[. . . july showers bring august ghosts]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: EVERYONE
When: August 3, wobbly hands
Where: Around the school!
What: some things happened. the school is suddenly a lot more crowded
Warnings: references to blood and bite injuries, but otherwise, non! unless you bring something to the party yourself

[August 3 stars off. . . weird.]

[The morning bell chimes at 6 a.m., as it usually does! But there appears to be a very thin layer of fog settled against the ground outside. Some of it seeps into the school's hallways, before dissipating in a few wisps of haze. Weird??]

[As the day goes on, you feel like you can hear strange whispers echoing in the air-- a voice, hissing the word miiiiiiiine over and over again. Also weird!]

[And by the time the afternoon hits, you may find yourself running into some very unwanted guests. You've been here two weeks, and this is the first time you're seeing these guys?? Where have they been??]

[By the way, the nurse's office is unlocked!]

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THE NURSE'S OFFICE

[sevenhorrorsmods]

[Look at that! You have the supplies of a mini-trauma hospital now! That's probably a good thing, considering your new. . . ah. friends]

[There is a large pool of smeared blood right outside the entrance, though.]

[Something happened here]

Re: THE NURSE'S OFFICE

[rugpull]

[laying on the floor, bloody arm/shoulder

blood smeared on face

bloody hands

sewing needle held loosely in one hand still

tired]

I'm hungry.

Re: THE NURSE'S OFFICE

[chapter6spoilers]

[finishing wrapping his leg



there is the decapitated head of a jinmenken just hanging out. dwbi]

[reapoman]

[ Mister almost got cut in half, reporting for duty. He looks rough, bitten and cut up and his midsection is heavily bandaged. He's pretty much passed out on a cot somewhere. Safe to say most of the blood on the floor is indeed his.

He'll crack an eye open if someone approaches, though. ]

[tailsofwoe]

[ A little bit of blood on her hands and uniform, but it's not her own. She looks relatively unscathed, actually!

But she does look a little tired with the way she's slumped back against a chair. ]

[ordimame]

[IS. . . ALSO HERE. . . slumped up against a wall with Mocha's head in his lap, probably. he looks pretty unscathed! except for some dried blood at the back of his head, because someone is not allowed to be useful in explorations run by his player]

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[presgarddihellis]

[SOMEONE USING A WASHER ON A STRING TO LEAD HIM HERE LIKE SOME SHADY SEER OR SOMETHING.]

... good heavens.

[ANZEN WHAT DID YOU DO?]

[memori3s]

[ Ever since he'd received the ice pack from the nurse's office, Minato's made occasional trips there to see if he can catch a glimpse of whatever might be in there. After all, something must have left it behind for him, right? And given the item's cute pawprint-design along with the fact that it's not haunted -- whatever's in there must be friendly! Probably!

He makes it partway to the nurse's office today, but upon spotting the commotion, returns to the dorms to retrieve said ice pack just in case.

Given all the blood on the floor outside the entrance, said ice pack probably isn't going to be very helpful though... On the other hand. Hm.

Minato kneels down and dips his fingertips into the blood. ]

...

[ Ah ok. It's real blood... just checking. ]

[mogger]

[ if you're hurt, she will approach you ]

Ya need a hand?

[ otherwise, she's loading up on supplies. if she catches you looking at her, she just raises an eyebrow ]

[ratiocinations]

[this sure is a troy pizza gif kinda vibe]

What in heaven’s name happened here?

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[darkholder]

[happens to walk in now that it's unlocked]

...What happened to all of you?

[gamboler]

[ Some of the students who came to "introduce" themselves a few days ago are now involved in whatever this incident is...COINCIDENCE??

...Maybe. He's showing up fashionably late after the blood has been cleaned up and everyone's wounds have been more or less patched up. ]

...Seems as though I've missed out on the action.

[ touches ground something happened here etc, also these are sure some...intense supplies... ]

[suplexer]

[ The school has been relatively quiet since their arrival here, the appearance of those nekomata and a thunderstorm aside. So when there's all this commotion, it's not difficult to be drawn toward it.

Especially with all that blood pooled in the hallway.

Tifa rushes over, skidding to a halt near the doorway. She sidesteps the blood and presses into the nurse's office, noting that there's already a group of people here to question (and fuss). While it's good that the room is finally open and seems to be well-stocked with supplies, everything else going on here seems like a mess. ]

What's going on?

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[bowtiedbones]

[aaaaaaaaaaaa]


Does... anyone have any broken or dislocated bones?

