[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

[chapter6spoilers]

[counting...the number of people here, before rubbing at his hair]

No, no. . .it's fine. Just wasn't expecting so many others.

But the more the merrier, yeah? Safety in numbers and all that.

[tailsofwoe]

That's the theory, anyway. Hopefully it will prove true in practice.

[chapter6spoilers]

If we could all get along that would be ideal too, but I don't like the fact that we're split into different classes.

[tailsofwoe]

Factions do often exist in opposition to one another... But that also assumes all these "classes" will hold together.

[chapter6spoilers]

I assume they're all strangers like us, yeah. But there wouldn't be any reason to separate us if they wanted us all to work together.

. . .

Ah, just to check--you know who you are, right? No memory loss?

[tailsofwoe]

Mm? Nothing like that, to be the best of my knowledge. Why do you ask?

[chapter6spoilers]

That's good. . .given how much we've been manipulated so far, I figured amnesia would be on the table too.

But. That doesn't seem to be the case for most people, so I'm relieved.

[tailsofwoe]

[ A slight, curious incline of her head. ]

Most people... Is that not the case for yourself?

[chapter6spoilers]

Aaah. . .somewhat. But my memories were unreliable before coming here. I was worried it might be a repeat scenario for others, but at least I can put my mind at ease there.

[tailsofwoe]

... My condolences, then. It sounds like you come from some complicated circumstances indeed.

[chapter6spoilers]

Putting it lightly, to be honest. But, there's a silver lining. I'm not entirely sure what's happening here, but I hope my own experience can be of use.

[tailsofwoe]

Anything that can help keep your head above water has to be worth something in a place like this.

[chapter6spoilers]

Better to stay aimlessly adrift than drown? That's a positive way of looking at it.

[tailsofwoe]

Naturally. You only have hope of finding your way to shore in one of those scenarios.

[chapter6spoilers]

Mm, you're right of course. I've just met people a bit more. . .hopeless than that. They might see that as just prolonging their suffering with false hope.

But I see the value in it, so. I'll do my best.