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DECEMBER EVENT/TDM
bulletin board updates
✽ There are several new points of interest at the bulletin board this month, most prominently a wooden box with the slit on the top just large enough to drop a sheet of paper inside. Above is an explanation of Secret Santa and a form to fill out for those interested in participating to write down their name, homeroom, and locker number. Sign-ups close on 12/5, and following assignments, gifts may be given in person or through one of the student council members if anonymous gifting is preferred (contact the mod to hire a stuco elf).
✽ Right next to this box is a poster with a large orange giraffe painted on it. The contents of the poster has nothing to do with giraffes, but rather, is an advertisement for student store commissions featuring quality work with quick turnarounds and a special discount for the month of December if you buy five or more commissions, or bring the shopkeep a warm drink and maybe a snack while they're working.
✽ To the side of the class roster and current ranks is a digital countdown, and scrawled on the bulletin board itself is the message "You're almost there! You can do it! One more push!" but it's unclear whether this message refers to the countdown to the new year, or to the long glass tube situated along the edge of the bulletin board next to it. Maybe both. The tube looks similar to a graduated cylinder, holding a total volume of 5000 ml and currently containing 4850 ml of dark red (presumably) blood, hot to the touch. It can not be broken or removed. The mod will be in contact if any character action this month causes the volume to change.
✽ A neatly typed notice, half buried under all the other announcements, contains a reminder that tuition will be due soon for those students continuing to study at Yogen. If tuition is not paid in full by the end of February, "compensation" will be taken instead.
✽ And finally, there is a notice from the student council that proof of club activity is once again due for submission to the student council by 12/24, otherwise the club will be dissolved and resources taken back. Please submit activity proof to the toplevel below.
✽ Right next to this box is a poster with a large orange giraffe painted on it. The contents of the poster has nothing to do with giraffes, but rather, is an advertisement for student store commissions featuring quality work with quick turnarounds and a special discount for the month of December if you buy five or more commissions, or bring the shopkeep a warm drink and maybe a snack while they're working.
✽ To the side of the class roster and current ranks is a digital countdown, and scrawled on the bulletin board itself is the message "You're almost there! You can do it! One more push!" but it's unclear whether this message refers to the countdown to the new year, or to the long glass tube situated along the edge of the bulletin board next to it. Maybe both. The tube looks similar to a graduated cylinder, holding a total volume of 5000 ml and currently containing 4850 ml of dark red (presumably) blood, hot to the touch. It can not be broken or removed. The mod will be in contact if any character action this month causes the volume to change.
✽ A neatly typed notice, half buried under all the other announcements, contains a reminder that tuition will be due soon for those students continuing to study at Yogen. If tuition is not paid in full by the end of February, "compensation" will be taken instead.
✽ And finally, there is a notice from the student council that proof of club activity is once again due for submission to the student council by 12/24, otherwise the club will be dissolved and resources taken back. Please submit activity proof to the toplevel below.
12/20 - 12/24 finals week
✽ The week before winter break is finals, with many students cramming as many math formulas and foreign country leaders into their heads as possible without it all spilling over, while other students have decided to chance the practicum instead. Those who have signed up for the practicum are asked to meet inside the auditorium after homeroom at the start of the day while test takers begin their written exams. Students are allowed to change their minds on which to take, up until the end of homeroom on Monday, after the bell rings and the doors close.
✽ For the test takers, finals last for five days, from 8AM until noon each day, after which students are allowed to go home, or have lunch and continue studying in their homerooms or in the library. At the end of finals on Friday, students are asked to remain in their homerooms over lunch break while their exams finish being graded, after which homeroom teachers will return and ask certain students to go with them to the faculty office. These are the failing students. Which the homeroom teachers themselves have the pleasure of executing for their failures. All other students are dismissed and wished a happy winter break.
✽ For those opting for the practicum, finals last for two days, from 8AM until noon on Monday and Tuesday. All students from all grades meet in the auditorium the first day and are told the very simple rules for this semester's practicum: in order to raise your failing grade, all you have to do is kill another student, upon which you take their points for yourself. At the start of both days, students first gather in the auditorium for a headcount and then are given a half hour no-killing grace period during which they are allowed to scatter and find the best sniping/ambushing/hiding spots. The hunt is limited to four hours each day and kills must be done on campus; any kills done outside of these parameters are just for fun and do not count towards their final grade. Points are given for kills involving students in the same grade level of different homerooms (e.g. third years only benefit from killing other third years) and points are revoked for kills involving other grade levels or test takers not participating in the practicum. They studied hard, leave them alone. Most students need only one or two kills to pass, but multiple kills stack and earn them extra credit that will carry over to the next semester. Students who end the second day with a still failing grade will be called to the faculty office. ... All remaining students are dismissed and wished a happy (early!) winter break.
✽ A winter storm starts to whip up around noon on the 24th, raging through the night before settling down come morning, blanketing the entire campus with several feet of snow.
✽ For the test takers, finals last for five days, from 8AM until noon each day, after which students are allowed to go home, or have lunch and continue studying in their homerooms or in the library. At the end of finals on Friday, students are asked to remain in their homerooms over lunch break while their exams finish being graded, after which homeroom teachers will return and ask certain students to go with them to the faculty office. These are the failing students. Which the homeroom teachers themselves have the pleasure of executing for their failures. All other students are dismissed and wished a happy winter break.
