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Test-Drive Meme - January Pre-Game
TESTDRIVE MEME
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Gently falling snow and a biting chill welcome students and faculty alike as they return to campus for the beginning of the Winter term. The constant buzz of helicopters delivering students back from their holiday fills the air, and charter busses can be seen coming in and out for hours. Slowly but surely, Daybreak Academy is coming alive once again with the sound of conversation and laughter.It’ll be a few days before classes resume, but there are a number of fun events on campus to help students re-adjust to campus life, or learn the ins and outs if they are recent arrivals. Faculty, of course, will need to get to work immediately. Lesson plans and mission assignments wait for no-one, after all.
[All threads in this meme may be treated as canon should all involved characters be accepted into the game. Normally, the Faculty meeting will be held at the end of every month ICly, as this is the start of the game we’re incorporating it into the Test Drive. Faculty who accept missions will retain those mission assignments for the month, should they be accepted into the game. If not, we will distribute the remaining missions as needed to the Faculty who are accepted in.]
A. FACULTY IN-SERVICE
As is customary, the school faculty meet before the start of the next month to review the mission portfolios and determine who will be leading what, as well as discuss plans and concerns they might have regarding students. As it’s not uncommon for some students to attempt to listen in and get more details on the upcoming missions, the meeting place changes every month and some faculty serve as wardens to make sure students are kept away.
This month, the meeting is in Robespierre 401. The table is laid out with a number of pastries, snacks, and coffee for the assembled teachers and the projector is revved up and ready to go, with readily available laser pointers for any faculty giving presentations. The day’s Agenda will be discussing incoming students, discussing the start of the term and any expected issues, discussing the mission dossier and assigning faculty, and a few presentations from faculty on ongoing projects and educational advances they feel are worth sharing.
[The following missions are on the docket, they will all require a Faculty volunteer to lead a group of 4-6 students. Running these logs will fulfill the Faculty member’s log requirement for the month of January. Full details will be provided to the Faculty member via Private Message after their application has been processed]
I Wonder What This Button Does
January 14th
At the start of the year, the vaults of the academy is opened and volunteers are allowed inside to help organize the growing collection of artifacts and treasures that is kept securely inside. Due to how old the collection is, many labels have faded and many items have undergone changes, so it has become imperative to keep an accurate record. For students, cataloguing the collection is considered extra credit, though any attempts to smuggle any artifacts out will be met with severe disciplinary action.
28 Bleach Vats Later
January 18th
Cassandra indicates a horde of zombies will materialize from the outland in North Dakota within the United States. As is customary, the horde has been auctioned on the Runic Markets. The winner this time is the American Defense Contractor Coldsteel. As part of the auction package, Daybreak Academy will provide Coldsteel with support and recovery.
This mission requires 2 Faculty members, each leading a group of 4-6 students for two portions of the mission.
Ocean’s Six
January 21st
Cassandra has provided a readout of all roulette results within the Casino strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, within the United States. As is customary, a group of students and an instructor is to be dispatched to garner as much winnings as possible without arousing suspicion. Participants who successfully earn money without their sources being discovered will be entitled to a commission based on their earnings. Students will be provided with $10,000 in seed money and false identifications if necessary.
With the power of foresight, enter Casinos with the winning numbers, make as much money as you can, and try not to get thrown out
Hunt - Several Bones to Pick
January 23rd
Cassandra has noted thick mists inside the Parisian catacombs have given birth to an undead monstrosity. Dubbed the Bone Horror, this monster is collecting parts from corpses to grow in size and strength. Prognostication indicates it will emerge from the Catacombs within a month’s time. It is to be destroyed.
Hunt - Dullahan Texas Ranger
January 28th
Cassandra has been tracking a Dullahan’s emergence in the US state of Texas for some time, and we predict he will begin to move soon. Prognostication indicates that the Dullahan has been absorbing the culture of the local area and styles itself to be something of a cowboy, with aims to slay any local humans that tread upon the area it deems its ranch. It is to be destroyed.
B. WINTER BANQUET
It is customary for Daybreak Academy to hold a grand banquet at the start of every term, and today is no exception. Part celebration, part ice-breaker, the Grand Banquet is a chance for students and faculty to mingle, meet new people, and share a delicious meal.
