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.

Comments

[wildcarding]

[ He's a studious partner, listening carefully to each piece of advice offered; his only minor distractions are glimpses at their surroundings as they walk, he's still taking note of everything in the school. But these pieces of information are important knowledge, and he's grateful to have such a knowledgeable upperclassman to teach him. Nods in agreement to the mirror (he'll have to find something, he's sure he can swipe it from somewhere); seems mildly curious about the second fact, lips draw into a tight line as he considers what that might mean for them.

He wants to ask a little more on the injuries front, but then the third fact is dropped and of course his curiosity takes over all else. He's instantly turning his head back in Amami's direction, cocked slightly to the side so that his bangs might slightly hide the interest that shines behind his glasses. ]

... What's in the courtyard?

[ Because Akira's the kind of person who... if you tell him not to do something he will probably try to do it. So it's better that he asks now so he at least knows he's going to die if he goes there, that should be a fair deterrent. ]

[sisters]

Kazuki-san.

( he says it matter-of-factly. like, you know, kazuki-san. we've all seen kazuki-san around, right? a glance over his shoulder shows a telling smile though, clearly pretty aware of this as he goes on to elaborate. )

He's the groundskeeper here. A ghost, I guess? We figured out that you can see him on the full moon as a person, but through this — ( he reaches into his pocket, pulling out a little rock with a hole through the center, ) — the way he looks is a bit more concerning.

( to say the least. either way, they'll reach the top of the stairs soon enough, and amami will wander over to the door that leads to the third year classroom side of the building, holding it open for akira to pass through behind him. )

Well, anyway, I wouldn't want to be stuck out there with him, and I don't recommend you try it either unless you know what you're getting into.

[wildcarding]

[ He seems pretty engaged, full of limitless bravado and interest in what should be dangerous subject matter - and it's only when that rock gets pulled out does it draw him into a pause. Akira knows he's seen that somewhere before - to be precise, wasn't that very thing in his locker when he first came here? His hand fumbles in his pocket, brushing over its smooth surface where he's been keeping it all this time; when they reach the top of the stairs, he finally tugs it free to hold it in front of himself - a show that he's prepared. He's just assuming every student in the school has one of them, for now. ]

... Got it. I'll keep it equipped.

[ Like this is some kind of RPG and he's got the secret item that will get him through... he is immensely curious to see him, honestly, but he's also not looking forward to dying so he'll listen to instructions. For now, he follows through the opened door, passing into the hallway just slightly ahead of Amami. His head turns this way and that, like he's trying to catch every small detail - even though nothing has changed yet. ]

We doing this at your place or mine?

[ Classroom, he means classroom, but it's more fun to word it that way - he assumes that's what they're aiming for when Amami chose this as their destination. ]

[sisters]

( when akira pulls that out of his pocket, not gonna lie, amami's pretty visibly surprised. he looks at akira for a moment but, right, guess that's good news if there's a few more of these things circulating about now. and more importantly, the adderstones and the void are two different topics... in some ways. anyhow, right, rooms. )

Lets go for yours. Can't wait, and mine's further away, y'know?

( just think of all the extra steps. but yeah, he's dropping his own adderstone back in his pocket, replacing it with his mirror shard instead, and unwrapping that as well as the bandage i'm retconning onto his left hand because i never really thought this through too much. it's fine. )

Anyway, there's a trick to getting there. It's not really fun, but if you set it off, you're headed over whether you like it or not.

( with all of that out of the way, it's easy for him to press one of the corners of the mirror against the side of his hand. he grimaces a bit as the blood begins to well up at the surface of the cut, which amami will hold up to show off as he continues. )

The long and short of it is, if you see blood and you don't want to pay the other side a visit, you'd better shut your eyes.

( and then, as they're reaching the room, he smears the blood against the doorframe. once the red catches akira's eyes, the world folds in and falls apart. )