April event

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04/04, 23:56

M.Arisu

hey... anybody who's awake to see this. hope you're not having too much trouble sleeping.
get rest when you can. work together when you can.
all we can do is keep trying, but i'm hopeful for this year.
feels weird to say... but it's all going to be gone soon, so...
anyways.
see you at school tomorrow.

Any replies on the forum go unresponded, and at the stroke of midnight, the past year's worth of messages are completely gone from the PDA forum, including any sent over spring break. Hope you have a good memory if you were in the middle of a conversation! Though you should really be in ...whatever you've managed to make your bed... because tomorrow is a big day.

04/05, 06:00

The silence continues until six in the morning with the toll of the clock tower bells, and anybody near the locker area will hear two women in mid-conversation as they phase through the front doors, heels clicking on the ground: "-—didn't even have the decency to finish the job! And now I have to— oh, stop crying, for goodness' sake! I swear—" It's a one sided conversation, mostly, and one that stops short the moment the women spot the students lingering around. While the younger woman, recognizable as the assistant principal, hurriedly scrubs at her face with her sleeves, the unfamiliar older woman with the oddly dissonant voice scowls intensely. "I don't need this on the first day of school! Students trespassing over break! I can't believe it! I don't have time for this—" she huffs, shaking her head and stomping down the hall towards the faculty office. "Miss Nene, I expected better of you! And you! Miss Ritsuka— the two of you shall report to the faculty office after the entrance ceremony. I expect a full report of everybody involved. Now behave yourselves and go to the auditorium."

Goodbye...

The assistant principal is left behind and looks confused and distraught. She sniffles and ducks her head a little, draws a shaking breath and stands a little taller. "I'm so sorry. I'll hear you all out after- after this is done. Alright?" She too heads towards the faculty office, trying her best to smile at those she passes by. While they may be followed, they seem to phase through the faculty office doors which remain closed and locked, and cannot be interacted with until after the ceremony.

Until then, other students start to filter through the front door, seeking out friends and chatting about their breaks, remembering about homework and asking if anybody actually did it so they can copy off them before classes start, laughing at any mention of being locked inside the school all break because what?? that's silly. A handful of students wear yellow armbands on the left sleeve of their uniform, marking them as members of the student council, and these student council members go around finally removing the gorinto from the window sills, tossing the rocks into a bag without any apparent ill effects, and collecting the snacks in a separate bag— though they'll offer the food to anybody they pass who looks hungry enough. Which is a lot of you. One or two might give a short lecture about the importance of eating breakfast to start the day off right. Other student council members busy themselves in the locker area, posting the new homeroom assignments and updating the school calendar to reflect exam dates and breaks for the coming year, or help setting chairs out in neat rows in the auditorium in preparation for the entrance ceremony.

04/05, 08:00

The opening ceremony starts at 8, with students and staff moving to the auditorium to sit with their homeroom class, calling characters out by name and dragging them over to their seat— physically if need be, and they're much stronger than they look. Unlike the graduation ceremony, characters are not forced to come to the entrance ceremony, but the moment they take a seat, they find that they can neither speak nor get up again until the ceremony is over.

The assistant principal stands behind the podium on stage, looking rather nervous as she glances down at the watch on her wrist for it to be time, and clears her throat before addressing the room. "Yogen High welcomes you, all our new students," she pauses, beaming at the row of first year classes before her gaze sweeps over the rest of the student body, "our transfer students, our returning students, our... repeat students..." Looking at you, Norton, Gawain, Abel... "I, um. You may have noticed that I am standing in for our principal today, who is currently... unavailable... and didn't exactly leave any notes to go off of..." She wilts a little, but trucks on nonetheless and continues the address, promising that the teachers will pass along any important announcements, expressing her belief in the potential of young minds, and wishing everybody a fulfilling school year. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.

School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school. Gossip is flying already with news of the transfer students caught breaking into the school over break and what punishments they might get, rumors of what happened to the principal ranging from a family emergency to hospitalization to death, complaints about the water pipes not getting fixed over break, and general excitement over upcoming events listed on the bulletin board by the lockers, in particular new club advertisements, fortune telling ads, and a Charity Auction to be hosted the Monday after Golden Week next month.