✽ For those opting for the practicum, finals last for two days, from 8AM until noon on Monday and Tuesday. All students from all grades meet in the auditorium the first day and are told the very simple rules for this semester's practicum: in order to raise your failing grade, all you have to do is kill another student, upon which you take their points for yourself. At the start of both days, students first gather in the auditorium for a headcount and then are given a half hour no-killing grace period during which they are allowed to scatter and find the best sniping/ambushing/hiding spots. The hunt is limited to four hours each day and kills must be done on campus; any kills done outside of these parameters are just for fun and do not count towards their final grade. Points are given for kills involving students in the same grade level of different homerooms (e.g. third years only benefit from killing other third years) and points are revoked for kills involving other grade levels or test takers not participating in the practicum. They studied hard, leave them alone. Most students need only one or two kills to pass, but multiple kills stack and earn them extra credit that will carry over to the next semester. Students who end the second day with a still failing grade will be called to the faculty office. ... All remaining students are dismissed and wished a happy (early!) winter break.
✽ A winter storm starts to whip up around noon on the 24th, raging through the night before settling down come morning, blanketing the entire campus with several feet of snow.
OOC
✽ PC faculty still have finals: they will either take written exams excluding that of their own subject, or they can take the practicum. Players with faculty characters are asked to reply to the toplevel below to indicate the number of failed students per class, but characters do NOT have to ICly be responsible for killing failed students. Unless they're cool with that, and if so, please let me know.
✽ This is a reminder that for any character that murders (again, please let me know), they will experience the same pain the following night and lose powers/abilities for one week. Two weeks after the murder, +1 tally and +100 merit points will be awarded for each kill.
✽ The void in the auditorium continues to grow, and (pending character interaction) by the end of the month will encompass the entire right wing of all floors, including the locker area but not the rooftop. Please mind the void, murderers.
✽ This is a reminder that for any character that murders (again, please let me know), they will experience the same pain the following night and lose powers/abilities for one week. Two weeks after the murder, +1 tally and +100 merit points will be awarded for each kill.
✽ The void in the auditorium continues to grow, and (pending character interaction) by the end of the month will encompass the entire right wing of all floors, including the locker area but not the rooftop. Please mind the void, murderers.
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Eventually, though, he decides to skip on over towards Ranger, a little too peppy -- and he catches the tail end of what Ranger mutters to himself. ]
Is it? You tell me, Ranger-sama!
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What else was there? Blood, death, passion, love... There were many things that the color red could be associated with, and the liquid doesn't necessarily have to be blood. He hums thoughtfully. ]
I'm trying, but I ain't got me much to work with here. I hope it's not something stupid like spilling the blood of innocents or whatever.
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He glances at the tube and taps his finger on his chin. ]
Has Yogen always been this vague 'bout everything? I mean, if they really want us to fill the thing... There's no direction, y'know? Especially for newbies like me. Not that I'm interested in spilling the blood of innocents or something dumb like that.
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[ Though granted, he missed the first few months. Even so, this seems like a reasonable assumption based on everything he's heard from others. Ramuda is right, though. If there was a distinct reason for it to be filled, or otherwise not to, it should be a little more clear. But nothing he'd seen done so far seemed to budge it. He checks the notes again, despite knowing that nothing has changed, in hopes that he had overlooked something of importance.
Hmm... It was possible that it was simply meant to be cryptic, or perhaps...? ]
... Maybe it's not meant for us?
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[ He may be laughing about it, but he's not all that thrilled about it. Ramuda recognizes the value of hard work and its results, but he'd much rather breeze through this horrible experience if he had a choice. He's sure many others would, but alas. That's life. ... The afterlife, apparently.
He looks over at Ranger curiously. ]
Mm? Us meaning the transfers, or...?
[ They do feel pretty detached from the other students and faculty, in a sense. Like their own mission is something that the locals can't do. He's felt that way for a bit, now. ]
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[ He taps the tube with his index finger. He had been hearing this and that about finals, and more generally Ranger has the impression that they tend to know more than they're letting on. ]
Maybe this is one of them. If that's the case, it might be faster to just start asking around.
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[ That being said, Ramuda is reluctant to cooperate but he also would very much like to know what this mysterious blood tube is meant to be for and whom it's directed at. He puts on his best grin and leans forward, hands behind his back, peering at Ranger. ]
Actually, you can tell me while we go ask around! C'mon, let's go together, Ranger-sama ☆
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[ He waves his hand, but but staring at it is a waste of time. A quick scan of the hallway doesn't show anyone in the immediate vicinity, but he figures if they keep going they'll run into somebody soon enough. With that in mind, Ranger picks a direction and starts walking.
As he does so, he decides to offer the first example that comes to mind, ]
You saw the note about tuition, right? That seems pretty weird for a place like this, so I asked a couple staff members what it was about.
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[ He walks alongside Ranger, and while he doesn't sound very bothered by the whole thing, it sure does make him nervous. Just what kind of payment are they expecting them to make, he wonders...
It's also pretty strange that they apparently haven't asked this of them before. Again, Yogen continues to operate in very mysterious ways. ]
So they never made mention of it before? Why do you think that changed all of a sudden?
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[ He huffs. ]
"Don't worry about it..." Whatever it is, it must be pretty bad.
[ There would be no reason to hide it otherwise. ]
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[ Goodness gracious, Yogen. Ramuda puts his hands behind his back and leans forward slightly, peering up at Ranger. ]
Mm, so you're not the type to enjoy meaningless death, huh?
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Nope! If people wanna kill each other just for the Hell of it that's fine and all, but it seems like a waste of time to me.... Ahahaha, do I seem like the sorta person that runs around sticking knives in people?