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✽ 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.

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.

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.

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[ It's unfortunate Subaru is a practicum student or it would've been easy to just pop in next door and grab him, but Rokkun's gonna hunt Subaru down the moment finals are over. He is NOT wearing a Santa outfit because he didn't want to have to wear it while taking his exam, but he has a red t-shirt on underneath his uniform and a burlap sack that looks more like a robber's sack than Santa's but that'll have to do. ]

[it won't hard to hunt him down even if i'm crying at that description, why does he have a burlack sack i'm so sorry rocchan you don't deserve this and yet you do, subaru's hanging out by one of the hallway windows to watch the snow as he waits for helena to be done so they can walk back together maybe if she has nowhere else to go, and when he catches rocchan out the corner of his eye he'll brighten up--]

Hi Rocchan~! Gettin' ready to kidnap the people on your naughty list?

[ gonna stuff Subaru into that sack ]

Sure am.

[ Finals have left his brain numb, but thankfully he doesn't use it, turning when he hears Subaru's voice and jogging up to him. ]

I'm going to have to steal you away, actually.

[, HE WAS JOKING???]

I mean, I haven't been the best this year, but I didn't think I'd be struck off the good list... I'm gonna have to be better starting next year.

[for three months good luck to graduated him tho]

But okay, I don't mind~. Lead the way, Santa-san!

Edited 2021-12-19 03:35 (UTC)

[ Mmhm, mister practicum student ]

That's what people always say. It makes them slack off at the end of the year, thinking they can try harder in the new year. But anyways, follow me.

[ He's going to lead Subaru through the courtyard, around back behind the pool building where nobody can see if Rokkun were to bash his head in with the burlap sack which is not in fact empty. ]

[honestly if this is how he goes today that's fine, he's been hit so much this december what is one more thing. but he has followed and he isn't worried at all he looks excited and curious!!!!]

[ The snow is coming down pretty heavily at this point, and it's pretty windy too, but the good thing is that the wind blows one direction and they find a little bit of cover behind the building where they aren't being pelted in the face with fluffs of ice. ]

Here's good.

[ He lets the sack drop to the ground with a little fwump, and holds out his hand. ]

Payment. And the contents of the bag are for you.

I have to pay for my own presents? Sheesh~, you sure are a stingy Santa-san... I guess this the delivery fee.

[look... if you're trying to swindle him, then it'll work. um. what's he got left... he has some left from the money he gave to keigo for shopping and such, so he'll hand that over. it's like 1500 yen okay don't spend it all in one place.]

Did Macchi put you up to this? Or didja volunteer? 'Cause you rock red.

[ He's a knock-off Santa who had to dip heavily into his own college fund to be able to walk again, every little bit counts. ]

I was blackmailed, actually.

[ He counts the yen and steps aside, leaning against the building to wait for Subaru to open the bag. There are several things inside, including a camera, a small geode, a wooden box with forest creatures painted on the sides which jingles when shaken, a ball of glass the perfect size to hold space in the palm of your hand, and finally 200,000 yen in loose bills ]

[wh

he can't remember what he put on his wishlist but he is pretty sure it wasn't money. unless this isn't it? who would give him money. he knows like two rich people and one of them wouldn't give him a dime. subaru's gonna look at all the bills laying in the bag before turning his eyes back to rocchan.]

Want a tip?

Yes.

[ Rokkun looks down at the bag too; he will never turn down money. And he knows Subaru only cares if they're shiny coins, but Christmas aside, coins are very heavy and that's the only reason they're bills instead of coins. ]

[it's true. subaru loves coins more than bills. there is a fucking sizable amount in here, and he does not know exactly how much but he knows it is far more than he personally needs.]

Come back to my room and I'll spot you a fourth of whatever this is.

[because we are Not just handling money in the windy snow.]

Or I can just—-

[ Go up behind Subaru, and in a flash he has one arm wrapped around him to keep him from moving, the other hand holding a cloth pressed firmly against Subaru's face.

It's chloroform.

He will be taking all of that money, thanks. ]

[this is what he gets for trusting you.

it happens so quick that he forgets his lessons from lanling, takes too sharp of an inhale in surprise and feels his mind start to daze-- it isn't long before these drugs, not unlike the bit komaeda's given him in the past, work against him (and of course he struggles a bit, but rokuro's got him fairly pinned and he can't work a lot to his favor, he doesn't want to kick the other because he just came back from an injury there) and he feels himself fading enough that, while not fully unconscious yet when he's limp, it's clear he's not resisting.

is the money the only thing he's taking.]

[ Yea, serves you right for trusting him

Once Subaru stops struggling, Rokkun waits a moment longer before letting him drop to the ground. All the gifts get stowed away into the bag once more, and he's taking all of these too.

He'll also be taking Subaru's unconscious body.

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...

Subaru opens his eyes to find himself in a cramped space, in complete darkness. There is something tied over his eyes. ]

[...

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subaru wakes up, groggy and stiff, and he finds he can't move too much, he can't see. the latter shakes him more than anything else, and he squeezes his eyes tight since it doesn't matter anyway. breathe. breathe. breathe breathe breathebreathebreathe--

presuming his hands are bound but are his legs, he's gonna kick and see what happens.]

[subaru will find that his kicking and forceful nudging will be fruitful. he'll hear the sound of paper tearing, and ripping below him. once he makes a successful hole, he'll see a light on the opposite side, and cold air begins to waft inside. with the cool sensation creeping up his body, he'll smell all sorts of soups, deep fried oreos, okonomiyaki, yakitori, baby castella, and even the crisp smell of roasted chestnuts.]

He's coming out! Do you hear him...!!! [encouragement] Push, push, push!

