August Event

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Please let August be better than July I'm begging

✽ Due to 10+ classes raising their ranks last month, ALL characters have access to the courtyard via the door in the locker area and the windows facing the courtyard.
✽ Characters with 1-10 tallies are not able to get any further past the end of the courtyard before they fall unconscious; characters with 10-20 can get halfway to the pool building before the same happens to them; characters with 20+ tallies can reach the pool building but unfortunately, the door is on the other side. There are no windows on the walls, but from the clocktower, characters can see that it has a glass ceiling, though they are unable to see inside.
✽ Outside, there is no breeze, and it occasionally rains ash.
✽ Characters going up to the 4th floor will feel that the door is warm to the touch, and will occasionally open (see: missions)
✽ The student store opens, with the door propped open with a doorstopper. The npc running the store is currently not interested in conversation, but may be available for threading in the future and is available for threading in the toplevel below. Please see the updated bonus activity page for more information.
✽ Posted on the bulletin board and also handed to each club president before break is the notice that proof of club activity is due at the end of break. Please submit these proofs in the toplevel below.
✽ There is another ad on the bulletin board advertising an exchange student program for the month of October. Applications will be taken until the end of August, and there is a 300 merit point fee. Sister cities include Death City, Devildom, Ishigami Village, Lanling, LazyTown, and Maiami City.

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[carpevinum]

⛧ Bulletin Board

[Alright what the fuck.

Lucifer is not someone who very easily shows expression on his face unless it's a) to look smug as all fuck and b) to look angry as all fuck, and he normally wears a resting bitch face of a type. However, however... today? Today he's baffled, outwardly fucking baffled, regarding the bulletin board with a look of absolute confusion that soon after melts away into disdain.

Why. What? Why. Why the Devildom.

It's no secret that Lucifer's home is the Devildom, as he's made it very clear that he is in fact The Morning Star himself, yadda yadda, let's skip over the eighteen billion different names scholars have given him over the years for once. He's also made it clear that he was previously faculty on the Devildom's university for demons, a university which in prior years has accepted exchange students from both the human world and Celestial Realm alike, in exchange for demons going to those two worlds to study there. In fact, he's invited several people to take part in the exchange program once they're out of here.

This? He did not authorize. He's had no contact with Lord Diavolo to authorize such a thing. This isn't a way out; it's suspicious at best and a death trap at most. No, no, absolutely not. He cannot — he will not — let this go through, if he can help it.

(Unfortunately, like most things here, Lucifer cannot control them, something he personally sees as a direct insult.)]

This is madness.

[Of a type, certainly.]

⛧ Uhh, Whatcha Got There?

[Lucifer is... well, not the pinnacle of masculinity or whatever, but he definitely doesn't look the part of a man who should be carrying around stuffed animals. In particular, you might spot him walking around today with this adorable thing tucked under one arm like it's the most casual thing in the world.

The sheep plushie is massive, about half the size of Lucifer's torso, and seems to be in perfect condition. It has a blue bow around its neck because blue is apparently the colour of Pride, though it does stand out greatly against his typical wardrobe of reds. He doesn't seem to be doing anything special, just... sort of walking around with it. Lucifer has the tendency to patrol the halls, after all, it's just he has a special guest today.

If you approach and ask him about it, he might tell you about how the plush reminds him of someone he knows, and follow that up with a story about this mysterious person. They must be important to him, given the way his gaze softens.]

⛧ Wildcard

Hello yes, I'm manifesting a good August. If you would like a Pride Demon for all your Pride Demon Needs, feel free to slap me with a prompt of your own or hit me up on Discord/wolfchan.

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[filialdeception]

[ ...It's bringing out a myriad conflicting emotions to see Lanling of all places as a spot for the student exchange program. He almost feels dizzy, like he's hallucinating it, and he can feel the stirring of temptation gnaw at him a bit.

But outwardly, he just sighs. ]

It's on purpose, isn't it? Doing this so-called 'exchange program'?

[carpevinum]

I have a bad feeling about this. Judging by your sigh, you must as well, right?

