02 - week two

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WEEK TWO

When the glitter settles and everyone returns to their dorms - or wherever they intend to sleep for the night, if you’re planning on sleeping at all - your first week of school officially ends. Perhaps it was better than you expected, perhaps it was worse.

Hopefully you learned a bit more about teamwork and school spirit.

Still, this course is going to run for longer than a full week, and come Sunday morning you’re still exactly as you were when you settled down for the night. Still in Estelline, still with that mark on your wrist, still connected to your partner. There are some changes, though. The bookstore has received quite a few books, and those of you who added to the bulletin board and pep rally tasks in the first week will find an envelope taped to their dorm door (or themselves, if they spent the night elsewhere). Inside of the envelope is some kind of voucher! Furthermore, the common area is covered in a bunch of glitter.

Also, there are a ton of eggs in the kitchen – at least 10 dozens.

Florence or Lorelei are still available, should you wish to speak to them.

Finally, you've got some new locations to explore.


SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

TASK LIST

CLUMSINESS AFFECT DETAILS (BEGINS TUESDAY ICLY)

W2 CYOA SIGNUPS
CYOA Signups for Week 2 close Sunday, May 29th at 6pm EST.

THREAD SURVEY
Google form for partner threads, due by Friday, June 3rd at 6pm EST. Optional.

W3 CYOA SIGNUPS
CYOA Signups for Week 3 close Friday, June 3rd at 6pm EST.

OOC NOTE

OOC: Anyone who performed in the Pep Rally (Sabo, Madara, Riku, Shizuku, Herlock, Idia, Flat, Miach) task will be able to redeem a voucher for a prize with one of the NPCs. This can be handwaved, and the prize selection is below.

-Single-serve coffee machine wither a selection of creamer. Comes with packs of coffee beans.
-Popcorn maker and kernels.
-High-quality tea kettle with a selection of just as high-quality tea.
-Carbonation machine (think Sodastream, etc) with flavored syrup.

Any coffee, tea, popcorn, etc. will last characters up to two weeks.

Anyone who participated in the Bulletin Board task will receive a voucher for your choice of two pairs colorful socks with cute animal designs. (Worry frog design available.)

FULL NAV

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Comments

[partymagician]

Thanks.

[ Fai takes the bottle and smells it to see if he can figure out what it is and... Nope. He can't.

Whatever. He has a swig anyway. ]

A magazine cover model, huh?

[ Not that he doesn't believe Hien, but that's a bold claim. ]

[selfconcept]

Yeah. You're pretty as it is, so that would make it much easier for me. I'm also not accepting denial at this time.

[ Don't you dare. ]

[partymagician]

[ Rude...

Fai just raises an eyebrow at Hien as he takes another swig of the drink. This one... he really feels it. Or maybe it's all of the alcohol from before finally starting to kick in that's making him feel warm. ]

Fine, fine. I won't.

[selfconcept]

Good. You'd be insulting all of us otherwise.

[ Is that his roundabout way of saying Fai is prettier than most? Yeah. But also no. He'd say it straight if asked. ]

How's the drink?

[partymagician]

Not everyone.

[ Seriously, Hien.

Fai makes a face with that question, though. ]

It's... strong. I can feel it.

[selfconcept]

Is that so... are you gonna drink some more?

[ He's not looking forward to the hangover the next day, but he hopes he can just sleep through it. ]

[partymagician]

Sure am!

[ But he holds his bottle out to Hien. ]

Drink some too. I don't want to be the only one that's drunk.

[ If Fai divulges things he regrets, he wants Hien to at least be drunk with him while he does. ]

[selfconcept]

Fine. You can keep that bottle though. I'm gonna get another bottle of cognac.

[ So he leaves his seat again, and comes back with three bottles: another one that Fai currently has and two cognac bottles. ]

There. Cheers.

[ He holds out his bottle. ]

[partymagician]

Cheers!

[ Fai clinks their bottles together before knocking back his own. ]

Say, Hien. Let's talk about something fun. [ He feels like some of their topics have been a little bit too depressing. They might veer into that again, but he'll try to at least start off nice. ] Tell me something you like to do.

[selfconcept]

I like sleeping and playing video games.

[ Those two were on his profile, but those two are something he can say with confidence that he actually likes doing. ]

I also like having fun with people, but also messing with them in various degrees.

[partymagician]

[ He remembers those things being on Hien's profile, but he'll let it slide for now. ]

Oh? What do you do to mess with them?

[selfconcept]

Hm... I put a hardboiled egg on the blue boy's head when he was really distracted with a book.

[ Sorry, Xingqiu. He's not really good at pronouncing and doesn't want to butcher it. ]

I did the same with Phantom except he was sleeping so I put a stack of dice on his head.

[partymagician]

[ He laughs. ]

You’re so funny. [ And weird!! But that goes without saying. ] Did they complain?

[selfconcept]

Phantom did. The blue boy took it in good stride... I think.

[ He shrugs. ]

I helped make a blanket fort for Phantom, so I think it was good penance.

[partymagician]

Blue boy...

[ Xingqiu? He's very blue, in both wardrobe and hair. But Chongyun has blue hair too... Hmmmm. ]

I'm a little jealous. I want a blanket fort. [ ... ] That's a cute thing to do, though.

[selfconcept]

It was because he was worried about people pranking him when vulnerable.

[ Which he completely understands, so that's why he brought it up. ]

Now that I think about it, I think that blue boy bullies Chongyun occasionally out of friendship.

[ Chongyun is a lot easier to say. ]

[partymagician]

Ah... they're on the same team, aren't they?

[ Fai drinks a little more, which is hard when he's still resting his head on the counter.

He supposes a blanket fort would provide some sense of security. ]

I'm going to turn our room into a blanket fort.

[selfconcept]

But I like using the blanket to cover my body when I sleep...

[ :(

Hien chugs down the bottle of cognac as if he is the thirstiest man in the world. ]

[partymagician]

Then we'll detach one of the blankets so you can sleep with it and put it back up when you get back up.

[ Easy-peasy.

Fai watches him chug the drink with interest. ]

Wow, you're really good at that.

[ Is he into it? It's hard to say. ]

[selfconcept]

Yeah. Sometimes you just wanna drink a lot.

[ That's all he'll say about it. ]

It sounds like you'll have to do that part with the blanket though, since you'll definitely be awake more than I am.

[partymagician]

That's fine. Another thing on my list of chores!

[ But it doesn't sound like he cares about it.

He takes a few more sips out of his bottle. ]

[selfconcept]

You're so great, Fai. Doing all these chores when I can't give two shits to do them.

[ Hien isn't all that messy, but he still appreciates it. ]

[partymagician]

I like doing things for people...

[ He laughs a little. Would he admit that if he wasn't sort of drunk? Probably not, but it's hard to say. ]

[selfconcept]

I know you do. That's why you're a softie like I am.

[ Damn right. He chugs half of the next bottle. ]

[partymagician]

So you admit it! You're a softie.

[ He's marking it as Fai: 1, Hien: 0 in his mind, even though Hien should have some victories there already. ]