[outside of his plastic prison subaru will hear the sound of a young girl, or two with what she says next.]

You've never had cotton candy, have you? Here, take a bite.

[with polished nails, dressed in a christmas theme, she pinches the confection between her fingers to hold it out to her companion. they stand eagerly before a giant box with the akehoshi name printed on the front, and the words "nut cracker," written on the bottom, and black wrapping paper squeezes around the shape. it's like waiting for a toy on christmas day.]

[subaru stills, one foot probably outside... the packaging he's in, he thinks, and thankfully the shock of cold air, of delicious foods, and the girl's voice shocks him out of his mild panic about being unable to see as he draws his foot back in.

...

he can't say he's not curious, and... maybe it's safe... there's no need to kill people past the practicum, and it sounds more like he's a gift than a target for a pie gone wrong, but he also thought he could trust rocchan and now he's here. after a moment, though, his decides out there is going to be better than in here and tries to kick a little better of an opening to come out of.

... and he'll give a little greeting too he guesses,]

Merry Christmas...?

I see his foot! You can do it! Big push!!

[ There's the other voice, hands clapping together in a heavy thud to cheer him on and

wait, never mind him, he's not as important as cotton candy time. Om NOM—-

...

She whips around and opens her mouth wide at Subaru's face. ]

It's gone!! Wow wow wow! How does it do that?! It disappeared like air!

Clouds come and go, and so does cotton candy, but it's meant to make you a little sweeter, teddy bear.

[there's no actual explanation, but subaru has a feeling he won't be harmed here.

as her friend marvels over subaru's strength of coming out the box, she manages to pop cotton candy in her mouth while it's wide open. there's a small prayer that she won't choke from her excitement! who wouldn't, not when they have the fabled, highly recommended...!]

Subaru Akehoshi! You're the idol we've been waiting for! You can't keep us — your fans — waiting!

[she bumps shoulders with the female beside her as she speaks enthusiastically for them both. if subaru glances at the first girl's hands, he can see that they're practically shaking as she holds onto the cotton candy.]

I can't believe they're here! [she reaches out with his right hand to grab at her companion's own, keeping her close. it's obvious that she doesn't want to lose her.] You'll give us the best idol performance, won't ya!?

[again, there's no explanation, but as subaru looks at the empty flyers and signs, his brain will want to fill them in with "starmaker production's akehoshi" and underneath without his help reads, "with guest appearance: akehoshi!"]

[he....... does not recognize either of these girls.

he never forgets a face, or... so he likes to say, but with the general student body-- they're more difficult, but apparently they're fans of his. the safe feeling, the flyers, the excitement and expectation of being part of an idol performance don't exactly settle his nerves, but they don't put him on edge either.

sort of awkward. but trickstar are known for their sudden, unplanned performances, and at least the desire not to disappoint a fan flicks a grin onto his face.]

Of course~! An idol never disappoints a fan and always wants to see that sparkling smile of his audience, and I'm no different! I'll make the two of you grin so brightly they'll see it from space!

[because it's what he's good at. subaru'll check to see if there's anything to sing with nearby, but if there isn't that's fine; he's good at singing without a mic, without music, and as long as there's room to dance he'll be able to do a little this and that too.]

So, who am I performing for today~? I don't forget a face once I've seen it, so I'd like a pair of names to go with 'em!

[ No- okay. Rei will follow along in hopes of getting more of that cotton candy— it just disappears!! Witchcraft. ]

My name's Rei! Please do handstands in your performance!

[ He wouldn't have to do much to make Rei smile, honestly. He actually wouldn't have to do anything; she has cotton candy ]

[the cotton candy on one side is blue, on another its pink, topped off with sprinkles. she waits for rei to stop speaking before retracting her hand to stick pieces into her mouth.]

I'm May [愛], and together you can call —-

[if her hands weren't full, she'd make the "call me" hand gesture; her index, middle and ringer finger bent as the thumb and pinky stick out like 🤙. she would have crossed her arms like an "x" and have one hand up to the side of her face, and her other against rei's. unfortunately, she doesn't have enough hands to do it, and she attempts to use her other hand to bring it up to the side of rei's face.] ...us MayRei-san!

[there's no way you can have one without the other, rei is her teddy bear.]

They can both do handstands, idols do anything for their fans.

[which proposes the idea there's another here, and there is. may points at a flyer with the information,]

You shouldn't start without your partner, right? A duet is meant for two people.

[no matter where subaru looks, there's no mic, and there's no stage for him to use, but off in the distance, he can hear the chatter of people. lots of people, could that be where the show is hosted?]

[he has a partner? also, the better way would be "reimay", which is what he immediately thinks of thanks to reimei academy back home. boy, would jun have a time here. hiyori might not survive a week though with his attitude.]

Oh... Right~. I get so excited about performing everything else flies out of my head. ♪

[which isn't untrue, but isn't true at all in this case. he'll, uh. step fully out of the box and he looks off in the distance with a tilt of his head. this is such an interesting and confusing turn of events but he's sure as long as he keeps on it'll... work out.

okay. let's go to the apparent venue then, he'll gesture mayrei along with a grin.]

Don't wanna be late, now do we~? Thanks for the wake-up call, MayRei-san. ♪

Wow wow wow! Handstands and cartwheels and hopping on one leg too! Idols are amazing!

[ She gets it, she gets it, when everything is so exciting all the time, it's easy to switch gears again and again and again and forget everything you were thinking about two seconds ago because there's something better to focus on.

Like one of the purple sprinkles she plucks off of the cotton candy fluff and holds it out to Subaru. ]

Here! You hang onto this. Sugar is human fuel. Now let's go hunt down your partner!

bulletin board updates

12/20 - 12/24 finals week

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wildcard, 12/24

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