theafflicted | 02

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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Sending messages to Sage, huh?

[ looks at mod questions and looks back to sabo messing with the phone. guess since it "belongs" to ace, he's going to feel more comfortable to have more free reign with it and given how mods have decreed that there isn't much more than the text messages— ]

I'm still curious how you, of all people, ended up on the swim team. Don't they know anything about you?

[ oh, yeah. should have mentioned that. but yeah, texts that are from a few weeks ago. that might be a little weird, at least. ]

Maybe they thought it was a joke. The guys seemed to know me, but I didn't have any clue who they were.

[ even if he felt a strong bond with them. weird. ]

[ it's okay. it's... well, the timeline for it makes things confusing, honestly. ]

If you could swim then it really isn't a joke. [ lightly. ] You wouldn't have had the devil fruit long enough to forget how to swim...

Right?

[ since, well, the news only reports so much. ]

[ yeah, it does... ]

Yeah, that's true. Apparently I'm one of their strongest swimmers. [ but... ] For some reason, I didn't feel so sure of myself. And it wasn't because of the devil fruit.

Not yourself?

[ BRUH? what happened to telling him that things were okay?? ??? he went from wanting to tease him about the whole swimming bit to now being all sorts of ?? ??? ]

[ HE WAS PROCESSING SOME OF IT.

and didn't want to worry sabo too much? it's fine, it's fine. ]

I don't know? I didn't recognize the guys, even if they felt sort of like a crew. But they seemed to know me.

[ he probably should have mentioned that before, yeah. ]

[ THIS WORRIES HIM MORE?? but it's fine. what's done is done and sabo will just deal with the aftermath of everything. again. adjusting as he goes as he so often does. ]

Okay.

[ though thanks i guess?? ]

I wonder how much of that was tied to your whole disappearance act.