Today, the tables are arrayed with thick roasts, massive turkeys, and whole pigs as the main course, as well as giant tofu and mushroom platters for the vegetarian and vegan students. Massive dishes heaped with breads and pastries line the tables, as well as broad bowls filled with any number of salad and side ingredients. The table centerpieces elevated ice sculptures of (allegedly) mythological creatures such as pegasi, griffins and dragons standing atop a giant pillar of ice that is surrounded with cold desserts on tiered platters.
While there is an abundance of food, with as many ravenous students as there are it is depleting quickly. Fortunately, an array of servants, both living and golem, are on hand to replace empty platters and assist as needed.
C. DORM ROOM ICEBREAKERS
With the chill of winter setting in, what better way to warm hearts and spirits than dorm icebreakers? Whether you agree with this or not, chances are - especially if you’re new - your RA has dragged you to the common area to participate in a number of (arguably) fun Icebreaker activities that were likely found by checking the first Google result.
Fortunately for those with lower tolerances to people and/or cheesiness, with the whole dorm turned out for these activities, escape may be possible! Unfortunately, many among the student body have heightened senses and supernatural combat abilities. Either way, it’s gonna be a rough evening.
D. IRIS NETWORK
It’s that time again. With the start of Winter Term, returning students and faculty need to update their Iris Network profiles with their current dorm residence and any new credits, class statuses, or accolades they may have earned. New students and faculties will have their profiles pushed to the top in an effort to help them integrate into the broader network, and it’s customary to post responses to people’s updated profiles “Liking” their content and making plans to meet up.
The code below will allow you to update your Iris Network Profile for the new term. Better get it up and see who all responds.
[The below code will ultimately be used for the profile for your character upon acceptance to Daybreak Academy. Please replace or fill in all text in the areas that are capitalized and do not delete any code lines]
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His slight grin is enough to confirm Gon's got his name right. He climbs up to his feet just in time to be met with the inevitable question. That's right, no one's normal here. He keeps forgetting that and then being surprised when people can do things like smell what's inside a closed bottle.
"Ah, this? I was just... it's for the faculty! For the faculty table!" And he'll just neglect to mention that he is taking it from them, not bringing it back. "They wouldn't want this where some underage kid can get their hands on it. So I was just taking care of it. You know. Precaution."
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The answer to that is that somehow, the player failed to consider the bottle would be closedHonestly smell or no smell, a bottle is a bottle. And that's weird. What perhaps isn't weird so much as inevitable is the string of excuses he's hearing.
Gongenzaka's eyes narrow further. "...Precaution," he repeats flatly. "...Is that so."
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The player did their best"You're not doubting me, are you?" He asks, as if the notion is unthinkable. Except, of course, for the way he keeps grinning. "What would I have done to deserve that, huh? I'm a responsible adult."
He's a liar is what.
"But, lets say I'm not, and I was, hypothetically, taking this for some other reason. Wouldn't the result be the same? A kid could have picked it up, and now they can't. Therefore, intended or not, I can only be doing a good thing right now." He points a finger Gongenzaka's way, to emphasize the point. Take that, teenage authority.
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AH-!"..." He is absolutely doubting him. "If you are as responsible as you claim, then you shall bring that bottle to a member of the faculty immediately."
Evidently his teenage authority remains unthreatened.
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"Sure," He says, keeping his voice from straining. "Sure thing. I'll just... go find them! Right now! I'll... see you later."
And with the motion of jerky puppet, he lurches forward in the vague direction of a crowd, somewhere he can lose the kid and pointedly not pass the bottle off. If, of course, he gets that far.
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"...Then you will not mind perhaps," he calls after the other, brows raised, "If I follow to ensure of this..!"
Damn!
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He stops still and turns slow, before Gongenzaka can take too many steps closer.
"Okay, okay, okay, okay!" His hands go out, bottle still held in one of them. "Alright! Look. I've just had a really, really hard few weeks." He runs his free hand through his hair. "And I could really use something to make it just the teensiest better, you know? And, I am an adult which means that I should be allowed to have this just like any other adult here, so if you don't mind I'm going to just--"
He turns and books it.
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BEAR IN PURSUIT "HEEECTORRRRR-!" Gongenzaka shouts, chasing after the man immediately. It's trickier for him to follow through the crowd- he's just not as...experienced in threading through crowds like that!! "RETURN WHAT YOU HAVE STOLEN..!"
