[physical education 101]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: transfer students
When: July 1̷̝̤̳̙̫̭̻̝͓̄̇̾̀̕͝9̸̙̱̹͍̮̈́́̀̅͛̐̔̋ 20
Where: the. . . gymnasium?
What: an ice breaker
Warnings: moderate physical injury (not debilitating), psychological horror (absolutely debilitating)

[The school is empty. The school is quiet. The only sound that cuts through the silence is the soft ticking of the hallway clocks that mark the passing of each second.]

[. . .]

[At least. . . until a stiff breeze whips through the classrooms, scattering dirty papers and jerking the curtains aside. The clock strikes 6:00 a.m.]

[The school bell chimes.]

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Comments

[bowtiedbones]

Slept through what...

[opens her eyes so she can AIM HER NEXT SWAT

oh that's a stranger. there's other people here.]

[ordimame]

[yes hi his track suit is sky blue!]

I'm a little jealous!

[bowtiedbones]

I didn't choose to be here!

[ordimame]

I would have, if I had the choice.

[huffs!! and plops himself down on a nearby bleacher]

. . . you're in yellow.

[bowtiedbones]

And you're in blue. I thought we were the only ones here...

[ordimame]

So did I. And I can't say I'm inspired by finding out there are more of us.

[bowtiedbones]

It was hard enough imagining how one of us would get kidnapped. And that was for a normal kidnapping. Was your group from all different places too?

[ordimame]

[THINKS ABOUT HIS GROUP AND THE THINGS HE LEARNED ABOUT THEM. . . . . .]

I didn't ask, but I think so. One of them had never heard of Japan.

[bowtiedbones]

We had a girl from Japan, but she thought magic was fake. I think another guy is from space?

[ordimame]

[ah]






. . . I also think-- thhhhhought. . .?-- that the magic one of the kids was talking about was fake.

[did not believe in actual ghost involvement, either. kind of hard to deny now]

[bowtiedbones]

It's definitely real. But also real in different ways in different places? Apparently?

[ordimame]

[shrugs]

. . . beats me!

Does this mean you're a. . . sorcerer?

[bowtiedbones]

I'm a mage. But where I'm from, all humans have a little bit of magic.

[ordimame]

[. . . cool. . . . . . . . .]

I can't even imagine. . . that's the kind of thing that only happens in stories where I'm from.

[bowtiedbones]

Not the right kind of story, unfortunately… Whatever magic is going on here is unfamiliar to me.

[ordimame]

. . . some people in my class think it's ghosts.

[a notion he didn't believe at first, but now. . .]

[bowtiedbones]

Mmmmm, by movie logic it would be ghosts. Human ghosts really aren't this strong where I'm from. They're just kind of sad and annoying.

[ordimame]

[. . .]

[does he want to ask. should he ask. he shouldn't ask. he should keep his mouth shu--]

Do you. . . deal with human ghosts a lot back home?

[bowtiedbones]

I deal with um...

Animal ones?

[ordimame]

And where are they on the. . . power level scale?

[bowtiedbones]

Mine are um... a little different. I work with dragons and make them possess their skeletons.

So wherever you would rank your chances against a dragon.

[ordimame]

Burned to a crisp before I could even yell for help, I imagine.

[bowtiedbones]

That sounds about right.

[ordimame]

[grrrroans]

. . . if it is ghosts, then maybe your experience will be. . . helpful?

[far more helpful than his own, he thinks]

[bowtiedbones]

I'd really like it if it was something the people with experience hitting things could hit.