TEST DRIVE MEME - MARCH

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Winter quarter is nearing its conclusion as Finals and Spring Break are quickly approaching. The library is bustling as students frantically prepare, but campus is also buzzing with excitement in anticipation of the school-funded Spring Break trip to Provence.

The administration, however, is not unsympathetic to the stressors of being a student. Comforts such as therapy animals, snack stations, and de-stressing events are being held all over campus to keep students as relaxed as possible and help them prepare for their finals. Daybreak Academy needs their students to succeed, and they spare no expense in helping them do so.

A. STUDY SESSIONS

With the approach of exams, the Hall of Pythia is enforcing 24/7 quiet hours. While it has quiet a few study rooms available, many students will find that the rooms are being booked up at an alarming rate. To account for this, classrooms and media rooms in Theater Lenormand are also being opened up for student use. Many others are spilling over into local restaurants and cafes, coming together as groups to review course material and prepare for their upcoming exams.

During these times, Faculty are expected to take a more hands-on approach as well. Faculty are strongly encouraged to host their own study sessions and rigorously review the exams and what to expect. Faculty are all given first priority for open classrooms and are able to hold after-hours lessons and Q&A sessions as they wish. While it’s not, strictly speaking, mandatory, Faculty can expect it to come up on their annual performance review if they don’t make themselves available to students.

B. THERAPY ANIMALS

Animals have proven to reduce stress, a thing sorely needed during the lead up to exams, and Daybreak Academy has provided three types of therapy animals upon request to aid with making study times much more bearable: The rare Armenian Aralez who is generous with it’s doggy kisses, About six huggable corgi-sized Wooly Bugs with their incredibly soft wool, and a pair of languid Temple lions that don’t mind being used as pillows. Try not to get too distracted from your studies.

C. FASCHING

Also known as Fastnacht Best described as ‘Bavarian Mardi Gras’, Fasching is much like it’s New Orleans and Brazilian counterparts - a celebration of the excess and to live it up until good catholics go give it up for Lent. Least that’s the intent, but like most modern holidays it’s an excuse to cut loose and have fun, and thanks to a sizable German population in Soliel, there is a bit of Fasching in early march with Beer Gardens, Masked Parties, and Live Bands along with decadently rich desserts from both German and French Cuisine. Have fun, but remember there is a curfew.

D. STORYTIME (text)

Hi everyone! This is the Folklore Club! If we could just take a moment of your time…

Daybreak Academy sure is a big school, isn’t it? And the students and staff here come from all over! Here at the Folklore Club, we research myths, legends and stories from all around the world to examine their similarities and differences.

It would really help us out if you told us what your favourite myth or legend is! Don’t be shy - we’d love to see it! Especially if it’s something that we’ve never seen before! And who knows, maybe you’ll meet someone who loves your favourite story too!

[ The results are, naturally, public. ]

Comments

[suddenlybees]

[ Not having all the details is just fine with him; he doesn't need to be any more concerned about people he'd sworn to himself not to be concerned over, to only worry about him and his own and it used to be such a small, nice, manageable number. He can't do much about doctors, but he can show Reira proper non-supper food. Looking around, it's a lot of pastries, little individual cakes that can be set out and displayed, and Nekano has to look up to her to wonder if she likes sweet things at all, as it doesn't tend to be his preference but he will still eat it. ...is there anything cats can't eat? He should probably also know that, but his mental list of things that he cannot eat consist of things Maverick won't let him eat, and there's only one item on his list and that's fake carnations. ]

[soft_focus]

[As far as Reira is concerned, this is a very smart, probably magical cat. He can eat whatever he wants. So as Reira is led to the sweets counter- where there is notably a lot more sweets than the last time she was here, that's so not fair, 'Last Time'. There's at least a spark of recognition in those eyes- though the over all response seems to be...rather faint. Internally she's absolutely looking at all this and thinking OH, yes, though so that's great.] Umnh...mnh...

[It takes a bit of looking to find the plates.

She grabs two. Both are set on the little shelf along the food trays before she looks down.] ...Are you allowed up to see?

[Otherwise this is going to be super hard to get sweets on the plate honestly.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Is he allowed up? He's a cat, he can do what he wants. ...but the lunch ladies would have a word with him if they catch him, so what he chooses to do is to have Nekano leap up onto Reira's back and hang over her shoulder to look, claws digging in just enough to not slip, but not to hurt. This way he can see, meowing at something that looks like a cheesecake, remaining quiet in front of some sort of gelatin with bits and pieces of ...something... suspended inside, etc. Salty things he's a bit less choosy, though, choosing to leave his purr on in front of the savories, things like crab cakes and salmon crepes. ]

[soft_focus]

Oh-! [OH! Well, that works!! And makes everything easy! She'll very gladly be filling both plates, and while it takes her a lot longer to pick for herself, she doesn't really hesitate that long whenever Kano meows. Purring is what gets more thought- if only because she's trying to make sure he has room for the Best stuff on the plate.

...

actually hold on wait a minute here, she's realizing something isn't right.] ....Can you eat all of it?

[Well a person certainly could, but....well.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Can he eat all of it? Yes, theoretically, although he's never had much of an appetite for food and wouldn't eat so much all at once if it were only himself. But this is a growing child he's got with him; Reira can just eat everything he doesn't eat, grow up big and strong and tall off cheesecakes and crepes. ] Mya!! [ That's a yes! They can definitely eat all of this!! ]

[soft_focus]

Umnh...

Well, okay, [she determines, continuing until it's time to get those plates to a table.] If you're sure, it's probably fine.

[Yes because that's how it works, being right about things.]

Hmn... [Now, where to sit...]

[suddenlybees]

[ He's very very sure! As for where to sit... Nekano doesn't even turn towards the sets of benches and tables around the cafeteria; he'd never eaten there himself, in the rare instances he gets cafeteria food, but prefers to hide away somewhere by himself to eat. These little hang-out spots are getting more and more the longer he's been here and found different places to be, so the place he leads Reira to— bounding off her shoulders and back onto the ground, throwing occasional glances over his shoulder as he ambles off to make sure she's following him— happens to be somewhere close by he used to hide himself away and listen to the commotion of lunchtime without actually being seen. It is, essentially, a catwalk high above the room, like you'd see in a theater. ]

[soft_focus]

Mnh? ...That way? [This is just a regular trail of things that none of the adults showed her, isn't it!] ...I didn't know we could leave with plates, [She comments as they go, steadily following and carefully making sure that nothing is dropped.

But she doesn't say anything about turning around...and soon enough, they're up above.] Ohhhh...

[The plates are carefully set down, and she marvels somewhat at the sight below.] ...You can see everyone...