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june event log/tdm
06/06 8:00 AM
Spring break concludes and the school opens its doors to reveal a new building. Rooms have been added and expanded upon, club rooms moved out of classes, the final proof of it erased from existence, and now only it's memory remains. Even that will be forgotten for so long, and perhaps it's that thought which triggers the strong sense of deja vu that comes and goes, making one question how many times they've roamed these halls before, spoken with that person, completed this work.
The native students are more interested in the changes to the school. They familiarize themselves with the new layouts and assignments, discuss student council opening, and continue to gossip and spread rumors about everything from conspiracy theories to unexplained deaths. Characters may find themselves falling into step with the rumors spread about them. Transfer students may even find themselves wanting to create and repeat them.
Where it becomes unusual is that the rumors seem to be true. Transfer students may find themselves inclined to conform to behaviors that others have assigned to them over the past few months. But some of them seem to be more real, more tangible… Here are a few that are hot in Yogen High!
Aside from that, one can hear rumors about ritual games or superstitions like finding a black cat crossing your path bringing good luck or gifting a knife severing friendships.
The native students are more interested in the changes to the school. They familiarize themselves with the new layouts and assignments, discuss student council opening, and continue to gossip and spread rumors about everything from conspiracy theories to unexplained deaths. Characters may find themselves falling into step with the rumors spread about them. Transfer students may even find themselves wanting to create and repeat them.
Where it becomes unusual is that the rumors seem to be true. Transfer students may find themselves inclined to conform to behaviors that others have assigned to them over the past few months. But some of them seem to be more real, more tangible… Here are a few that are hot in Yogen High!
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Throughout the month the handicrafts club will be handing out friendship bracelets to those who come in pairs. They promise that as long as you’re wearing them, your friendship will last forever! But be careful if you break it, because your relationship will end and it’ll leave a permanent scar on your souls! Those who are subject to this rumor will find that they feel closer to their bracelet partner while wearing it, but that breaking it will make it painful to be near each other. The scar can be healed by fixing the bracelet.
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There is a rumor that if you find the stairs in the forest you’ll disappear and never be seen again! The rumors vary, but all seem to agree that they're transported to another world. Those who venture up them will find themselves in a long corridor with numerous doors on both sides, spanning the entire length. One might hold nothing but ticking clock while the next is a veritable greenhouse with man eating plants, or a lagoon with mermaids that will drown you, a bedroom that ages you, or something far more mundane. If they don't return by dying first, a character will eventually find a door back to the school and find themselves standing in front of a mirror. A minimum of 24 hours will have passed since their departure.
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Students might hear about the butterfly teacups in the kitchen that can be filled up with anything! A person can even pour in their hurt, sickness, and pains, but once it overflows all of the misery contained will spill out onto the person pouring into it! Characters will find that just being in the presence of the teacup is enough to be affected by it, but that it is quick to overflow and leave them ill, irritable, and depressed. The only way to cure their affliction is to have another person take it on by the sparkling clear liquid that fills it or pouring it onto them, or just to wait it out.
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The student store has a sale on blank journals. There is a rumor that writing in them will allow one to regain lost memories or erase bad memories depending on the version. But unfortunately, it replaces your current memories with those of your previous student life instead. The only way to stop this transition is for a character to find find their anchor in the school – someone or something that keeps them grounded in the school.
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There are rumors of students receiving a text message offering go grant them a wish. If a character responds with their wish, it will magically be granted! Unfortunately, it’s just an illusion - they might hallucinate being home, or hold rocks while believing them to be gold ingots. The only way to cure this is for a character to accept reality, but unfortunately, those under the influence of this rumor will not want to do so.
Aside from that, one can hear rumors about ritual games or superstitions like finding a black cat crossing your path bringing good luck or gifting a knife severing friendships.
06/01 - 06/30
The forest appears to be expanding, or rather more of it seems to have been uncovered. The more people explore it and venture into it, the more it becomes apparent that they were just scratching the surface of what's within it. Behind the pine trees lies a temperate forest filled with maple, walnut, and birch trees, shrubs and herbs. Mosses and bryophytes create a green carpet along the forest floor, the rich soil supporting a rich variety of flora and fungi, and a few small ponds scattered about.
The deer and butterflies are here, along with rodents and bugs – many of which seem to have mutated from their normal forms. Mixed in with their normal counterparts are butterflies and dragonflies tear into flesh while large moths h ave to many eyes, wasps unleash powerful paralytics while the animals that skitter about have warped features have too many features or not enough.
The deeper one goes in, the more the heavier the air grows and the more unsettling the forest becomes. There are patches of it trapped in different seasons, from fall to winter with the temperatures to match. Large shadows can be found creeping about, but by time one gets close they're already gone. Those with supernatural sight may see a shadow hanging from a tree, or the ghostly image of a figure passing through – but they're always too far away to make out.
Maybe there’s a reason the forest was sealed off for so long... But if you keep going, maybe you'll find something?
The deer and butterflies are here, along with rodents and bugs – many of which seem to have mutated from their normal forms. Mixed in with their normal counterparts are butterflies and dragonflies tear into flesh while large moths h ave to many eyes, wasps unleash powerful paralytics while the animals that skitter about have warped features have too many features or not enough.
The deeper one goes in, the more the heavier the air grows and the more unsettling the forest becomes. There are patches of it trapped in different seasons, from fall to winter with the temperatures to match. Large shadows can be found creeping about, but by time one gets close they're already gone. Those with supernatural sight may see a shadow hanging from a tree, or the ghostly image of a figure passing through – but they're always too far away to make out.
Maybe there’s a reason the forest was sealed off for so long... But if you keep going, maybe you'll find something?
