02.50 - week two, saturday

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W2 SATURDAY

Like last Saturday, everyone will get an announcement on their tablets; this time, the announcement is preceded with a bell of some sort before Lorelei appears on the screen again.

"Good morning, everyone. This is an announcement to let you know that today's lesson will take place starting at 8:15 tonight. Again, today's lesson will be starting at 8:15. Please meet at the lower campus exit near the lecture by 8:00pm; Florence will be waiting for you there.

If you have a bag for some snacks and, perhaps, an item you can use for self-defense in the case of an emergency, please arrive with those things on you. We will provide you with an overview of what to expect when you arrive at 8pm.

Thank you."

The alert ends.

You have the day to prepare, ask each other what the hell is happening -- Florence and Lorelei do not seem to be available, strangely enough. There's a lot to take in with the information you have now. But before you know it... night falls.

FULL NAV

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Comments

[kaientai]

[ at least they're not on the bus forever? it's something? well, there's no point in complaining! ryouma will focus on at least seeing what he can see. ]

Makes you wonder why the museum is picked clean, of all places.

[ the obvious answer is "rare and expensive artefact" but it's not like selling an item like that is easy for average people! ]

[escardos]

Why were they put in there in the first place...

[selfconcept]

[ Hien had been one of the unluckier ones to get possessed when he was too late in whipping out his tablet for the flashlight function. That's why he just seems to stand there out in the open, doing nothing for a while until he smiles and shoots his grappling hook gun in a direction in the dark. The hooks are sharp and pretty dirty, so be careful!

As a note, he's possessed by a ghost that forces him to be happy. Everything will be okay. ]

[selfconcept]

I feel like I'm in the exhibit of some stalker madly in love.

[ Creepy. Though Hien just says that while heing blamk faced as usual. ]

[mirrite]

You know, I hate to agree with you, but for once I agree with you on this. This is creepy as hell.

[Thanks, he hates it!]

[partymagician]

[ The second floor is unsettling to Fai. Namely, because this feels so focused on their group. ]

Hmmm... this feels like a museum about us.

[ He'll look over the display of the cookies he made the other day, curious as to how it's here. Then he moves onto the photos—Fai in the dorm hallway with various people as they cut out shapes and draw, Fai and Hien sitting on a bench as they hold hands and Hien rests on his shoulder, and Fai watching Shizuku, Owen, Wei Wuxian, and Miach enjoy his cookies. ]

I'm surprised I never noticed these photos being taken.

[selfconcept]

[ He looks over to the side. ]

At least someone can appreciate our hair spray.

[ ... ]

[vivens]

I think another good question to ask is why they brought us here when we're supposed to be saving people.

[ and even though sabo has side-stepped the obvious answer, we're not going to talk about how there are items around that are from their experiences here. ]

[totalcatastrophe]

[ After getting yeeted out the window, he's sort of over being this close to the ground without a tail torch.

So, have a demon jumping and climbing up to his shoulder with the help of his tail just in time to answer Sholmes. He lives here now if he can help it. ]

These ones are losers.

[cloudalike]

[ HE WILL ABSOLUTELY EXAMINE THE STATUES because he's never seen ghosts like this before. Or y'know EVER.

Will this be his first time seeing one in person??? He's kind of excited.

He eagerly takes a look at the first statue. Is there anything he notices right away? ]

[herlocksholmes]

Indeed. Would you care to hear my thoughts?

[Without awaiting for a response, Sholmes pats the casing of one of the ghouls]

These frightful artworks were left here after everything else was destroyed. What you see here is the result of someone trying to replace the exhibitions that used to be here.

[Hah, okay, probably it isn't that, but hey, doesn't stop Sholmes from messing around]

Would you come to see an exhibition on ghostly creatures? This was a poor choice for a replacement!

[selfconcept]

Of all pictures, it had to be that one...

[ bro. ]

[unsinksyourship]

Neither of us should be wandering off, that's just asking for trouble...

[He's jittery and distracted to where he has only half a mind for countering things, but mostly he's thinking of the basement at Umebachidou and crossing his arms against the chill that brings -- he's only been down there a couple of times but that was a couple of times too many. Bleh.]

Besides, isn't a physical just sitting around in a doctor's office? This is more like... physical education.

[Is it though.]

[herlocksholmes]

[Go ahead. As if that wasn't enough, once Luci is settled, Sholmes unleashes a neigh that...does sound like it was practiced. Seems like he really went ahead and practiced that for the time Luci would come and demand his height]

Indeed. Art is largely subjective, but I dare say no person would want to carry these.

[Losers indeed]

[partymagician]

It's a tad bit unsettling, isn't it?

[ignihidden]

[On the second floor Idia isn't taking well to his privacy being so obviously invaded!! He's at the wall of photos and if you get there early enough you'll see him trying to pry it off with his nerd hands.]

[When that fails, he's unzipping his hoodie and hanging it over the photo like a (lol) shroud.]

[There are still things that bear his name, though. There's a picture of a melted looking Kit-Kat that says "When Idia Shroud attempted to connect with someone." There's one of him and Cater standing in their dorm room, looking a bit less shy and jovial that usual, that says "Idia Shroud and Cater Diamond come to an agreement." There's a picture of the board game meeting! Still, there's only one that Idia seems to feel the need to cover up...]

[catarou]

... How interesting.

[ Actually, it's really bizarre! The ghouls unsettle him slightly, especially as some of the cases are empty. Hm. Was someone so careless they forgot to fill them...?

Anyway. Even more disconcerting is the photos. It's not a surprise that they're being watched, but-- this seems different. He absolutely doesn't like that someone has taken it upon themselves to take photos of them without their knowledge. ]

[partymagician]

[ Fai just barely manages to dodge that grappling hook, smacking it to the side with a rolling pin. He knows exactly who it belongs to, so he tries to trace it back to its source. ]

Hien, you probably shouldn't throw that out into the dark like that. I almost got hit.

[iubar]

I wonder who exactly did it.

[ How did all this end up here?? ]

[partymagician]

What's so bad? Are there others you would have preferred?

[herlocksholmes]

...perhaps the people who need saving are in the floor below. Careful, Mr. Mizumori. It's widely known some museums turn transgressors into exhibits, as punishment for misdoings.

[Yeah he's implying the ghouls from the first floor are the people to save]

[partymagician]

[ Fai hums thoughtfully. ]

So do I. It has to be more than one person, right? That's quite a lot of places to be at once.

[selfconcept]

Yeah, like me throwing a book on your face.

[ First meeting. What memories. ]

[cloudalike]

[ AHH REAL GHOSTS - omg Chongyun's so excited and ready to go. Please come at him ghosts!

He has his umbrella folded in his backpack, and as always, some talismans on his person. He'd made do with whatever he could find in the stationary store to make them; some of them might even be lined with washi tape (thanks to Shizuku).

He slaps a couple on his umbrella and - chases after the first ghost he sees. ]

Don't you run from me!

[iubar]

[ Up on the second floor, Ace is looking around at the photos and items. It's strange, seeing the pizza party photographed and a partially eaten pizza and a bottle of rum lingering around. ]

I wonder if any of this stuff is any good.

[ He knocks on the glass of one of the displays with the back of his hand. Just as a wonder if it was somehow preserved here.

Oh, and is Sage in any of the CYOA photos? Or the swim team? ]