![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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.
no subject
What can I do to assist you, Mr. Ishimaru? Do you need someone to perhaps carry a container so that way you can collect more of the offending plant?
[and maybe spirit them away when he's distracted to see if she can't encourage the decorator to put them back up?]
no subject
That actually sounds like a splendid idea, Helena-kun! [And probably the best way Helena can help with this particular situation.] That will make it easier to collect a number of them at a time. We will have these halls cleaned up in no time! [He wastes no time locating a loose bag to offer to her!]
no subject
[taking the bag in her free hand, she'll dutifully tap along behind him, ready to collect all the offending items he can reach and get. it's better this way, because of her height - she's too short to really reach anything in a doorway or hanging up.]
no subject
[He's pleased to count on her! And with her holding onto the bag, he leads her along and focuses on taking down those offending pieces of mistletoe!]
Yes, this is proceeding quite splendidly. I must thank you for your assistance, Helena-kun! How have you been lately? [They might as well converse while he works!]
no subject
[which meant a breath of fresh air, in terms of worrying about what strange things may happen.]
Hopefully you've been faring well.
no subject
I understand you completely regarding the exams. They are quite the pressing matter on my mind currently! [Especially considering the rumors going around.] I am not worried very much about my own chances, as I believe that my current rate of studying should be up to par. But I want to make sure as many people pass as possible! Have you been on top of your studies, Helena-kun?
no subject
[especially if the stakes are really what they're rumored to be.]
If you need anything, though...please don't hesitate to ask, Mr. Ishimaru.
no subject
How splendid! I am overjoyed to hear about your progress, Helena-kun. I should not be surprised, however. You are quite diligent! I am very glad that you are helping those who need it. I am making sure to do the same! We must all do our best to get every single one of us through these exams!
[He balls up a fist in determination.]
I appreciate the offer! Right now, the only aid that I need from you is the one that you are already providing to me for my battle with the mistletoe. I am in no need of tutoring myself, but I suppose a joint study session sometime could be beneficial towards making sure that we have sharpened our minds as much as possible! Of course, I will also mirror your offer to you. I will always be glad to assist you, Helena-kun!
no subject
[it's almost enough to make her feel bad about her plans for stealing the mistletoe back. almost. but not enough to cease - not enough to plan on going through with the idea. Ishimaru is always so earnest - so she knows he means what he says with all of his heart.]
I think it would be good to have that study session a week before the exams - just to make sure if we're lacking in any areas we have time to review them. Does that sound amenable to you?
[she says this, and they're coming to a new bedecked area, full of the offending mistletoe.]
no subject
Indeed! I heartily agree. Who better to double check a hardworking student's progress than another studious peer? I...
[He trails off as he realizes their surroundings, and he looks around nervously.]
...Ah, we have to be get to work, Helena-kun! This area is chock full of mistletoe!
no subject
[they really were thorough, weren't they? but the bag is here to receive all offending items, save any that might be placed just a bit too high - as if they knew people would come through like a whirlwind trying to remove them.
what can be said? the mistletoe is up there, and it needs to come down, but they'll have to get creative or it'll ensnare people.]
no subject
[Some of them look a bit high for even this boy to reach... but he'll focus on the ones within reach for now. He'll carefully reach over to pluck the first one down.]
Rest assured, Helena-kun, I am being careful with my movements in order to ensure that we do not end up beneath the mistletoe!
no subject
[in other words, you're stressing yourself out if you're being too cautious. she's allowed to make these jokes about herself.]
no subject
Still, I would not want to deceive you about what I can see! I will report our conditions honestly!