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APRIL EVENT LOG/TDM
The opening ceremony starts at 8, with students and staff moving to the auditorium to sit with their homeroom class, calling characters out by name and dragging them over to their seat— physically if need be, and they're much stronger than they look. Much like the graduation ceremony, characters are not forced to come to the entrance ceremony, but the moment they take a seat, they find that they can neither speak nor get up again until the ceremony is over.
A teacher stands behind the podium on stage. Characters may recognize pieces of the speech from the previous year. He takes the time to welcome Yogen High's new students first, followed by acknowledging the transfer, returning, and repeat students. As he goes on, the teacher encourages students to instead focus on their own personal growth, and developing strong bonds that will allow them to reach their goals. He sighs as he explains that the Principal and Vice Principal are currently not available before he reminds students that violence is strictly prohibited and that there will be strict consequences for anyone who is caught engaging in misconduct.
The teacher concludes by noting that teachers will inform them of any important announcements. He wishes everybody a fulfilling school year, and reminds them that they have the power to shape the future. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.
School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school.
A teacher stands behind the podium on stage. Characters may recognize pieces of the speech from the previous year. He takes the time to welcome Yogen High's new students first, followed by acknowledging the transfer, returning, and repeat students. As he goes on, the teacher encourages students to instead focus on their own personal growth, and developing strong bonds that will allow them to reach their goals. He sighs as he explains that the Principal and Vice Principal are currently not available before he reminds students that violence is strictly prohibited and that there will be strict consequences for anyone who is caught engaging in misconduct.
The teacher concludes by noting that teachers will inform them of any important announcements. He wishes everybody a fulfilling school year, and reminds them that they have the power to shape the future. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.
School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school.
Classes resume as usual, and it's the same old routine, with gossip and rumors spreading about, and students growing excited over new club advertisements, and fortune telling ads in addition to upcoming events. In an effort to encourage students to form lasting relationships, the school has set up events for the first week with plans for smaller events throughout the month. The PDA logs have been wiped clean with the start of the year, and all messages from before 04/05 are gone.
✽ Tuesday, 04/06 will be a simple Welcome Back. The day will be dedicated to giving important announcements, including the events for the rest of the week, introducing students to clubs, etc. There will be a potluck with various sweets and snack items, along with time dedicated to getting-to-know you style games and other such activities.
✽ Wednesday, 04/07 will feature the beginning of a Team Building Scavenger Hunt! There are no items to be found, but instead students are given a list of tasks to complete and turn into their homeroom teacher. Examples include introducing yourself to a new student, doing something nice for another student, being asked to identify a specific student who fits a certain criteria, anything that can be used to encourage interactions.
✽ Thursday, 04/08 will feature karaoke night in the music room. There is a karaoke machine set up along with a screen set up, along with some CDs with all the greatest hits of the 90ws. There is a decorative backdrop set up along with party decorations. There are inflatable music notes, cut out notes, microphones, record albums, and instruments taped along the wall, and a box full of props for students to use if they so choose.
✽ Friday, 04/09 will feature a game night held in class 1-B. Desks have been pushed together to form tables and covered in cloths, and various board and card games have been set out for students. There is a TV with an N64 and Playstation set out along with various games.
Outside of classes, the days wear on, and students come in with bruises and scraped knees and elbows and bloody noses. They smear blood on the walls and drip it onto the floor, splatter it onto the mirror without meaning to, bringing along with it a sense of vertigo. Characters looking in the mirror may find that they catch sight of something. It's there reflected in the mirror, a shadowy and dark figure in the edge of their vision, but it the moment they look away it disappears, leaving behind only a chill in the air. The mirror room is almost unbearably cold.
✽ Tuesday, 04/06 will be a simple Welcome Back. The day will be dedicated to giving important announcements, including the events for the rest of the week, introducing students to clubs, etc. There will be a potluck with various sweets and snack items, along with time dedicated to getting-to-know you style games and other such activities.
✽ Wednesday, 04/07 will feature the beginning of a Team Building Scavenger Hunt! There are no items to be found, but instead students are given a list of tasks to complete and turn into their homeroom teacher. Examples include introducing yourself to a new student, doing something nice for another student, being asked to identify a specific student who fits a certain criteria, anything that can be used to encourage interactions.
✽ Thursday, 04/08 will feature karaoke night in the music room. There is a karaoke machine set up along with a screen set up, along with some CDs with all the greatest hits of the 90ws. There is a decorative backdrop set up along with party decorations. There are inflatable music notes, cut out notes, microphones, record albums, and instruments taped along the wall, and a box full of props for students to use if they so choose.
✽ Friday, 04/09 will feature a game night held in class 1-B. Desks have been pushed together to form tables and covered in cloths, and various board and card games have been set out for students. There is a TV with an N64 and Playstation set out along with various games.
