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yogen2021-10-01 08:39 am
crystallomancy) wrote in yogen2021-10-01 08:39 am
i'm getting a good grade in yogen lore, which is something normal people definitely try to get
Who: Whoever's in the dormitories
When: Friday, October 1st
What: It's time for a little lecture. And a genuine information meeting. But mostly a lecture.
Warnings: N/A please don't make me change this.
( Early in the morning, a curious text gets posted. )
N.Sakasaki
( ...In less coded news, the dormitory's study hall will have a note taped to it:
Yogen and You: A Quick Summary
Held by Natsume Sakasaki
For those who need a summary of events, whether because our meetings rarely get anything done in terms of information sharing or because you're freshly awakened. Come around dinner time for food, enlightenment, and the opportunity to share your troubles with those going through the same thing.
The room will be locked all day until about half an hour before six, at which point it will become unlocked... this is primarily for Natsume to set up a table of food, but people can come sit in early if they like. There's an overhead projector that's been wheeled into the study hall all the way from school, and the curtains are drawn over the windows. It isn't dark though, since he still has the lights turned on...
Several tables have been pushed together to make at least three groups, chairs around them like they've been readied for a dinner party, while a few more are pushed a little further back and have absolutely no chairs whatsoever; those are for the food. There's also a chair by the overhead projector.
Your food and drink for tonight: lemon and rosemary roasted shrimp, white rice, rosemary and thyme chicken, a make-your-own-salad area with all kinds of salad-making ingredients, three types of eggrolls (seafood, vegetable, and pork), and various drinks from the vending machine because some of us can afford to spend a bunch of merit points on things like that.
When a sufficient amount of people have come in, or the clock hits 6:05, Natsume shuts the door, turns off the lights, and moves to the overhead projector. To stand on the chair, so he's the tallest person in here, and claps his hands to get people's attention. )
Save all questions and outbursts until the END, ( he says, and then kneels down on the chair and flicks the projector on.
All of the slides are pre-written on some transparent sheets that project onto a wall without windows, which he reads one by one without rushing! But for ease of reading OOCly, you can find the entire thing here. There's also photocopied handouts for people on all of the tables, stapled of course, so people who aren't blind (sorry Helena) can follow along at home!
He lets the last sheet stay up, his face half-illuminated by the overhead projector, then sits down in the chair and leans forward the back of it like some kind of delinquent. )
Alright, you can speak NOW.
( ooc notes: go ahead and treat this like one of our meetings, aka mingle, jump around, actually get a chance to share information that hasn't been talked about yet, etc. thank you plenty to enh and peace too for reviewing and suggesting things for the presentation \o/ )
When: Friday, October 1st
What: It's time for a little lecture. And a genuine information meeting. But mostly a lecture.
Warnings: N/A please don't make me change this.
( Early in the morning, a curious text gets posted. )
N.Sakasaki
DRM-STDYHLL
1800HRS
( ...In less coded news, the dormitory's study hall will have a note taped to it:
Yogen and You: A Quick Summary
Held by Natsume Sakasaki
For those who need a summary of events, whether because our meetings rarely get anything done in terms of information sharing or because you're freshly awakened. Come around dinner time for food, enlightenment, and the opportunity to share your troubles with those going through the same thing.
The room will be locked all day until about half an hour before six, at which point it will become unlocked... this is primarily for Natsume to set up a table of food, but people can come sit in early if they like. There's an overhead projector that's been wheeled into the study hall all the way from school, and the curtains are drawn over the windows. It isn't dark though, since he still has the lights turned on...
Several tables have been pushed together to make at least three groups, chairs around them like they've been readied for a dinner party, while a few more are pushed a little further back and have absolutely no chairs whatsoever; those are for the food. There's also a chair by the overhead projector.
Your food and drink for tonight: lemon and rosemary roasted shrimp, white rice, rosemary and thyme chicken, a make-your-own-salad area with all kinds of salad-making ingredients, three types of eggrolls (seafood, vegetable, and pork), and various drinks from the vending machine because some of us can afford to spend a bunch of merit points on things like that.
When a sufficient amount of people have come in, or the clock hits 6:05, Natsume shuts the door, turns off the lights, and moves to the overhead projector. To stand on the chair, so he's the tallest person in here, and claps his hands to get people's attention. )
Save all questions and outbursts until the END, ( he says, and then kneels down on the chair and flicks the projector on.
All of the slides are pre-written on some transparent sheets that project onto a wall without windows, which he reads one by one without rushing! But for ease of reading OOCly, you can find the entire thing here. There's also photocopied handouts for people on all of the tables, stapled of course, so people who aren't blind (sorry Helena) can follow along at home!
He lets the last sheet stay up, his face half-illuminated by the overhead projector, then sits down in the chair and leans forward the back of it like some kind of delinquent. )
Alright, you can speak NOW.
( ooc notes: go ahead and treat this like one of our meetings, aka mingle, jump around, actually get a chance to share information that hasn't been talked about yet, etc. thank you plenty to enh and peace too for reviewing and suggesting things for the presentation \o/ )
no subject
So what you're saying is something is...binding us here? [ She looks down at her hands, trying to imagine her own soul as it must exist in this place. ] Ah, you're an exorcist right? Or is there another word...nevermind. Do you know how binding a soul somewhere usually works?
[ She has no framework of reference when it comes to souls and death like this. ]
It might be different, but I don't think its unrelated. They've always been here, but we're new. We aren't supposed to be here, but are they? They suffer here just like us. It isn't right.
no subject
[ It's clear they have not arrived here under normal circumstances. Thinking about his own circumstances, as he figures that Sect Leader Nie could've changed his mind since technically that danger still hadn't passed.
Anyway, he'll toss those thoughts aside, focusing on the questions Sara has for him; he's ever glad to be of assistance and so he has no problem in doing his best to answer to the best of his ability. ]
Well, in my world you would call me a cultivator. [ A sheepish smile appears and disappears. ] Either way, from my perspective, binding someone's soul to something or somewhere usually requires a spell of some sort, or array, and at least something to act as an "anchor" to hold it in place. Like let's say you have a rock and want to keep someone's soul in it for some reason...you'd have to at least use an array or spell for that. Or if you would like, you could use both to strengthen its bond to the rock so its less likely to break free from it.
As for those people, I don't disagree that they're suffering as well. But it is a simple fact that they're familiar with their surroundings than we are—none of them seem so confused about the technology, entertainment or any such things. Whether or not they're also supposed to be here in the end I suppose is also up in the air...but I wouldn't be surprised if for them, that may just be the case.
[ Whether or not that is right. But of course, as far as he's concerned it's pure speculation, so he's not going to commit to it just yet even if he's unafraid of presenting his thoughts so far. ]
no subject
[ She quiets down for his explanation, clearly thinking hard about what he's said. Anchors and arrays to bind a soul. It doesn't sound far-fetched, if you imagine souls are real. It's just like putting a rock on a balloon string, or tying it down. ]
And when you...break this array? What happens to the soul then?
[ Does it destroy it...or let it go? ]
Some of them also want to escape...so maybe they have an array of their own? But different from ours? If I'm understanding how this works in your world?
no subject
The soul could be free to go, but where it can go may still be fairly limited. If we're applying it to our situation, though, I imagine that we'd need something that'd help us get back in the first place even if we break free of what binds us here.
[ Once again just pure speculation, so he's still a little uncertain because this is containing people on a rather high number, and just the simple fact the situation they're in is just...well, complicated. ]
Well...I'm honestly not certain enough to say, in regards to them. I can only imagine their circumstances are slightly different from ours in some way, even if the issue of 'being trapped' in this place is the same.