[Who's dumb enough to spend that many points and fall for this? People who want out more than to be rational, he supposes, but still. The worst part is that Lucifer doesn't know where this came from or what the endpoint is, and that frustrates him beyond belief.

He turns to Meng Yao, arms folded over his chest.]

Don't tell me that there's a city you recognize on this list as well.

[filialdeception]

Yes, I do.

[ Meng Yao wonders more and more what would happen to those who take part in it.

Likely nothing good. But if he can get a glimpse somehow...well. He'll think about it. ]

...Lanling. [ ... ] I suppose some congratulations are in order to them. What with them not lacking in their mind games.

[ He sounds a little bitter right now. ]

[carpevinum]

I have my doubts that they — the school, I mean — will actually send those who sign up for this to those specific locations. Lanling, the Devildom, [he vaguely and frustratedly gestures to the others,] every city on here... I imagine it will be much like the case of the elevator, if people manage to "leave" at all in the first place, where their hometowns are shown to be a sort of alternate dimension or "bad end".

[Lucifer gives pause and then shakes his head. He has no idea if Meng Yao is familiar at all, if the young man found himself on the elevator ride into hell or not, so:]

I'm assuming you know what I'm referring to?

[filialdeception]

Yes, I do. I was...with Ishimaru-xiong, and we went through a version of that in his home before we were able to return safely. After that, I never dared to enter through it to see what my own might look like.

[ He believes he can imagine how it would look.

Decimated by the Wen Clan, and the few he's ever cared about dead. ]

It is likely to be as you said. Though, I must wonder why they are trying to have every single one of us view an alternate version of our worlds.

[carpevinum]

At the risk of sounding like Komaeda, I believe that whatever is in charge of this place — because something has to be, in my experience — wants to make us all lose hope so that we kill one another. It's...

[He breathes a sigh. A demon is a demon, and Lucifer will never be morally upstanding, but even he can admit this situation is fucked up. And thanks to a certain someone from back home, he has a soft spot for humans now.]

...reprehensible, honestly. That being said, I do not believe a single person within the confines of this prison know how to get home. Another likely explanation for feeling the need to show us alternate realities of our homeworlds is, perhaps, to convince us that staying here is better somehow? It's a poor theory at best, but I have no other explanations.

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[compendiem]

The application fee?

[ That's the concerning part of the notice to Minato, who would have jumped at the chance to explore any one of these new places if he were given the chance, except he doesn't have a single merit point to his name and will never earn any.

Either way, 300 merit points is either a lot or very little, depending on the conversion fee from point to yen. ]

[carpevinum]

...well, I will admit, that fee seems a bit insane.

[Lucifer is swift to jump into his actual point, however, punctuating his statement with the smallest of sighs.]

I'm more referring to the fact that my home, the Devildom, is listed as an exchange program here. Historically-speaking, our university — which I was on the faculty of — does offer such things, but I was not consulted on it, nor have I had contact with the school's owner, Lord Diavolo, in... several months now. There is not a thing in this world he wouldn't tell me. If he were able to put an exchange program in place here, why would he not contact me about it?

[He shakes his head, distraught.]

This whole thing seems incredibly suspicious.

[compendiem]

[ Devildom is such a cool name—- no. not the time. ]

If you're here, someone's probably subbing for your faculty positions, right? Maybe... this is Lord Diavolo's way of contacting you?

[ Maybe there's some secret meaning to this, but Minato can't see it when he goes back to looking at the poster. No Gekkoukan High... though he wonders if he would return if given the opportunity. ]

If he agreed... maybe it's because he wants you to come back.

[carpevinum]

[Totally the time!]

Someone has to be subbing, or I would imagine anyway... Diavolo cannot go so long without a right-hand. [Barbatos is usually the left!] ...It's either that, or this whole thing is a sick trick. I'd love to come back home, but alas, I doubt luck is in my favour.

[Much akin to the wish board way back when. Lucifer can still recall how upset some people were when looking at the board and wondering, at what point, they wrote those wishes — or who wrote them for them, in any case.

