02.50 - week two, saturday

[afflictionmods]

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

[unsinksyourship]

That's what I said!

[That's not what he said. He really doesn't know what the difference is but he figures the same thing as WWX, which is that neither of them know shit about fuck, he's just. Talking like he does. Don't mind him.]

If neither of us recognize it, then the only thing to do is try what we can for both. Or watch other people do it, of course.

[Stares at the people throwing things at the bus driver.]

[selfconcept]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[ His voice, despite the distortion and static, sounds very... peppy? Like that intro example in the pep rally, but all it does is create an unsettling atmosphere.

Hien doesn't normally talk like this. ]

It's alright, because I knew you'd be able to hit it out of the way in time.

[partymagician]

Hmmm... I don't think that was special enough to me to be here.

[ Even if it was fun for him. ]

[kaientai]

Oh, probably. Seems like all we ever get is questions.

[selfconcept]

[ What's more special than an obvious display of being dense aka not knowing about the pain sharing despite everything that happened— ]

That's a pretty subjective standard.

[ Now everyone will see them being mushy... ]

[iubar]

You're right about that.

[ HIs eyes are scanning the different photos. ]

It's weird to see things from the little misadventure up here, too.

[cheerfuldays]

( oh ouchies, shizuku definitely didn't land as gracefully as she could have, and madara will have to feel her hip, thigh and forearm all hurting from the fall. ... but. they might as well go exploring...

the statues are... interesting to say the least. some look so sad, she wishes she could offer comfort, and others are frightful and make her shy away. but one... one resonates, and it's. hm. how it looks so beautiful on one side, and so pained and ensnared by something on the other. it reminds her of her time in cheerful*days, and as a model. putting on a perfect mask, but the pressure was suffocating at best. shizuku stares a little too long, it seems... enough so that she doesn't actually notice if anyone else is approaching until someone taps her shoulder, making her jolt.

eventually she'll make her way to the second floor though and. uh. wow! that's creepy!! the photos... there's one from her little performance for the pep rally. a couple with hien. one with herlock. a few with fai. one with idia and one with cater. ... multiple with madara, one of which was a private conversation on every level.

shizuku frowns. one might even think she looks angry, which is certainly rare for her. )

You'd think I might be used to people taking my picture without permission, but this is too much.

[afflictionmods]

[Doesn't seem like it. There are no doors at all asides from the one you entered from. It doesn't seem quite right, but no matter how hard you look there's no doors to be found.]

[herlocksholmes]

It seems...

[Sholmes observes the pictures. He has his usual smile, yeah]

...our esteemed instructor isn't the only one whose monitoring we should be wary of.

[undertakings]

[Something about that first sentence gets Shin to glance at Tamamori's neck for a fleeting moment.]

You're breathing, your heart's beating and your head's still attached to your body. You're not a ghost.

[Also:] I can't tell where we are. [Honestly, it was a joke, but he's not going to explain himself so this is what we're getting??]

[partymagician]

[ Hm. He doesn't like that peppiness right now. It feels wrong. ]

That's a lot of confidence to have in me. How did you know it would be me anyway?

[partymagician]

[ He laughs. ]

Are you embarrassed that photo is up there?

[partymagician]

I like that I get to see your adventure, even if it's strange to know someone was taking pictures of it.

[iubar]

You want some help there?

[ He still has no idea he messed up last week... Maybe there's a photo somewhere of that.

But that aside, he's willing to offer some muscle to try to get the pictures off. ]

[selfconcept]

I'm not embarrassed. I doubt anyone will care right now, because they have more pressing things to be worried about.

[ aka he hopes everyone will be distracted by everything else to remember that this existed ]

[afflictionmods]

[It's reasonably thick, tempered glass - thicker than the displays at the jewelry store, but it's nothing outrageous or impossible to break.]

[selfconcept]

Because you're probably one of the better skilled people here regarding nonmagic combat. People are trying to defend or save the others... of course they would be able to hit it away in time. Of course.

Of course—

[ He winds up the hook and shoots it again, but meaningfully at Fai this time. ]

[iubar]

I have no idea who could have managed it.

[ But, it's all there. ]

Especially since there weren't too many people there.

[pr159]

[ Rideaux is up on the second floor, looking at everyone's photos, because as little as he cares about anyone, he still enjoys getting up in their business. He looks much less amused when he gets to his own pictures, though.

Like some of the others are saying, it really does feel like this museum is specifically about them. ]

Aaand fifteen display cases downstairs. I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

[ Though he's not sure what the three empty ones are supposed to symbolize, in that case... ]

[fabulation]

[ Real ghosts...or are they ghouls?

Xingqiu finds himself without a way to deal with this scenario, for once at a loss of what to do in a situation, or how to help anyone else. In a direct contrast to Chongyun, he's absolutely not excited about them because they seem to be incorporeal and he doesn't have something to deal with them here.

Worst of all, those people who sent them here knew the risk and put innocent people in danger for their results!

...Well, whatever the case, Chongyun gets to see a certain kind of ghost take hold of Xingqiu—one that looks angelic on one side...

Will Chongyun approach? ]

[imitationsoul]

[ She's just gonna examine that kit-kat and it's description... ]

That's some amazing snapshot skills, it was only in that state for a very short moment, huh.

[ She ate it, and all. ]

[mirrite]

Hey--

[Why. Why is this happening.]

[vivens]

[ unfortunately when it comes to ignoring the voice of certain people, it's nigh impossible for him given his relationship with those certain people. (no, i will not be specific here.) so, you know, a little of this and a little of that happens and even though you are a person of logic and rationale... sometimes you just throw it all into the the bin for Reasons.

which does not explain why sabo will be ramming a fountain pen, one recognizable from the stationary store in the mall, into the wall. it won't exactly be right in the middle of the room but he'll be centralized enough. he doesn't look to be particularly having any coherency or purpose other than just...casually(?) stabbing the wall. even after the pen tip inevitably breaks, he'll just start smearing the ink around and writing something??

i guess?



sorry not sorry. ]

[ignihidden]

[Idia's fortunate enough to be looking at the statues with an eye of, "oh, that one might be a good monster design" or "oh, that one would be popular for r34" but when he sees Shizuku staring at one in particular and... well... if he left her, then that's definitely a bad flag, right? So he does gently tap her shoulder.]

... u- um... M- M'lady Shizuku...

[selfconcept]

What?

[ He stares at Marcus blankly. He's not doing anything wrong!! ]