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Entry tags:
- !event,
- blue exorcist: rin okumura,
- blue exorcist: yukio okumura,
- dangan ronpa: kiyotaka ishimaru,
- ensemble stars: subaru akehoshi,
- hanako-kun: nene yashiro,
- identity v: helena adams,
- mass effect: jane shepard,
- mass effect: tali'zorah vas normandy,
- mo dao zu shi: meng yao,
- original: sidney wolfe,
- the world ends with you: yoshiya kiryu
September Event
Autumn Semester
✽ School starts up again on August 30, and club supplies resume being replenished at the start of each week.
✽ All character run clubs survive the vetting process. Maya gives the jar of dragonflies to Hiro, who hot potatoes it to Nao, who opens the jar and sets them free outside. Maya will also tell Add that if his club damages any more of the school, she will shut down the Robotics & Programming Club. The cultists are delighted with their gifts and play rock-paper-scissors to determine who gets to keep what.
✽ The science club is shut down and disbanded due to their club project being interrupted and therefore incomplete, and the door to the lab will not open to any student. The club may be reinstated in the winter semester, and will be open to all students regardless of grade level.
✽ Posted all around the school are colorful posters painted by somebody who has no sense of color theory nor any idea what racoons, manta rays, or zebras look like. They advertise the student store, and its newest attraction:
✽ There is now a gacha machine set up outside the student store, which only takes tokens provided by the shopkeeper. Tokens are 1000 yen or 10 merit points each, and 99.99999% of the prizes are normal boring rocks, but there is a miniscule chance of winning rare gemstones. If you return 100 empty gacha capsules back to the shopkeeper for recycling, they will give you one free token.
✽ All character run clubs survive the vetting process. Maya gives the jar of dragonflies to Hiro, who hot potatoes it to Nao, who opens the jar and sets them free outside. Maya will also tell Add that if his club damages any more of the school, she will shut down the Robotics & Programming Club. The cultists are delighted with their gifts and play rock-paper-scissors to determine who gets to keep what.
✽ The science club is shut down and disbanded due to their club project being interrupted and therefore incomplete, and the door to the lab will not open to any student. The club may be reinstated in the winter semester, and will be open to all students regardless of grade level.
✽ Posted all around the school are colorful posters painted by somebody who has no sense of color theory nor any idea what racoons, manta rays, or zebras look like. They advertise the student store, and its newest attraction:
✽ There is now a gacha machine set up outside the student store, which only takes tokens provided by the shopkeeper. Tokens are 1000 yen or 10 merit points each, and 99.99999% of the prizes are normal boring rocks, but there is a miniscule chance of winning rare gemstones. If you return 100 empty gacha capsules back to the shopkeeper for recycling, they will give you one free token.
Setting Updates
✽ The right fourth floor hallway will be cleaned up during the first few days of school, with the gorinto rocks lined up against the walls on either side, and enough structural support is done so the hallway is in no danger of collapsing.
✽ The rooftop on the right side of the school can be accessed via the stair up from the end of the fourth floor hallway. The rooftop on the left side of the school can be accessed via the windows on the fourth floor, where you have to lean out the window and pull yourself up somehow. The two halves of the roof are separated by the clock tower, and there is no railing. There are concrete dividers sectioning out part of the right side into what may have once been a rooftop garden.
✽ Touching the track for more than 2 seconds results in permadeath. If you're able to jump over the track to the field, the grass is lush and green, although it gives more than expected, like a lawn after rain.
✽ There are six ball courts with height-adjustable poles for tennis and volleyball. Very old, falling apart equipment can be found in storage in the auditorium, while brand new ones can be purchased from the student store. The courts are surrounded by 10-foot fall chain link electric fence both between and around them, with a voltage high enough to cause severe burns to death, depending on the duration of contact. Electricity flows through all parts of the fencing except the door handle on the side of each court to enter.
✽ The indoor swimming pool contains separate girls and boys changing rooms, each consisting of 5 changing stalls, 2 showers, a bathroom, and 20 small lockers that do not come with their own locks but you can purchase one from the student store. Swimsuits, floaties, and towels can also be purchased from the student store. The pool is 25 meters by 25 meters, with a shallow end of 3 ft which then drops precipitously towards the deep end, where a flimsy diving board is set up. The deep end seems to continue down for thousands of meters, with light quickly disappearing and pressure becoming immense, and there is no bottom. The water is held at a constant lukewarm, and is very very slightly tinged pink. It tastes strongly of saltwater. The only windows are located on the ceiling like a skylight rather than on the walls, and lights shut off at 6pm, so it is pitch black after sundown. The pool is always open.
✽ The dormitory is open to be moved into, with rooms assignments being ICly first come first served. There is no Resident Assistant in charge. It's a lawless land. Please use the toplevel below for sign-ups.
✽ The rooftop on the right side of the school can be accessed via the stair up from the end of the fourth floor hallway. The rooftop on the left side of the school can be accessed via the windows on the fourth floor, where you have to lean out the window and pull yourself up somehow. The two halves of the roof are separated by the clock tower, and there is no railing. There are concrete dividers sectioning out part of the right side into what may have once been a rooftop garden.
