doctor, doctor, give me the news!

[beathollow]

Who: Kenkou and visitors
When: First night into Day 1
Where: Kenkou dorms
What: our sickly victorian children need rest
Warnings: TBA

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[beathollow]

( eventually, they get to their dorms. and it's as lackluster as she expected, and yet for the first time since- uh... before she even arrived here, there's a feeling of safety. )

... There's only one bathroom... and some things on the table...?

( after showers, however, you can find her either bundled on the couch in a blanket resting, or in her new room, trying to sleep more. occasional harsh coughs rip through her chest though, and if it's late enough? she might just be crying, instead. )

[abyssalwitch]

[ Hoshimi has ALSO used the showers and has her hair down. there's a lot of it.

she'll spot Mafuyu on the couch -- without asking she's going to try to squeeze in a take a seat too. ]

[suplexer]

[ Tifa's also made sure to take a shower, cleaning out the wounds on her wrist and ankle as best she could in the process. She's in pajamas with her hair up in a towel when she pads out and finds Mafuyu on the couch.

She doesn't know if she's sleeping, so she simply settles on the other side of the couch, wanting to make sure the poor girl is okay. Hopefully she has fallen asleep, though; what a day it's been. ]

[mogger]

[ yuffie's at the door, ~investigating~ the people tifa got stuck with. what's up, will you let her in? ]

[beathollow]

( yes, she will. she gets it. )

... Are you in the same class as Botan and Blossom?

[suplexer]

[ Hey girl hey. Tifa brightens when she opens the door and finds Yuffie there. ]

Y— White Rose! [ That's going to take some getting used to. ] Everything okay?

[abyssalwitch]

[ from the couch the new visitor is being given a casual wave ]

Looks like you know one of us, huh?

[suplexer]

[ Their very own dormitory. For someone like Tifa who never got this kind of school experience, she might have called it novel if not for the fact that she's still mainly just worried about how she ended up here and eager to find a way back home.

For tonight, though, it seems there's nothing left to be done on that point. She'll have to investigate if there are any ways out tomorrow.

The cramped nature of everything doesn't seem to surprise her at all, as someone who's used to living in the slums. She can be found inspecting the small kitchenette and taking stock of what they have there, as well as gasping in surprise when she finds her gloves left on the coffee table. ]

Where did these come from?

[abyssalwitch]

[ the coffee table also has an elegant-looking rapier on it -- one that Hoshimi will be snatching up gladly. ]

Huh.

D'you think they're our participation prizes?

[ she says it sarcastically, but there's a nugget of actual curiosity there too -- if this is something meant to be long term, maybe it really is meant to be a "reward"? ]

[abyssalwitch]

[ Hoshimi has used the showers and has gotten into her pajamas!!!

she's also trying to finger-untangle her very very long hair with mixed levels of success, mumbling to herself; ]

Why didn't I get a hairdresser Majik back, what a pain in the...

[suplexer]

Would you like me to brush it out for you?

[ Also in pajamas! But Tifa's long hair seems to be a lot more agreeable post-shower, lucky her. ]

[ratiocinations]

[A knock at Kenkou's door. You have a rando visitor! Sorry!]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu is first to the door, freshly showered and changed into pajamas- a cardigan over a tanktop, and long pants. any wound that's been inflicted have been cleaned, at least...

she looks pale in an ill way rather than fear, as well. (i will do the opt in i prommy.) )

Oh... hello. Did you need something?

[paci_fisting]

[ Probably bullied into some bandages by now, but he's still got burns and bruises scattered around ]

--Ah, hey. What's up?

[suplexer]

[ Tifa really hadn't expected so many people to come knocking at their door like this, but maybe she shouldn't be surprised. Of course people are curious. She's just... oddly tired, tonight. It must have been the ghosts scaring her half to death earlier.

Still, she politely opens the door. She's already showered and in PJs (a plain white shirt and cotton shorts), so her hair is still damp and in the process of drying. Her expression brightens in recognition at him. ]

Oh! Did you need something, sir?

[abyssalwitch]

[ she also will have changed into her pajamas by now but she's giving him a glance as others get the door, ]

Just saying hi? Or did you need something?

