01.50 - week one, saturday

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W1 SATURDAY

The first week of the Personal Enrichment Course draws to a close, which means it’s time for the first lesson. Hopefully by now you’ve gotten to know your classmates a bit better - but if you haven’t, that’s okay.

This first lesson is just going to be teamwork exercises, after all.

Bright and early Saturday morning, you wake up. Maybe you had a good night’s rest, or maybe you hardly got any sleep... Either way, the sun is shining, the day is beginning, and Lorelei's voice suddenly comes through everyone's tablets as well as the P.A. system on campus.

”Good morning. All students must report to the lecture hall by 8 o’clock for their first lesson. Lessons are mandatory. Please report to the classroom with its doors open.”

Which gives you about thirty minutes, so it’d be best to hurry. Do you want to be tardy? And if you think about bailing, well… you know what might happen if you fail the course.

When everyone gathers in the same hall they awoke in, Florence is there to greet you. They will gesture for everyone to take a seat, and once seated, the projector in the room turns on. Say hello to Lorelei and her usual cup of coffee.

“Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your first official exercise; today’s activities are designed to emphasize teamwork and cooperation so you are all more prepared for dealing with what’s yet to come. I have already split you into teams for the day, via raffle. There will be two activities total, and you will be completing them in the same teams. Regardless of whether you get along with your teammates or not, you’re going to have to figure out a way to finish each exercise successfully.”

She keeps that same calm, collected smile on her lips as she props up what appears to be a tablet of her own on her desk.

FULL NAV

(CODE)

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[magicam]

The big button is red!

[cheerfuldays]

Please find the wires, then!

[iubar]

[ he's peering at the bomb ]

What's up with the wires?

[ignihidden]

The color of the wires, and-

[at this point, his shoulder bumps against Shizuku's. RIP]

S-... S-rl numbr...

[vivens]

What was that? Did you say something else?

[ sir?? ]

Well, the wires are blue, red, yellow, and green—in that order.

[festiverogue]

Serial number. There should be one somewhere. What's the number?

[magicam]

Serial number iiiiis...

Exclamation point, S with a vertical line through it, percent, 3 5 8!

[ignihidden]

[an aside, mumbling to himself]

E- Eh, what a weird and lame serial number that is, it would give weird returns in any database...

[cheerfuldays]

( quietly: )

Blue would go before red, right? And because of the 5, red is last?

[festiverogue]

[Also quietly:]

That's what I'm getting. And the yellow goes before the green, since the ending number is even and they're in yellow-green order.

[ignihidden]

... Serial number has an odd letter: return TRUE
Last digit is odd: return FALSE.

You two aren't bad at this, despite... [... well, pretty airhead is a stereotype for a reason]

n-nevermind.

[cheerfuldays]

--Eh? Did I misread?

( it probably says something about how she's been treated that she's taking this as a sign that she made a mistake. but also if she misread she will feel SO. BAD. )

[festiverogue]

No, Shizuku, you were right. If we agree, I'll call it through.

[MAMA WILL BACK YOU UP SHIZUKUUUU!!!!

To the defusers:]

Cut the wires very carefully in this order: Green, yellow, blue, red. Verify when you're done.

[iubar]

[ honestly, ace doesn't see why everyone is panicking. sure, there's some pain and sure there are others involved, but it's fine? they'll be fine.

but hi, sorry team. someone's narcolepsy sometimes hits at bad times and he's hit with it while he's going to cut the wire. goodbye bye. hello face-button, too. ]

[cheerfuldays]

( and shizuku, who may be used to physical aches but certainly not getting zapped, lets out two quick, sharp screams in succession. if she's tearing up a little, don't look at her. )

What happened?!

[vivens]

[ OH FOR THE LOVE OF—

to fuckin gay baby jail you go for this because wow!! thanks!!!! ace gets to pass out while sabo gets to get zapped not once but twice. he better get to suffer this after he wakes up or life isn't fair.

anyway, thankfully he'll snatch the wire cutters from ace's hand after the second zap and quickly (but carefully) snip the wires in the order that madara had given them. ]

Done.

[ and he's shoving ace off the bomb. ]

[ignihidden]

[The zap nearly sends Idia flying backwards over in his chair with a loud "YEEK!" before he catches himself by dragging his shoes against the floor.]

[Shizuku is crying and he's too mad to notice right now. :(]

H- Hey! Didn't I say that meatheads shouldn't cut wires?!

[... but the "done" from meathead's keeper helps soothe things over a bit.]

... next, there should be a section where there's a series of colored lights. Tell us what color you see and we'll tell you what color to hit next. And be more careful!

[magicam]

[The zaps do have Cater ending up curled in half and gripping the table white-knuckled, though. There's yelling and pain and Ace is?? Asleep??? So just give him a second to respond, Idia, he's gotta gather 1) the tablet and 2) the bomb.]

Okay... Okay, Cay's got it!

[Reassurance there's no haphazard button smacking for now? Maybe?]

It's blinking red, right now.

[iubar]

[ well, he heard some colors and some kind of order. even if they're trying to figure it out still.

so, he's going to reach for the cutters and start to go for the wires in general.

it's fine. ]

[vivens]

[ replace him with ace and put sabo as koala as he slaps ace's hand. ]

What are you doing?!

[iubar]

They started to list colors! It should be fine to cut now.

[ did he even pay attention to the order? probably not.

but even with sabo trying to stop him, he's going to struggle to get at those stupid wires. ]

The faster we cut, the faster it gets done!

[magicam]

[ACE WHY...]

C-Cay doesn't think they figured it all out yet!!

[vivens]

[ please cater help our experts while sabo slaps ace's hand one more time. ]

That's not how any of this works! [ he's going to grab those cutters from him or so help him. ] Did you get stupider all of a sudden or something?

[ignihidden]

Please don't let the shirtless "I want magic food" person cut anything.

[HE CAN BE PRETTY RUDE BEHIND A SCREEN...]

[magicam]

[Oh, bless the expert team for figuring it out so fast!!!!]

Acey!! Aaaacey!!! They got it! Green, Yellow, Blue, Red, okay??

[Now did he hear before cutting willy-nilly or not...? Hmm.]