✽ Touching the track for more than 2 seconds results in permadeath. If you're able to jump over the track to the field, the grass is lush and green, although it gives more than expected, like a lawn after rain.
✽ There are six ball courts with height-adjustable poles for tennis and volleyball. Very old, falling apart equipment can be found in storage in the auditorium, while brand new ones can be purchased from the student store. The courts are surrounded by 10-foot fall chain link electric fence both between and around them, with a voltage high enough to cause severe burns to death, depending on the duration of contact. Electricity flows through all parts of the fencing except the door handle on the side of each court to enter.
✽ The indoor swimming pool contains separate girls and boys changing rooms, each consisting of 5 changing stalls, 2 showers, a bathroom, and 20 small lockers that do not come with their own locks but you can purchase one from the student store. Swimsuits, floaties, and towels can also be purchased from the student store. The pool is 25 meters by 25 meters, with a shallow end of 3 ft which then drops precipitously towards the deep end, where a flimsy diving board is set up. The deep end seems to continue down for thousands of meters, with light quickly disappearing and pressure becoming immense, and there is no bottom. The water is held at a constant lukewarm, and is very very slightly tinged pink. It tastes strongly of saltwater. The only windows are located on the ceiling like a skylight rather than on the walls, and lights shut off at 6pm, so it is pitch black after sundown. The pool is always open.
✽ The dormitory is open to be moved into, with rooms assignments being ICly first come first served. There is no Resident Assistant in charge. It's a lawless land. Please use the toplevel below for sign-ups.
Autumnal Equinox
✽ September 23 marks the autumnal equinox. Like during the Vernal Equinox, students spend the week cleaning the school and gorintos are set upon the windowsills. Touching a gorinto causes the character to fall into a trance and experience the moments prior to death of the person being honored, up to and including the death, with all the physical and emotional pain that comes with it.
✽ On the morning of the equinox, red spider lilies bloom all across the courtyard and deep into the forest seemingly overnight. From the clock tower or rooftop, characters are able to see the forest surrounding them on all sides is entirely covered in the red flowers up to the crest, as if the entire land were awash with blood.
✽ The wisteria tree starts to shed petals, only a handful a day and impossible to notice compared to the hundreds upon thousands of petals held aloft by the tree, if it weren't for the fact that wherever a petal drops and touches the ground, the grass and flowers in the immediate vicinity are all dried up and dead.
✽ The void continues to grow, expanding outward and reaching up into the floor above.
✽ On the morning of the equinox, red spider lilies bloom all across the courtyard and deep into the forest seemingly overnight. From the clock tower or rooftop, characters are able to see the forest surrounding them on all sides is entirely covered in the red flowers up to the crest, as if the entire land were awash with blood.
✽ The wisteria tree starts to shed petals, only a handful a day and impossible to notice compared to the hundreds upon thousands of petals held aloft by the tree, if it weren't for the fact that wherever a petal drops and touches the ground, the grass and flowers in the immediate vicinity are all dried up and dead.
✽ The void continues to grow, expanding outward and reaching up into the floor above.
OOC
✽ Characters in classes 1-B, 1-D, 1-E, 2-C, and 3-E (classes who rose at least one rank in August) find that in the void school, they can start to see the void students' faces instead of them being completely shadow. They look scared, angry, resigned, anything but happy.
here comes the he...........
... I'd like to, too. ... You were with Hanako-kun, to confront Kazuki-san, right? I'm Nene Yashiro.
\o/
[ Meng Yao inclines slightly in a small bow of his own out of respect. ]
This humble one's name is Meng Yao. This is also the first we've properly spoken to each other, isn't it?
[ He's seen her around, of course. But they haven't exactly really cross paths outside of meetings or passing in halls for the most part. ]
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( she debates for a moment. given that people went missing for twenty days, it could be too much to talk about- but... )
... Can I ask you about what happened that night? There's... a lot that I didn't understand from watching from a distance. It's okay if you don't want to!
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But he doesn't feel a single bit of regret to be there when the other needed a shoulder to lean on. ]
They have. But, there's no need to thank me. I'm just happy to know that I was there when a friend needed me to be.
[ And he hopes that things continue to be relatively decent for Ishimaru from this point forwards. He's dealt with enough. But, anyway! At the inquiry, his expression turns thoughtful. ]
You were watching everything as it went down...?
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( ishimaru deserves all the support, really. )
Mhm! Hanako-kun and I are from the same place- and I was really worried about everyone. So if I could help somehow, I wanted to be close by... Not that I'm a fighter or anything. But, if you'd found the yorishiro, I'm able to break them.
( at home it's a very unique ability- something only she can do, according to hanako. so if it needed- if she had to race out to depower kazuki, she would have in a heartbeat. but she wouldn't know if she wasn't watching. )
I saw Tanaka-san break... something? And then everything got weird while everyone was in the void.