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As a reminder, faculty & student council applications are open! Those interested will be expected to submit an application to the staff and go through with an interview, who will let them know that they will be in contact at a later date. Characters will be aware that the staff is solely responsible for choosing who is elected this year, making it much simpler than the previous years.
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Rumors can be anything that fits within the setting mechanics. Feel free to make them as simple or elaborate as you wish. If you have questions about whether or not something can be done, just let me know.
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Those who die to a rumor that involves "visiting another world" will find themselves in the elevator with a fresh tally on their wrist.
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Please let me know if your character is exploring the deeper parts of the forest. If you link me to your thread, you may just get a surprise. :)
nene yashiro ♡ jibaku shounen hanako-kun
( nene is, despite all appearances, not stupid. the moment she realized noah was being physically effected by the rumors that he's actually a cat, she put her ear to the ground and listened.
... wait. wait, wait, wait- what?!
eventually, you might find her being gently bothered about her magic cooking, cornered somewhat and unable to escape just yet. oooor maybe a gaggle of girls asking about marriage? oh goodness. help, she is blushing too much. )
♡ BATHTUB MERMAID (closed to close cr)
( hey. hi. so.
nene has a question. and if you're the first person she approaches, she'll say: )
Can you come with me to check something...?
( otherwise, much more excitably- )
Hey! You have to come see this, follow me!
♡ POUR ONE OUT
( the butterfly teacups are... new. but especially pretty! the thing is... nene carries a lot of things on her shoulders, and even if unintended, the teacup takes it all with just as much greed. it's both a slow trickle and a raging flood and almost immediately nene goes from starting dinner to sitting in a chair looking... pretty not okay, actually. one would be forgiven for assuming she's sick. again. but that teacup sure is full and... it smells bitter, that's for certain. )
♡ WILDCARD
( shoot your shot. snoop on mermaid times. ask about the other rumors. lets goooo. )
rumor has it
[ Inaba speaks up to Nene directly after overhearing that before smiling pleasantly at the gaggle of girls. ]
I have a prior engagement with Nene here, so that's enough of that gossip.
[ She doesn't actually, but just swing with it. ]
touches lens face
several girls go 'awww' in that disappointed way, but hey- they can talk later!!
oof. that won't be any funner... sighing, nene takes out her phone. )
thanks inaba-san
apparently i'm getting MARRIED???
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Yeah, I don't really get how things keep changing or escalating like that... I'm just baffled, really. But you don't need to worry too much. It'll pass after a while and they'll just wind up latching to the newest shiny thing.
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i hope so
rumors seem to be changing reality a little and i do love noah but we're
you know. kids
( ... surprise, inaba. )
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Bathtub Mermaid
Of course, Nene-kun. [He has no idea what to expect, but it's always better to check things out with company!]
What is the matter?
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( in testing this? or just for comfort? she's not sure, really, she just doesn't want to go alone. )
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Well, I am relieved that you have not taken on such a form on solid ground! In any case, it is definitely a good idea for someone to accompany you and ensure that nothing goes wrong. I will gladly act as that person, Nene-kun! [He stands as rigid as a solider at attention.] Just consider me to be your lifeguard!
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I know it'll be fine with you!
( and if she doesn't turn into a mermaid, who doesn't love a betta fish? despite her best efforts, it wasn't like that transformation was actually a secret anymore.
leading the way to the pool, she inhales a bit and pushes in. it's... a little hard to go in sometimes, when she remembers clamor and- and noah curled up over him protectively, and yeah.
yeah.
also the january void trip pool was awful on every level. little wonder she got sick from that.
but there it is, perfectly fine save for the... pink, which has become perhaps distressingly commonplace to her. )
... Well...
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And so he follows her towards the pool. It really isn't an area that's associated with many pleasant memories, to be sure. All the more reason to look out for Nene here! He keeps a hand towards the kendo stick just in case. He looks into the pinkish water, and then back towards Nene.]
Are you alright, Nene-kun? Please do not worry. I am here to ensure that nothing goes wrong!
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pour one out
Hold on, I can help with that--
[ Time to find some towels or something... but more importantly: ]
Yashiro, are you feeling okay?
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I feel sick. This teacup started filling up with stuff on it's own and for a bit I felt okay but now it's just
gross.
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Should I dump it out? Maybe after that, we can get you some fresh air if it's making you nauseous.
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He picks up the cup, getting a good look at the liquid inside. Yeah, it certainly doesn't smell good-- and for as steady as he thought he was holding it, he was surprised to feel some leaking onto his hand, causing him to step back and drop it onto his shirt. ]
Huh?! The hell--
[ It really was filling up on its own! And worse, augh, he'd gotten the liquid all over him. Blugh, gross. ]
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MERNENE LET'S GO
What's going on? [Is his tail puffed up? Little bit.]
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I wanted to test a rumor about me- it's... uh. Apparently I'm actually a mermaid? ... We don't have to go to the pool for that.
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Where are we going to go, then? You're not going to fit in the bathroom sink.
[It would be funny, though. Remember when they all had to bathe in sinks wasn't that fucking awful?]
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( it's not exactly ideal, but you know what is ideal? not fucking triggering her boyfriend. )
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Pour One Out
Nene...? [ He as quietly as he can pulls a chair to come sit next to her. ] What's wrong, huh? Wanna talk about it? It's okay if not.
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I don't feel good.
( given that she's gotten sick for half a month twice now, that's probably concerning? and that foul-smelling... whatever in the teacups is probably not helping. )
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O-Okay.... do you wanna go lie down maybe? I can take you back to your room.
[ His eyes glance back over at the cup on the table. It smells awful... it can't be helping her any. Maybe the best thing would be to get her away from it. ]
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( it definitely sounded better than just staying here, but she had such a bad dizzy spell as the cup got fuller and fuller. and now she just feels nauseous. even as she pulls back the chair, her movements are slow and heavy. )