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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. ]

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[When Allie's foot suddenly shoots to the side and leaves her awkwardly doing the splits before falling on her rear, her reaction is not to join the laughter and go 'oh that scamp when will he ever learn!']

[She cusses.]

Shit--!

[And when she hears that laughter, her head snaps around to shoot daggers at Jack.]

Real funny, asshole!

[It's hard to tell which student the librarian is more angry with, they're both so disruptive. And so dismissive too, since Allie is ignoring the hissed 'shhhhh!'s and looking around her for something she can throw.]

[Jack only makes a blowing kiss gesture at Allie from where he's perched. Okay, so he did feel bad for making her slip, but Allie also kind of made it easy.]

Love you too, also, language young lady!

Whatever you say, old man!

[She wonders if she can shotput an encyclopedia. No one uses those anymore, so who'd miss it? He's too fast, though. She lurches for the cart of books to be replaced on the shelves, grabs a paperback romance, and wings it his way.]

[Allie stop throwing books.]

[Naturally, books are the worst projectile weapons, but it was the only thing on hand.]

[They were also the loudest projectiles too, with their pages flapping in the wind as they sailed toward him. He casually knocked any away without freezing them for the ones that got too close.]

Aw c'mon, don't be like that. It was just a bit of fun!

Yeah? If you think fallin' on your ass is fun, try holdin' still for a sec!

[The librarian is getting PISSED and still trying to shush them. She grabs the cart away from Allie as she tries to snatch up field guide on African flowers, leaving her with nothing left to throw.]

[All right, then. Fine. She'd rather get her hands on him anyway. Skirting past the patches of ice, she comes straight for him, pushing the unbuttoned cuffs of her flannel shirt up to her elbows.]

[Run.]

I've fallen on my butt plenty of times!

[More like fly. He leaps onto the top of the bookshelf, crouching down to grin at Allie.]

Why are you so angry? It wasn't that bad!

[Oh. Great. He's completely out of her reach. She skids to a stop, glowering up at him, and even goes so far as to make a little half-hearted hop to see if she can snag his ankle. She can't. So she relegates herself to prowling around the bookcase as she eyes the shelves, obviously trying to decide if she should just climb up or if the shelves won't hold her weight.]

[She's getting so banned from this library after today.]

C'mere. I'll tell ya.

[It's a trap! The most obvious trap of all time, but still a trap!]

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