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He hears his name roared out over the hall and he can't help but give a little panicked cry as he scrambles faster. Ah! There's the door! If he can make it to the door he's home free, just a bit... further ... and--
He bumps into someone's shoulder, just enough for his grip on the bottle to loosen, and then for the second time that night he's swatting at it to keep it up in the air. "No! No, no, no!"
He catches it, but doesn't quite manage to catch himself. His bad leg slides out from under him and he crashes down to the floor-- for the second time that night. He's still just a moment, then groans. This body is... so much heavier than it is when he's just bones. Grimacing, he opens his eyes out of his wince, no doubt to a very unhappy teenager.
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He has better sense than that however, so it is only the steady clanking of geta chasing Hector down- and not the added clatter of claws.
And when Hector looks up from the floor, there it'll be.
The steady, unimpressed frown. "...Hector." He holds out a hand. "The bottle, if you please."
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"But... I...."
He's lost. He knows it. He heaves a breath and then makes a noise of frustration, swinging the bottle into Gongenzaka's hand.
"Fine!" He says, immediately pouting and folding his arms over his chest to sulk upon the floor.
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He then, however, turns the look back to Hector again. "...You cannot sit there forever," he eventually remarks, frowning. "...Hector. ...You must still return this." Which is to say, get up, you're coming with him.
He hopes.
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He grins slow with his revelation. "You can't bring it back yourself. If you do, it'll look like you did it, which is much worse than if I did it."
He laughs, sitting up but not rising. "Which means if I stay here you might as well give it to me!" His arms fold and he smugly lifts his chin.
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He continues, "Really, for all anybody knows I could be terribly allergic to alcohol. Deathly. But you...?" He tuts and shakes his head. "You're such an upstanding young man, why, it's almost unfair you're not treated like one of the adults. Maybe you just... decided to treat yourself." He shrugs, hands lifting up as if to say, 'what can you do'.
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"...They would not..!" he insists, choking on his very words. "And-!"
Hold on a moment.
He blinks, and regains a bit of calm. There's no smile of course- he's not the sort to grow smug about these things, this is frankly just a really terrible mess and he doesn't like it, or the fact that they're talking about this. But he does raise his brows.
"...This was taken from the faculty room," he realizes, narrowing his eyes. "...Was it not?"
There is a pause, and- "...I have been here- with many witnesses." Check! Mate!!!
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"Alright then you'll have no problem bringing it back. That's good then, yes? I'm sure they'll be very happy with you."
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"But it is better to confess," he adds, not budging from the spot. "...So, you should also come."
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He groans into his hands. What is he teaching this kid?
"...Alright. Okay. I'm getting up." Slowly. On an unsteady leg.
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For a moment, Gongenzaka is taken aback- "...Do...you truly think they would do this?" he asks, blinking as Hector stands. "...They know who you are, yes? ...They would not...'throw you out', over such a thing..!"
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He gives Gongenzaka a very tired look, brow lifting. Surely the boy has noticed.
"Kid, I am an obviously homeless man, who has been so for a long time, with a criminal record, in a school full of children. Do you see where I'm going with this?" He shakes his head and hands. "But it's fine. You're right. I'll deal with it. Just... don't laugh when they throw me out, okay?"
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"...If they prepare to do so then...Then I shall speak in your defense, of course!"
Okay what-
Gongenzaka seems especially determined on this matter, hurriedly continuing as he lowers his once crossed arms. "You have a record, yes...but you are returning what you took! You are offering proof! That you can do better!" He insists honestly.
"...They cannot 'throw you' from here, for that!" Well. They could, but.
Well he finds that a steep punishment ok?
(...Just please also stop doing these things after getting the Next chance,)
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And yet he still hears his own hopeful voice saying, "Really?" With that offer of defense.
He frowns again. "IIII don't know, I appreciate it, but these things, they really don't tend to go so well. I wouldn't get too excited about it." And then he proceeds to shake himself of all that stepping forward to the faculty table, a bounce in his step like everything's fine. "Well we haven't got all night, let's do this."
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"Of course!" He means what he says. "I do not say what I do not mean!" Even so, he at least nods and makes an effort to keep his head on his shoulders, moving aside slightly to let Hector lead the way.
"Hn! Let us go then!"
(Well, at least he doesn't get kicked out in the end.)