Outside of classes, the days wear on, and students come in with bruises and scraped knees and elbows and bloody noses. They smear blood on the walls and drip it onto the floor, splatter it onto the mirror without meaning to, bringing along with it a sense of vertigo. Characters looking in the mirror may find that they catch sight of something. It's there reflected in the mirror, a shadowy and dark figure in the edge of their vision, but it the moment they look away it disappears, leaving behind only a chill in the air. The mirror room is almost unbearably cold.
Characters who look in mirrors will see the shadowy figure reflected in it growing closer to them. It's an odd sight to be sure, and the cold air it brings with clings to the skin, but even as they draw close they seem to do no harm. It's only once they're right behind a character that they'll begin to notice it - the cold that clings to them no matter how warm the room, the faint tingling of their skin, the sleepiness that settles in, and the whispers in their ear.
It's faint at first, barely noticeable if not for its persistence, but over time those whispers will grow louder; the coolness on their skin will turn into a cold that chills them down to the bone, and the unrested feeling becomes a constant fatigue and lethargy. The words and tone vary, as do the voices, but each and every one eats into the character. They might speak of a character's insecurities or guilt, or they might leave them with a sinking loneliness, or perhaps they promise the warmth and companionship that a character desires, or any other number of matters that so often tug at the mind.
The figures can be viewed through mirrors. Those with supernatural sight or an adderstone will similarly be able to see them following characters, latching onto them. Items that ward off the supernatural may help, but the only way to truly ward them off is with bonds formed in the school. The figures seem to be warded off by the presence of another person. The cold disappears with the slightest touch, the whispering stops during conversation, and for that time they're given a brief reprieve. But they often seem to come back the moment a person passes by a mirror once more.
It's faint at first, barely noticeable if not for its persistence, but over time those whispers will grow louder; the coolness on their skin will turn into a cold that chills them down to the bone, and the unrested feeling becomes a constant fatigue and lethargy. The words and tone vary, as do the voices, but each and every one eats into the character. They might speak of a character's insecurities or guilt, or they might leave them with a sinking loneliness, or perhaps they promise the warmth and companionship that a character desires, or any other number of matters that so often tug at the mind.
The figures can be viewed through mirrors. Those with supernatural sight or an adderstone will similarly be able to see them following characters, latching onto them. Items that ward off the supernatural may help, but the only way to truly ward them off is with bonds formed in the school. The figures seem to be warded off by the presence of another person. The cold disappears with the slightest touch, the whispering stops during conversation, and for that time they're given a brief reprieve. But they often seem to come back the moment a person passes by a mirror once more.
✽ The school will be hosting various smaller team building exercise throughout the month which can range from exercises to group projects. There are examples here, so feel free to pick what works best for your goals.
✽ The shadowy figures will appear more frequently where there is blood, fresh or otherwise.
✽ Characters who are isolated will find that they are more susceptible to being followed by the figures, and it may take longer interactions to dispel them completely.
✽ Items from the student shop that ward off supernatural creatures will aide in keeping the shadows from getting too close at first, but their effectiveness will wear off the longer a character is followed. They seem to be most effective when used in conjunction with interactions with others, and especially others who have similar items (i.e. a character with a silver cross and a character with a gold chain.)
✽ The shadowy figures will appear more frequently where there is blood, fresh or otherwise.
✽ Characters who are isolated will find that they are more susceptible to being followed by the figures, and it may take longer interactions to dispel them completely.
✽ Items from the student shop that ward off supernatural creatures will aide in keeping the shadows from getting too close at first, but their effectiveness will wear off the longer a character is followed. They seem to be most effective when used in conjunction with interactions with others, and especially others who have similar items (i.e. a character with a silver cross and a character with a gold chain.)
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[ anyone really to make sure it's running properly. he's tested this over and over again without running into any problems, there's no hidden snakes thriving in the tall, wild grass of code. to him, it's familiar, and he walks through it without any worries with his head held up, and blades of grass brushing against his pant's leg. as for others: they're meant to get lost, wonder perils hides within. that's the beauty of code by midori's hands, it's life given form in numbers and attributes, and this stands out just like the entire of ranger's skeleton— he's not one of the three important figures that created this code, but he certainly isn't one to be brushed off.
the life made by his hands is meant to grow annoyingly enough so that anyone who walks into this will have to take a second to understand what they're getting into. it's like a paradise where one can cultivate something strong, and colors proclamatory in their vision; taking over the garden, but that's not what he's going for. he's playing with every black thumb here, wanting to see their efforts bear no fruit, and only discourage those who believe that time will allow them to triumph.
yes, that's entertaining. watching them struggle in an attempt to break through. ]
I used make Shin play my little games when he came to visit me in his sweet and impressionable youth, ah... now he's old and senile...
[ but seeing him grow frustrated could be enjoyable if ranger was interested. ]
He'd probably tried to hide how upset he got after losing, losing and losing... [ what a shame, ] If you ever want to see it in action, you could find someone to play about five games... I doubt they'd get past the second one!
