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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

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thought you died!
great, knowing you're alive means that something worse will happen in the future...
i wonder what that could be..
we have to be careful together now.

well... i just want to look at it.
it's not every day we get to see a dead body up close!

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[loyalbreed]

I doubt it will be anything that I cannot handle nor have already dealt with myself, fret not good friend. Your concerns are appreciated and admired.

Are you a necromancer? I had not realize.

STOP I MADE A SOUND IM SIKC

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if you died, you might have been in the same position as the dead body..

.... that's really unlucky, we've missed our chance.

delicious nms noises

[loyalbreed]

I did not die, so what therein is the problem or need of concern?

Ah? Is the body gone? Did you already go see it?

WHY ARE YOU EATING ME!!!!! i am not tasty!

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if you had died, i wonder if they'd do the same to your body.
do they put every dead body in a glass case?

dont worry about it

[loyalbreed]

That is a good question, as it were. I have no answer for it, the individual in the glass is unknown to everyone I have spoken to aware of their other memories. At that point only time can tell.

Though to be most honest, we should avoid any possible deaths in the near future.

i think about how ur here bc u want komaedas boxers

[commences]

it's a waiting game.. as i expected. but what if it's too late if we don't do something now?

are you going to save everyone?

LMFAO NO i just missed rping with u. i am thirsty for komaedas mcnuggies but not that thirsty 🤪

[loyalbreed]

I doubt any one of us, can save everyone. However, I will justly save who it is I must or can for that matter. So long as it is my Masters wishes of course.

As you say. What becomes of all of us, is only for the future to tell.

POINTS MY EYES AT UR EYES DONT BE CUTE AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

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if your master told you to kill everyone here, then you would do it?

I MISS U HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[loyalbreed]

If that is what she wished, then yes.

STOPPPPPPPPPP!!! PINCHES UR CHEEKS u cant be like this out in the open!!

[commences]

the friendships you've made so far.. are they that meaningless to you?
just one simple command and everyone here will have their life taken..

i AM WHO I CHOSE TO BEEEEE * RIPS SHIRT OFFF *

[loyalbreed]

No friendship or companionship is meaningless to me.

I have no intention to hide that if asked by my Master, I would kill any at her decree. I only hope that, it will never come to that. I have belief that Master is far better a leader than you think she is. She is not someone who will senselessly order me to kill as you feel or think that she would.

So have no fear.

PUT UR SHIRT BACK ON

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i'm not against your master, they're only ordering you to do it.
it's you that will have blood on their hands if it comes down to it.
amazing! killing so many people by just a single word, i wonder if there's hope in that method..

haha, don't worry, i'll see this through to the end.

*REVEALS A NMS STAN SHiRT BENEATH TBH*

[loyalbreed]

It is no different from my past, I see nothing strange about it. When I have killed for lesser reasons, or armies to stop them in their paths. It is merely what I do, and who I am.

[ He supposes the last comment is a good thing! ]

WHY DO YOU EVEN HAVE THIS!!!

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interesting.. that makes you someone that we shouldn't take lightly.
i'm excited to see how you'll help everyone's hope here, along with yours.

dw about it

[loyalbreed]

The same could be said to any one of us within the school itself. You would be foolish to think any person lightly.

I have been meaning to ask, but what is this hope you speak of? Is it something you consume? The way that you talk about it, I can only presume as much.

? what do u MEAN DW ABOUT IT

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but that's the thing, you are all supposed to trust each other.
ah... i can't wait to see how everyone's hope unfolds.

hope is absolute good! everything you do can lead towards it, but so many transfers hope is weak here.. it's why i'm surprised you're still alive!
it says something about your hope.

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[loyalbreed]

Indeed! What is there not to trust when we know naught of one another yet? That said, you do not wish to be on the side of myself from which I lack trust or faith in you with. So let that be a warning.

I see, the way that you speak of it. It sounds as if it is alike a spell - or word unlike that of what I know.

My Hope is one that cannot be undeterred, so long as I live - I breathe confidence and Good Will of what will come.