April

School is school... The first thing teachers ask at homeroom Tuesday morning is for students to hand in their spring break homework. Didn't do it? You're on their shit list now. Characters are not forced to attend class, but patrolling faculty and student council members will heckle any truant students into going and can be a pain to deal with. Classes aren't taught terribly, though. The second year math teacher has a knack for easily digestible explanations, even if she writes and erases the board a bit too quickly to copy. The third year literature teacher combines weekly analytical essays with film studies, and is showing Child's Play, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Silence of the Lambs, and Where the Red Fern Grows this month. The first year biology teacher brings eyeballs and frogs and rats for dissection during anatomy lessons, and if you have a special request for a specific eye color, give him a day or two and he can deliver. 2-A's homeroom teacher can be seen stealing chalk from each of the second year classroom she rotates through and is offering extra credit to any students who sneak her chalk without asking questions.

New students will quickly learn that merit points are awarded for a full day's attendance, turning in homework, participating in class and clubs, scoring 80% or higher on quizzes and exams, etc. Less predictably, the PDA may sometimes ping for a single merit point when hanging out with a friend or arguing with a classmate, with stronger emotions (positive or negative) when interacting with somebody else more likely to trigger a point, and if students are abusing this system, it's kept out of the faculty's eyes. As the month goes on, sometimes a student comes to class with a cut eyelid, or a busted lip, or bandages wrapped thick around a wrist, but they always deny anything more than clumsiness or an accident or having pets who very aggressively show their love. Sometimes it's harder to hide, when a bloody nose drips onto the ground or bleeding knuckles brush against the wall, and those near enough to see blood touch the building will find that everything sort of... shifts... Just for a second. The feeling of vertigo that stops almost as soon as it begins, the world tilting without slotting back into alignment. You feel a bit nauseous. Just a little.

You go to the bathroom to splash water on your face and the pink looks a little darker, a little more solid. On the fourth floor, the water has stopped running in the bathroom sinks altogether, and students are told to go downstairs to do their business so that they may wash up after. With more students milling around the bathrooms, it's much easier to notice that people's reflections in the mirrors are just a bit off, lagging that split second long enough to be impossible to ignore once aware.

Every day you have homework. A new essay for something or other is assigned each week. Nobody wants to do group projects with a slacker who can't promise to meet up after school to get it done. Like clockwork, the school empties out at 6 PM each school day, leaving those behind to their own devices. There is no school on Sundays. Golden Week marks the end of the month, and guess who's going to be stuck at school for an entire week with only vending machine junk food to live off of if they aren't able to make progress concerning their living situation? Yeah.

Charity Auction

At least students have the charity auction to look forward to and work towards. Information about the auction set on May 10 can be found on the bulletin board, and appears to be put together by the student council as an annual event and an incentive for students to start the year off strong in earning merit points. Both students and staff are encouraged to donate to the auction, with the items collected and put on display in the auditorium behind locked glass cases. On May 10, students will be able to bid on items using their merit points, those who donate will receive 10% of the winning bid towards their item, and the school will match donations 100 to 1 point with proceeds going towards the "Save A Brain Foundation."

Throughout the month, glass cases lining the walls of the auditorium start to fill up with donations. The most popular donations seem to be physical items: possessions such as jewelry or gaming consoles, or artistic creations such as hand sewn clothing or paintings. There are placeholders for things that can't be put on display all month, such as placards with a picture or description of homemade food that won't be prepared until the auction date, or the promise of fishing lessons with the guidance counselor or a dinner date with the school principal (pending availability). At the back of the room stands the largest case, with the skinny black cat often found lying on top of it as if guarding it, although it will run away when approached.

Inside the case is a body.

OOC

✽ Refer to the npc contact page for which students and faculty are currently available for interaction. The assistance principal will do what she can to accommodate the characters stuck inside the school, but the extent of her help will depend on what is asked of her and how interactions with her go.

✽ The body does not seem to change or rot inside the case, and most npc students will unconvincingly express their belief that it's just a very life-like doll. Closer investigation of the body will not be available until next month, if a character manages the winning bid. Merit points earned are handwaved at player discretion, within reason.

✽ The plot will only move forward as things are discussed and acted upon, and clues distributed during app acceptances are meant to be shared and connected, so don't be afraid to ask questions and dig into things! I am here to enable.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[adsum]

[befreiung]

I TOTALLY FORGOT TO ASK THIS but since ain has obvious corruption marks/circuit patterns on his body and behaves lethargically, will the nurse think he has a chronic disease or just pass it off as something inconsequential?

[taketori]

If someone were to ask the student council about getting two snacks if they explain it's for someone else, would they accept that as an excuse?