[brokenlance]

[it's a teenager who holds himself with the formality and poise of nobility - though there's an awkwardness to him as well, like he's trying to work out what is most acceptable. Having changed into a plain tunic and pants, you can see bruising around his wrist, in the shape of a hand's grip. His other wounds have been cleaned.]

Greetings. Is there something I can do for you?

[undefinery]

[ Hello, sickly Victorian children!! There's a pinky and a brunette crashing your home--

By which I mean they're knocking on the door like civilized people. ]

Hello!! We're the Purple-Haired Protection Committee, here to meet her teammates!

[paci_fisting]

[ Opening it for them ]

The--?

[ Swivels to glance at Mafuyu ]

Oh, you guys know each other?

[suplexer]

[ Some of them are not sickly yet...! Tifa seems to be in decent shape, and she answers the door in her pajamas (a plain white shirt and some cotton shorts) with still-dying hair. She was dying for that shower! (Also, her cuts are cleaned out and bandaged.) ]

Oh, it's you two! So you're Usagi's friends, huh?

[paci_fisting]

[ He disappeared for a hot minute after the initial chaos in the gym, but does eventually arrive balancing a bunch of trays of cafeteria food in his arms. He's surprisingly good at this, maybe his secret identity is being a waiter ]

Since we don't know how long it's been or how long it's gonna be... figure everybody's gotta keep their strength up.

[beathollow]

( mafuyu is- trying not to doze off by the time he comes in. though, she only is trying specifically for something like this. even if it doesn't do anything, it's important to eat... )

You could have asked us to come help... but thank you-

...

Ah, name...

[brokenlance]

[After Dimitri has changed into more comfortable clothes and cleaned up the bleeding, he sets himself to a new task: chronicling everything that's happened so far. With paper and pencils scavenged from the art room, he begins to write down details of the classroom they awoke in; the voice that demanded their names, the dolls and string and spiders; how the windows rebuffed any attack and their powers were nulled.

For posterity, the page is titled Day 1. And he's already doing homework.

Now out of his uniform, one might notice that his flower tattoo takes the form of a circle of lily-of-the-valley around his neck, and he's sporting a dark purple bruise on his wrist, in the shape of a hand grabbing him. There's not much a bandage can do for that, unfortunately.]

[suplexer]

[ Tifa comes over with some food and sets it down in front of him — it's probably some of whatever Vash brought back from the cafeteria. ]

Hard at work already, huh? Your teachers must love you.

[ She's freshly showered and looking in much better spirits (ha) than earlier. ]

[slicings]

[ blade, for his part, is inspecting about every inch of the dormitory that he can. at the very least, he has shard sword back, slung across his back, its weight a comfort.

it's late in the evening by the time he finishes his search, having turned up nothing important, but that's just as well. it means there are no traps or other such unsavory things in the dormitory - not that whatever has them pinned here would need such things to harm them..

nevertheless. he's feeling.. feverish. tired. moreso even than he usually is. in the kitchen, he prepares a hot compress, pressing it into the knuckles of his right hand with a frown. ]

[brokenlance]

[is that... ✨✨✨A REALLY COOL SWORD?✨✨✨]

Pardon me, but-- I must know, where did you come upon such a sword?

[CLEARLY holding himself back from exploding with interest]

[tiebroken]

[ hello, Mizi is here trying to open the Kenkou dorm door multiple times because she is lost and thinks this place is somewhere else, don't mind her — ]

[beathollow]

( ...?

weird. but rather than telling anyone, mafuyu simply... gets up and gets the door herself- )

Hello?

[some time after botan and blossom leave]

[beathollow]

( the next time she sees you after the girls leave, mafuyu hesitates before speaking. )

Um...

I know it might be strange, but- when my friends were here, we were talking, and decided we wanted our names to match on some level. So while I don't mind if you still use "Usagi" as a nickname, I'm now officially using Snowdrop as an alias.

[brokenlance]

How novel! Snowdrop it is, then.

They're a much beloved flower in Fhirdiad, you know. A blossom resilient enough to bloom even in snow and frost... they were always a lovely sight in winter.