He shakes his head. Now isn't the time to seem so perturbed in front of a much younger student. So, moving on,]

I apologise for not giving you my name sooner. I am Lucifer. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[compendiem]

[ There's things to say about luck and optimism, but Minato gets sidetracked hearing that name, feeling that pang of nostalgia coupled with crushing disappointment and a spark of excitement despite it. ]

So you're Mr. Lucifer... Your food was highly recommended at the cafe last month.

[ More like Lucifer's name was mentioned and Minato immediately went "I want that one" but same thing ]

My name's Minato.

[carpevinum]

Ah, was it now? It's no surprise, [jackass,] as I typically do cook for a very full household.

[He lets his brothers take the reigns, of course, but Beelzebub usually eats all of the ingredients and Belphegor usually sleeps through dinner, and Mammon... kind of can't cook anything but ramen, so...]

A well-balanced diet is important to promote growth, after all. You can't subsist off of the vending machine for the duration of your stay here.

[Some people are doing it, and he knows it, and when Lucifer finds them he's going to make them sit down and eat actual food. ...except for the kitchen ingredients aren't restocking due to summer break and so this month, everyone gets a pass. The future, however, is full of good food.]

You needn't be so formal with me, however. Just "Lucifer" is alright.

[Calling him "mister" makes it seem like he's ancient, which he is, and he definitely looks the role considering his grey tips and the laugh lines on his face, but... He's not a "mister" and he's definitely not a boomer who doesn't understand technology like roombas, okay?]

⛧ Uhh, Whatcha Got There?

[mermaidcursed]

( nene is a sixteen year old girl, and she's a sixteen year old with squishables, hamster plushies and so much more waiting for her back home. so the moment she sees the the sheep plushie, she has stars in her eyes- not unlike the innocent, not-yet-worn-down nene he met months ago. )

Oh my gosh, it looks so sooooft!!

a smoothie (I'm sorry)

[carpevinum]

[Lucifer for a moment doesn't exactly register that Nene is referring to the admittedly large sheep, and then he looks at her, looks down... oh yeah. Of course, young kids like her love these things. She'd been down lately, even after he made her that birthday cake, and he knows Nene wouldn't hurt a fly and doesn't deserve bad things, so.

Here's the literal Avatar of Pride crouching before her to hold out this plushie. She can squeeze and hold and pet all she likes.]

It's quite soft, yes. I found it laying around... it reminds me of someone from back home, so I've kept it, as corny as that sounds coming from a man of my stature. You're free to hold it if you'd like.

[Nene, frankly, is baby, and Lucifer accepts and embraces this.]

don't be

[mermaidcursed]

( in her defense, lucifer, she was going through a lot at once and the cake probably made her cry but from joy and feeling loved rather than trauma, grief and betrayal. so. props to you there?

and nene does not fully register the meaning of the Literal Avatar of Pride crouching before her to hold out a sheep plushie, instead delightedly moving to hug it instantly, burying her face in the soft 'wool'. the power she holds... )

If it was a hamster, it'd be 1000% perfect. ( it being a sheep is also perfect, but like. hamhams. even as she speaks, she's a little muffled bc she's not completely willing to draw away from the plushie, yet. ) Thank you, Mr. Lucifer!!

[carpevinum]

Please, you don't have to be so formal with me.

[Says the man who wears a suit and tie and calls it "casual".]

If I find something hamster-related, I'll be sure to give it to you. As it stands, I haven't found something like that, but surely something will show up eventually...

[Disclaimer: Lucifer will not give it to Nene if it's fucking horrifying or if it's Gundham's legitimate actual pet hamsters that have gone missing. Maybe he'll find another stuffed animal lying around, though... hm....]

Rather comically, I found this with the black cat, though it did not bother to approach me when I walked into the room. I've met unfriendly cats before, [like Satan's cat which he trained to attack Lucifer on sight,] but this one takes the cake.

[mermaidcursed]

( nene glances up at lucifer almost bashfully from around the sheep plushie's head before nodding quietly, still... hamsters... )

I have a hamster back home! His name is Black Canyon. But... my parents work a lot. So I'm really worried about him.