Adding onto this, any consequences for grabbing a writing instrument from a classroom/any way to be able to keep a pen outside of class?

[trialbyliar]

Are there any school yearbooks in the library? And if so, would a very thorough search find any students who resemble the body?

[dereban]

A few questions to start:

- Are there any other rumors floating around the school outside the ones written in the log?
- Are the eyeballs in biology class real, and if so is it possible to tell what kind of animal they're from or if they vary.....
- Are all the classes at the school standard to real life? (Asking mostly just in case there are some Weird Classes that will cause a reaction)
- Also, if someone were to ask any of the NPCs about any information regarding the student council, would they be able to get anything?
- And final question for now because I am remembering it: if someone was trying to write a program in order to hack/dig into the PDAs, would anything happen? Is there anything to find?

i'm so sorry

[unsurely]

I know the body won't be available to actually check out unless we obtain it for next month, but... the characters can see it, so unfortunately. Here I am. How visible is it exactly? Are there any visual clues people would be able to get right now or does the glass obscure that somehow?

(For example: tears in the clothing or stains of anything other than the blood in the image, that might be noticeable and suggest specific injuries, locations the body's been in, and/or that any weapons were used.)

Also: are the display cases numbered and/or marked in any way? And if not, are students able to inquire somewhere about who donated what?

Editing for one more: Now that classes have started again, can anything be found in the school that will display the current year? For example worksheets, club applications, or any other paperwork the characters may receive, or even belongings of the NPC students. And if so, what year is it?

[contrarily]

any consequences for trying to break the case with the body? i know the cat is guarding the auction items, and rika will definitely try to ferally get the body out, so -

SO MANY QUESTIONS

[tempingforatlas]

Is it just Gudako, or does that body bear a striking resemblance to Ala?

What happens if you build another gorinto shrine?

Quite possibly the stupidest/most dangerous question: if Ritsuka uses her own blood to write a magic circle, considering the school's reaction to blood, will anything special happen?

Are the message boards wiped regularly, or was it just a one time thing at the start of the semester?

What's the most dangerous object that's available to bid on? Just as, like, a general level of what's okay to donate.

If Ritsuka puts her ear to the ground and makes an effort to hang out with the nontransfer students, will she hear anybody talking about people making bids for the body, or is it something that nobody wants to touch?

Ritsuka is putting in the effort to be an Extremely Good Student following the 6 AM Fuckup, will she still get the requisite merit points even though she's already in hot water?

Are sweeps of the lockers conducted? If so, somebody... might find that crowbar Ritsuka yoinked during the TDM....

Lastly, sorry for the deluge of questions/NPC contacts.

[attritional]

Does the pink water actually have blood in it, because I imagine that would go horribly for Iria... and belatedly realized why you gave her a bunch of water bottles.

[comburst]

will any new thing that has shown up or is now accessible be openable by katsuki's key...also: will their homework and such be graded fairly if they put in the effort?

edit: also, can they recruit npc students for clubs or do they need to be pc students?

[crystallomancy]

hops over... hello. get used to seeing me and increasingly inane questions, i'm sorry

1. EVERY high school has seven mysteries - urban legends that are just weird or seemingly paranormal in nature, with the actual veracity of them being up in the air. Does Yogen also have these, and if so, what are they? Natsume's gonna ask around about them as a nice starting point for investigating.

2. And speaking of investigating: is the floor-plan on the locations page 100% accurate or are there... Secret Rooms. If Natsume goes around tapping on walls to find any hollow spaces is he gonna find anything. please he needs somewhere to hide that Aren't the vents during the school day so he isn't harassed into going to class

3. Are there any specific spots the cats like to hang the most, or where it seems like they... I don't know, live? Like cat food bowls or anything like that. Where are their litter boxes.

4. Last question I promise. ARE NPC STUDENTS INTERESTED IN HAVING THEIR FORTUNE TOLD... He's offering one free fortune to anyone who stops by 2-D either during lunch or after school. Only the first fortune is free, though. The others cost food. (Does Natsume get merit points for offering his services)

[nortonnnn]

Hi! I am so sorry for these text-blocks in advance, but I wasn't sure if these would go to the Questions here or the NPC contact page.

