the adults may be with each other, is completely understandable.

when the door slides open, nene jolts a bit, drawing the pink blanket she's made for herself slightly closer and staring before trying to offer a small smile. )

Um- hello. Are you... new?

B

[moderating]

[ Not the bathroom, but instead Nanami catches the dirt coming out of the locker and gives him one doe-eyed questionable look of. What just happened here? She approaches and cants her head watching as they try to collect all their times accordingly or deal with the mess on the floor. ]

Do... You need help? How did the dirt get into your locker, are you part of the Gardening club?

A — i have something for you :)

[sisters]

( shin stands out a little, to be honest. doesn't quite blend in with the native student body, and besides that, nobody who's been attending this school for any decent length of time would care too much about the rules that are posted. strange, sure, but not to the natives, and most of the transfers have moved on. with that in mind, it's pretty easy for amami to put two and two together as he passes by someone reading through them with that kind of look on their face. )

Pretty strange rules, huh? They don't feel very school-like.

( it's an absent comment made more to announce himself than anything else. once he has, he'll shift his attention from the bulletin board and to the person next to him, arms crossed as if he's thinking something over. )

Actually, I've been wondering if they might not have been changed just recently.