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[eonsadrift]

[ The pool of blood is way more interesting than the medical supplies that likely wouldn't do much for him anyway, as is the... carnage within. He observes with a low whistle, but doesn't make any move to help anyone injured. ]

So they're this strong, huh... looks like it was some fight.

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[faultlieswith]

[ A trauma center with blood smeared everywhere? Sounds about right.

After the bustle with the Anzen patients calms down, Ishmael takes notice of the books and sits down to read through them. She knows basic first aid, but something a bit more advanced is obviously necessary around here.

If anyone gets close, she'll look up and greet them with: ]

You should take a look at these books too. The more people who know how to do this stuff, the better.

[presgarddihellis]

[someone here is used to gray fogs and therefore when A type of fog rolls in, he's pretty sure some shit's just happened.

all the new spooks and the voices just confirm.

but he does pull out the metal washer he's put onto a line of cloth and starts trying to see if he can't get a direction for WHERE THE HELL THE SOURCE OF THE COMMOTION IS. probably, after a few shitty readings, he'll end up at the nurse's office.]

[darkholder]

[looking at the metal washer as she happens across him]

What is that?

[whaledforc6]

[Someone hadn't been here since the first day he fell back asleep. He'd been stuck roaming around, kind of confused tbh, but trying to chat up with random ghosts here and there.

It goes as well as one would expect.

So by the time he finds other regular students, you might see that he's covered in random bruises or cuts, but tbh, he seems pretty cheerful about it.]

Is it lunchtime?

[bowtiedbones]

[she's got bruises and scrapes from her bad luck curse but dude]

Um, I think so. I think I heard the bell earlier?

[suplexer]

[ Tifa comes speed-walking around a corner, her face white as (har har) a ghost as she grabs the wrist of whoever is walking the opposite direction to pull them back. ]

Not that way. [ Her tone is hushed and harried, quivering with what seems to be genuine fear. ] I think there's a ghost over there...

[ It's the first time she's just seen one out and about like this (nekomata aside), and she almost hopes she was seeing things. But she's pretty sure that's not the case. ]

[darkholder]

[pausing for a moment as her wrist is grabbed]

...What did you see?

[velluminous]

[ she knew it. she KNEW it.

she is leaving the library when it happens. her arms are overfull of books and right then, something cold brushes past her. something drifts by in the corner of her vision. her head snaps up; she sees the pallid woman in the kimono. a cold stone drops in her stomach.

anyone passing by will hear the shrill scream which sounds in that moment, or they may round the corner to see Severine stagger back as the ghost lunges forward, an arm raised to shield her face from an anticipated blow. every single book hits the floor, but in the instant after, Severine collects them with more speed than care—favouring that arm—and takes off at a half-run towards Kin'un.

maybe you cross paths? ]

[suplexer]

[ It's that blood-curdling scream that causes Tifa to run toward the library, worried that something terrible has happened. She knows it's probably ghost-related, but the possibility that someone is in grave danger is enough for her to forget about her fears, at least for a moment.

And just as she expected, there's a ghost attacking someone, grabbing for her. Tifa's seen the strange woman with blue skin and horns in passing, but had been too bewildered by her to ever approach. Now, though, she rushes forward, doing everything she can to help her gather up the books. (Are they that important? Can't they just leave them?) ]

Quick, let's run!

[ She's doing her very best not to make any kind of eye contact with the ghoul. ]

[bowtiedbones]

[sitting at a table in the cafeteria and watching a pair of Mischief Makers tie her shoelaces together. she can see them easily if she leans back, but it seems they haven't noticed that they're not totally hidden yet.]

What in the world...

[darkholder]

[watches this]

Are they bothering you?

[titlecard]

[ Listen, when you've devoted the last few years of your life to fighting bad guys and you see ghosts start to roam the halls, it's only natural for instincts to kick in. Especially when they're wearing armour? And are kind of imposing for it?

So Mark is acting before he's even thinking, yelling as he moves to punch the ghost. Surely that'll kill it somehow—

Except his yell is met with a piercing shriek, which has him faltering, attempted punch already going off-balance before his shoulder is grabbed and ow ow ow what the fuck—

And the ghost is gone and he's just standing there in the hallway like a jackass, hand clutching his shoulder and looking around helplessly.

Under his breath: ] What the fuck...

[bowtiedbones]

Why did you try to punch it!? Let me see, let me see–

[flutters her hands, COME HERE]

[inexorableiron]

[When you have Kai-un luck, you finish your lunch, walk out of the cafeteria and get immediately flanked by armored ghosts.

What follows is some yelling, a lot of swearing (some of it in orc), and a moment later Magus is slamming the door shut behind him, now with giant marks on his front and back, breathing hard]

Fucking shit, I hate today.