First-year biology: Okay, so, the science lab itself is closed, but they're still doing dissections? Are these taking place in the homeroom then? Either way, they are going to have tools, right? Norton wants them. If any of his classmates seem to be paying less attention, he may try to swipe their scalpel while they aren't looking—if caught, he's a good actor and feels pretty convincing in explaining what happened to his (lost, given to Komaeda who didn't get one in the first place, something like that). If there are any left completely unattended, he'll try for those, too. His intention is to hand his scalpel back, while somebody else's goes missing. He volunteers to clean up at the end of class like the ideal student he is in case that helps make this process any easier for him. If he gets one, he hides it on his person. If he gets two and this dissection is taking place in homeroom, he'll try to hide the second somewhere in the room. Would any of this make obtaining 1-2 scalpels possible?

Nurse's office: Norton visits often to get some rest and try to convince the nurse that he has a horrible headache/nausea/other kinds of illness that warrant simple, over-the-counter medications. After faking like he took/used it, he will try to get away with pocketing what he gets and can put in his pocket for the future. If pocketing anything more than the occasional advil is impossible, that's fine—half the reason he's asking is because he watches very carefully where the nurse goes to get these medications from. Which cupboard, is it locked, where does she take the key from, etc. Sometimes he might send Komaeda for these trips, only once in a while, because he's actually sick and can probably have an easier time of it. Is it okay to ask what he/they would learn from these trips? Will she give him SOAP if he asks?

Other stuff:
- Does frog blood affect the school and cause vertigo the way that human blood does?
- Are there books around anywhere that isn't the library? Like in classrooms, cookbooks, etc?
- Where do the student council members disappear off to with the gorinto disposal bags?

[commences]

hello! komeowda nyagito and nyaegi meowkoto have a question, ok so the black cat is protecting the body which is weird because why isn't lily may also there? so naegi has laser pens that can get the black cat's attention, will it be enough to bring back the black cat so that they can get some clues out of it? if not that, would lily may be available to bestow them some knowledge on the body if komaeda used a cat treat to lure her in...

what i'm saying is me and ichi are trying to rp with the cats because they have to be clues, they gotta be!!

[closewithnewintown]

ARE THERE COOKBOOKS

[befreiung]

i am so sorry i have more questions:

since ain's blood is tainted by the void in his canon (he's not human, etc) will it have a different reaction when he bleeds onto the school?

what happens if chars try to break out the body in the glass case?

[obsessiveness]

are there like, knitting materials in the sewing room or are they just materials used for clothing and embroidery...

[sunstead]

Alright so. everyone got in trouble for being stuck in the school over spring break (rude tbh). Will any of the other faculty be annoyed if they continue to catch students in the school earlier than they're supposed to be there? OR is it just this one particular Mystery Woman™ that's irritated by it and all the other staff presumably don't like... notice and/or care i guess (well. maybe unless people don't clean up before school starts but w/e w/e). is the VP just turning a blind eye to this moving forward whats the deal huh

ALSO. can Clamor ask for extra credit homework... please he just wants to feed all these dumb teens

[commences]

i have to know if komaeda crawls up on/around the stage can he find anything of interest or anything dropped by the vp in the auditorium if he stays behind? she was looking quite nervous....

[bachagain]

so random question if leo was a weirdo and made npcs hold his weedsteria jar, would anything special happen or would leo just be the little shit from 3-a who made people hold his weird jar

[findout]

bro you gotta tell me

and be serious

but if white puts the baby tooth he got under one of the infirmary pillows and sleeps on it will it remain a baby tooth or will he get something out of it. is this the place to ask. it didn't feel like an npc contact level thing but now i'm second guessing

for a better question on here, what sort of fruit can one maybe get their hands on, preferably with like. eatable seeds. think orange, or pomegranate type things. grapes. that sort of thing. i promise this is important

[commences]

bc komaeda is a freak and i need to know how weird he is. how much hope and despair is coming off the body in the glass case

[loyalbreed]

idk if anyone asked but if someone gets into a fight what are the things that can/will happen? sdfsd

Re: QUESTIONS

[attritional]

White and Iria want to decorate some parts of the school with little paper stars. Could be on the ceiling or the walls. They need glue and/or tape or whatever else that makes them stick. Would they be able to find them? And if the faculty finds them, will they take the stars down? :(

Also, is there anything peculiar on the back of Gawain's instant mashed potato packaging other than directions?

Re: QUESTIONS

[attritional]

For the charity auction, are all the donors anonymous? Iria would like to look into who put that body for auction...

Also, what are the npc students' general reaction to the body inside the glass case?

Re: QUESTIONS

[rhymed]

hi mods!! just a quick question but do we have... pe uniforms/sweats... just curious in case someone makes a mess of their uniform and they gotta change.