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[ Meng Yao makes a note to check up on Ishimaru soon, among other things. ]
I'd no idea that the both of you were from the same world, however. But it is rather kind of you to have been looking over and thinking of offering your assistance.
[ He notes the interesting fact about breaking the yorishiro, though. ]
I believe it was a ring. It may have been that 'yorishiro', but it is not something I'd thought much of at the time as a lot was going on at the time. I can start with letting you know that we were able to, in the end, properly ensure that Kazuki's other form was suppressed. There were quite a lot of steps to get to there in the first place, however, and it wasn't exactly a smooth ride.
But everyone pitched in with various efforts, skill, items, and suggestions to make it possible. I hope we didn't worry you too much when all was said and done...
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( and then she gets visions of what makes the item so important, so valued, that it is the source of someone's powers. very overwhelming. )
I'm not sure what the ring was, but I don't think it was the same thing. But after the ring broke... everything went dark. And when I was able to get a hold of what was happening again, everyone was surrounding Kazuki-san, and he was a person again. ( still, nene smiles. ) I'm really glad you were able to help him.
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[ Not that there weren't equivalents out there, likely enough, but he can't say he's encountered something like that just yet. He hasn't even heard the term until he's come here. ]
...I'm also glad we were able to assist him as well. I'm certain he was grateful we gave it all we got.
Kazuki truly wanted to be someone who can live out his life peacefully, as an individual, and we were able to grant that to him. This place may be quite awful at times, but it's a good feeling, being able to do something to help make it a little bearable.
[ And have it stick. It's a different way than just making friends. He's a little proud of it, actually. ]
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( still, despite everything- loss and struggle and realizations- it's nice that someone could be saved, somehow. the moment hanako had made his displeasure about kazuki clear, she'd drawn back on some level. )
I hope he has time to enjoy that- when we break free of this place, that he can go somewhere safe and quiet and simply be.
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[ Even if it's just his opinion, he thinks people speaking up is a good thing when it comes to helping and try to figure out more and more about the mysteries surrounding this place and the people. Or uh...beings, for that matter. ]
I hope so as well. Perhaps even do what little tasks he can to make up for actions in the past as well...
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( nene looks back up at the tree again, resting one hand against the bark. it feels like a normal tree... )
Can we really hold it against him, when he wasn't in control...? Though, I think... maybe he'll agree with you.
Do you know what this tree really is?
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[ ..... ]
Ah, hm—should you be really touching that? Perhaps it'll be wise to limit your contact, as, well, I'm uncertain as to what the tree is, exactly. But it seemed capable of withdrawing people's souls from their bodies, so that too is why I don't particularly believe prolonged exposure is wise.
[ He smiles slightly but this time it's a nervous reflex, but also. He's kind of remembering what happened not too long ago and so he's at least mildly concerned. Granted, that tree seemed to have been burned down, but still! It is still here, somehow.
Honestly, he has a hard time understanding how things seemed to work here from time to time. ]
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( nene breathes in and out, steeling herself. )
This tree houses the souls of those who've died here in it's flowers. I've been told that... that breaking off branches or picking flowers causes the souls tied to them to disappear. So... seeing the flowers fall like this... it's. It's worrying. But I plan on talking to Kazuki-san about it. He's always very kind to me...
I don't know if it has anything to do with whatever else you may have seen, but...
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[ He does calm at least, but he'll listen to what she's saying.
You know, he kind of wanted to avoid talking about burning the tree, but if she's just going to go and ask Kazuki, that may be moot anyway. ]
It may be like that now due to it ended up getting burned while we were on the other side in the duration of the conflict. But, with that said, I had been wondering how it was still standing. Though, in retrospect, stranger things have happened...especially here.
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nene startles at that, blinking rapidly before glancing at where fallen petals have drained the spider lilies of life. ...yikes. it seems there really is a lot for nene to ask kazuki about... even without just wanting to see him properly again. )
It might not have been on the same... um, level of existence? Like, it might have been connected but just a fragment of it. ... Ugh, there's so much we don't understand.
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But, at her comment, he's looking a touch thoughtful. ]
There is, unfortunately. And though it's probably little comfort, I think what you've said makes sense, at least on some level.
If it was completely connected, it'd have been no longer standing instead of...well, as you can see right now. Though it can also mean that the tree will eventually experience a slow death completely depending on how much it is truly connected.
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( simple as that. except not really, because where do you even begin? she knows that the dead come back- chiaki told her, but couldn't explain how. and is that bound to the school? do the resurrected have to stay within the confines of the school grounds? ... so much she doesn't know. )
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Yes.
Well, I could be wrong. But I suppose it's for the best we consider the worst possible scenario and act accordingly.
[ At least, that's a conclusion he feels certain to have come to. ]
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( nene looks up at him, both curious and concerned- but then, the tree did get lit up on some plane... so... yeah, no they had a lot to worry about actually. )
Ah- I mean, you're definitely right- with what happened, we might have a time limit.