[ yet that attitude of his, no matter how lively and chipper turns a sour morose (in his mind) as he glances back at the hidden shutdown visible before him. it makes him uncomfortable, and despite ranger's reassurance that he has it — midori actually has it. freedom is a luxury humans have to make mistakes, but one an artificial intelligence shall not have. creators are meant to troubleshoot any problem that they find, and this is one made apparent that he just can't ignore. he's already thinking of ways to fix it, to fix the leak coming from a worm faucet— sickness and age does wear down on the human body, but he'll have to do something without involving ranger's little companion.
that sweet smile of his remains. ]
I think a laugh would do you some good!
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These firewalls are just one more precautionary measure atop dozens of others. Ranger will be able to put them down just as easily if he so chooses, but it'll cause a headache for anyone who might have seen just a tiny bit too much, who might have figured out some of the tricks of the trade by ripping them out at the source. ]
Hm? I could've tested it. Should've asked.
[ It would prove to be no challenge to him, of course, as he was intended to be able to do all of that and more. What good is an AI that doesn't even know all of its creators tricks? Code making art, code writing stories, code writing code - AIs are intended to do all of that and more. If he was so inclined, he could simulate how it might be for a normal person to run through it even, or some approximation of that anyway.
As far as Shin, he offers a shrug. He's not a fan of testing things live, nor does he care for the idea of his code being picked at as though he were some sort of training tool or crowdsource project. Rio Ranger is forever an unfinished work, one that does not reach the status of "masterwork" as he so should, but he is still a precious creation of that place - one who was allowed to take on the face of and perform as a Floormaster. His treatment should reflect such.
That's why it likewise doesn't bother him to consider the prospect of having his shutdown mechanics modified. He's not a human, but a creation that which should have ever problem diagnosed and every fault eliminated. It's a complicated matter when he was so readily tossed away, but even so this treatment only seems natural to him. He still has a measure of pride.
...
Well, maybe it does bother him a little. He doesn't like the idea off being touched by someone other than those who made and have always worked on him. But as with before, there's nothing to be done about it so long as they're not here. ]
The jokers around here are always trying to give me one. They try so hard that I keep forgetting to laugh! Anyway, if they can't get past something like that, they've got no place touching me to start... Doesn't matter if it's Harai, Namida, or Gashu, they'd have a fit if they found out somebody was trying to mess with their work.
[ There's a small pause before the last name - calling Gashu by name still doesn't come quite naturally to him, and even less so with someone from that place... But if he tells himself that it's for the best and for consistency, then it is, and he can feel better for it. It eases the sting of remembering that he was never someone's greatest creation in the end. ]
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[ as long as ranger knows the answer then midori will have to tighten the security, a model creation like ranger should never truly know the answers to his skeleton. if he's to be worked on, he has to find someone he trusts to fix the gaps, and while some people may think "why not let ranger fix his own code?" there is a reason why it's not allowed. having too much freedom in that area can cause drawbacks, always repairing themselves if the end result isn't to their liking, but also the amount of problems that can grow from it as well. they'll remove important pieces that don't seem too important at the time, and they'll add other oddities that just doesn't click with their set-up.
it's similar to how a person shouldn't work on their own brain, and that's how midori feels about allowing free reign to ranger's code in such a way. that's why he takes his own time to make something here, and to create a set-up that he'll just have to learn once brought up. ]
Ahaha! They'd have a fit, you are right about that.
[ miley specifically, he can imagine how the other two would be inside, but miley has always said what comes to her mind. what she dislikes and what she hates, because there's power in her words and actions, and so no one wants to see her when she's upset. midori tries really hard to avoid incurring her wrath. ] Luckily, you have me.
[ midori does notice the hesitance around gashu's name, and where he could pry, he understands how much insecurities play against them. even midori has his moments, and it's the last thing he hates feeling like, and so the trade-off is this as one hand lifts to ruffle ranger's head. ]
If you need any help with your code, I'm here for you. [ a little more ruffling before he pulls his hand away, not wanting ranger to smack him for it. ] I won't even tell them about that shut down sequence as well! As long as they believe I've worked on you this whole time, they won't turn in their graves.
[ they'll just turn up here. ]
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It's weird to have him as the one working on him. It would be wrong to say he'd outright disliked him, or at least that he disliked him more than anyone else, but nor had they been particularly close. Hiyori was at once a part of that special group and a person who had been removed from his throne by the simplest miscalculation and coming here means that the same mistake had been made twice, or rather that it had been forced to occur a second time.
He waves his hand in front of his face to show his displeasure with being touched. He's never liked it. ]
... Right, right, we'll just say we've been good boys who looked out for each other. I got it.
[ They really only have each other in that sense. ]
How much more do you need to do?
[ He's getting fidgety. ]