( she's sure with how long it's been, her parents must know by now, and mama would take up taking care of her hamster as a coping mechanism- like when nene was really sick once, when her first hamster was around. but...

hanako showed up months later with the same thing being what they remembered last. what if... what if no one realizes they're gone at all? this thought gets the plushie another squeeze. )

Ah- I think the black cat was napping on the maid dress I used for the fundraiser, actually. And it was one I had before too- when Hanako-kun, Kou-kun and I helped out at a spirit cafe in a boundary.

[carpevinum]

You certainly name your pets better than my brother does. How's "Mr. Cat" for a cat name?

[It's Satan bullying hours at all hours of the day, baybee.]

That black cat sure is something. Although, when I found my whip again, the black cat was playing with it... I wonder if it gets bored here with nothing to do. I haven't seen any cat toys around.

[Unbeknownst to Lucifer the black cat derives fun from scratching up Noah and sending him to the shadow realm.]

⛧ Bulletin Board

[wolfetracks]

( now there's a familiar sight... though, sidney's not fond of the idea of lucifer being in the same boat he'd been in some months ago. it feels like so long now... but he'd helped sidney, hadn't he? it's only natural, then, that sidney puts a hand on lucifer's shoulder quietly, as they look at the board. )

Has it gotten you this time?

[carpevinum]

[Sidney's hand on his shoulder is a comforting thing, even though Lucifer is not a man who seeks comforts. He almost jolts at the touch, not expecting it, and then turns to gaze at Sidney softly. There's something in those red eyes of his that says he hurts, seeing this, not to mention several months ago the letter delivered to his locker containing demon blood...]

It has.

[His tone is somber, and Lucifer points with a gloved finger toward the word Devildom.]

Apparently, so I've surmised, an exchange program to the Devildom has been set up here. However, this strikes me as odd, as when I left school was still in mid-session, and Diavolo wouldn't restart the exchange program without me, and— to be frank, if he knew about this place, it makes me wonder if he knows I'm here and not there.

[It's not real, obviously. Lucifer knows better than to think of this as a real thing.]

[wolfetracks]

( huh... that. sure is a word for hell. okay.

sidney doesn't remove his hand, especially not when lucifer looks at him like that. if anything, he pulls him just a bit closer, in his own way. he's here- he's here. )

I see.

This place is cruel. For me, it hit me with my family and private thoughts- for you, your home... If people even can leave with this exchange program, I suspect it will be not unlike the elevator. As for Diavolo... I'm sure that anyone in your life would readily do what it takes to get you back, if they knew where you were. This feels more like a cruel joke, honestly.

[carpevinum]

[Forgive him for leaning just a bit into the comfort. It's rare that he allows someone to touch him, and rarer still that he allows someone to see a moment of weakness, however small it is. Sidney has, perhaps, earned that honour.]

I suspect much the same. I consider myself lucky not to have seen an alternate version of my own world, and I suppose the school — or whatever presides over it — is furious with me for my lack of emotional torment.

[It's not easy to torment Lucifer in the first place. He shuts down and puts his emotions somewhere else.]

...That said, I agree with you, though sometimes I feel as though my brothers might think they're better off without me.

[Oh, that's... hm.]

[wolfetracks]

( sidney listens quietly, unflinchingly. it's just what he does, really. )

I have more and more reason to suspect it feeds off of negative emotion and death, so... that tracks. But I'm proud of you for avoiding the same hells others have endured.

As for your brothers... even if they think it for a little while, I'm sure they'll come back for you. Moods like that don't last long- especially not when it's been months. My sister got the same way. I did too. It can happen. But it doesn't last- not without it being deserved.

( but, he thinks, don't let this become a weakness that yogen can latch onto. it can't get him too. )

[carpevinum]

I wouldn't call it me "avoiding" it, but rather, I was guarding over others. At any time, whoever was in that elevator with me had been the one to press the button, so I fear there might have been a correlation... or dumb luck that it wasn't me.

[He'd rather not have anyone see the broken version of his homeland, though. Especially not Stephanie, who had to hear the sounds of a child getting mauled. The gentler part of Lucifer that he once swore didn't exist just hopes she's alright after that.]

...you're correct, though. I recognize that you are. Ah, that household would almost certainly fall apart without me.

[Then why, why oh why, does his laugh sound so weak in that moment? Like he's trying to convince himself that someone's actually looking for him...]