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

[sicklysweet]

[blows a kiss]

Heh, I'm glad. I'd hate to let you down when you confess all of your desires to me.

[throw him in the garbage tbh]

I don't understand why'd you lie at all, really, no matter how big or small it might be. In the end, you can't lie forever. You'll get caught. I would know, because while it's fun to obfuscate the truth... What's the point? Especially for a human. You don't have very long to live.

i'll take "weirdly horny energy" for 2000

[catarou]

[ why are you like this owen!! ]

You are under the incorrect impression that I intend to lie forever.

[ Because he can't keep up the lie if-- no, when he wakes. There's no other option. When that day comes, he'll shed his mask, go back to the way he was. Whatever happens will happen no matter how he thinks or feels, and there's no use in denying that.

.... ]

Quite the contrary, actually. As for your assertion that I do not have very long to live, that is only from your perspective. I am aware that I will not live nearly as long as you. There is no use in pretending otherwise.

But I intend to have a very long life, in human terms. What anyone thinks of how I choose to use that time does not concern me.

[ he pauses. ]

I trust in those who care for me. That extends to how they will react when I tell them any truths I am hiding from them. What those truths are, I cannot say. But we all have secrets, hm? Some are worth hiding for a very good reason.

he's old and has problems

[sicklysweet]

If you know you can't lie forever, and you think you're lying with good intentions... why bother lying at all?

[He tilts his head.]

Isn't it easier to tell the truth? You don't even have to tell people about the secrets that are festering in your heart like maggots. Being honest isn't the same as telling people everything, hm?

yeets the old man

[catarou]

Some things are a great deal too complicated and risky. I do not expect you to understand.

[ It's as simple as that. Strangely, he says all of that without a hint of condescension; it's just the way it is, and his world is... unique. Of course, everyone's is, but... ]

I am very curious, however. Why are you so concerned with this? In the end, it does not concern you, and after all of this, we will likely never see each other again.

[sicklysweet]

It's boring here. There's nothing to do and it's not like I have my magic.

[Do you expect him to sit around and read??]

Am I not allowed to be curious about my fellow students? To want to get to know them better?