[. . . 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!]

Comments

[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. ]

[isdf]

[This is a sight to walk into, indeed. As she doesn't appear to be in an urgent state, he greets her with his usual, polite smile.]

Are you all right, Foxglove?

[tailsofwoe]

[ Motions to herself. ]

Perfectly unharmed, as you can see. You should probably save that question for the others.

[isdf]

I intend to ask everyone the same.

[He shan't treat her differently, simply because she appears fine.]

Before that, can you tell me what happened?

[tailsofwoe]

[ A long exhale. ]

Alright. We were out and about as a group when we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by fog, a train crossing looming ahead. We tried to head away from it, but we were pursued by a number of things—jinmenken, a train, and ultimately a ghostly hand with a scythe.

[isdf]

How did you manage to get away?

[cupidsammo]

[ Well, Koharu still mentally goes 'aaaaa aa aaaa aaa' upon seeing her. ]

T- there's so many of you in here...

[ And in various states of bloody!! ]

[tailsofwoe]

[ As gently as she can manage: ]

Yes, we were caught when we were out as a group. It's probably for the best that we were—a few of us undoubtedly would have died without the others' help.

[cupidsammo]

[ oh dear lord ]

What happened out there...?

[tailsofwoe]

We really were just minding our own business in the halls when we found ourselves under attack by a varied range of assailants—jinmenken, a train, a ghostly scythe-wielding hand...

[cupidsammo]

... A train? In the halls?

[mogger]

[ swings by to check on her too ]

[tailsofwoe]

[ Offers her a casual wave despite the circumstances. ]

[mogger]

You good, Foxglove? Anything need dressing?

[tailsofwoe]

No, I'm alright. At most, I could use a change of clothes.

[mogger]

Well, I can't help ya with that! But I'm glad you're not maimed.

[titlecard]

[ Well at least she looks not too bad. You take the wins you can... An awkward little wave. ]

Hey, um.

[ awkward beat. ]

What even happened...?

[tailsofwoe]

[ Waves back as casually as one can in such a situation. ]

It would seem we drew the attention of an unsavory something.

[titlecard]

... Oh.

[ f. fair enough. ]

What were you doing when it happened? N— Not to say you did anything wrong, just, if it's something we can avoid doing in the future...

[tailsofwoe]

I'm afraid that may prove difficult, seeing as we were doing little more than walking down a hallway.

[titlecard]

[ ... ]

Yeah, that's gonna be tough, huh. Shit.

[ He's quiet for a moment. ]

So this could happen to any of us at any time.

[parttimesoldier]

[Suzuha swings on by, pausing for a second to glance around at the Anzen crew in various states of injured and tired in here.]

...Guess it was too much to hope for that the cats would be the only things chasing you guys around.

[tailsofwoe]

[ Looks up and cracks an ironic smile. ]

Admittedly, I was never quite that optimistic.

[parttimesoldier]

Doesn't hurt to hope for the best sometimes.

[There's a fleeting smile on her own face.]

How you holding up?

[tailsofwoe]

Just fine. I barely sustained a scratch. [ Gestures to the room of bleeding and bedridden people. ] The others, however, were not quite as lucky.