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

Study Session

[atomicultimatum]

Uh oh.

Jade’s notes were now partially frozen over, and with the General crescent moon mood plus the stress from studying, this little lycanthrope wasn’t exactly happy when the fern frost crept up over onto her notes, obscuring part of them, while she’d been reading out of one of the textbooks. A science one, this time.

Laughter and a breeze of cold wind blew by making Jade wrinkle her nose and sneeze. In the next second though she was up and out of her seat, looking around for where the originator of the frost had gone too. Because of course this was some kind of non-mage magic. She was getting better about magic in a general sense, but those who wielded magic like mages did were still met with wary looks.

Jade’s nose twitched as she tried to pick up this person’s scent only to be merged with cold, cold, cold. Her wolf ears twitched as she followed the sound of loud, fading laughter. Well. She may not be able to catch him on foot, but she did have a chance if she teleported.

Crack! She gets close with that one. Close enough to see him at the very least.

“Could you please,” She’s trying not to straight up snap at him, “Not have your ice grow all over my notes?”

She looks like she could use a break, to be honest.

[frostedoverland]

The crack is what stopped Jack from his flight, crouching down from his perch as he tilted his head at the girl. He rested his staff on his shoulder, shrugging lightly at her.

"Well I mean," He started. "I could. But where's the fun in that?"