[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

[selfportraiture]

No problem. I mean, it's the least I can do, right? We're all stuck in this crappy situation together.

And it seems like I got off "lightly".

[Not too lightly, but better than everyone else.]

[cupidsammo]

Mm... Did you find the key?

[selfportraiture]

Yes.

... It was under the teacher's podium, before you ask.

[cupidsammo]

.... Oh.

I should have tried looking a little harder, too.

[selfportraiture]

Don't blame yourself too much. We had barely any time in there, and it was really tense.

[...]

We barely found it in time.

[cupidsammo]

[ Yeah, but...

The words go unsaid. ]

W- well, I suppose we still all made it out.

[selfportraiture]

... Right.

[Yeah, she might've put her foot in her mouth there.

Oops...]

Um, I'm going by Botan here, by the way.

[cupidsammo]

—Ah, right! Thank you very much, Botan... I'm sorry I can't introduce myself properly yet. I wasn't thinking of any names.

[selfportraiture]

Oh.

[... She feels a little sheepish now.]

That was one of the first things we did...

... Were our priorities super skewed...?

[This is Mizuki's fault.]

[cupidsammo]

But it's a good idea to have them, isn't it? We got caught up in trying to figure out where we were and how to get out, that's all.

[selfportraiture]

Yeah, the sensible things to worry about.

[Oh well... it worked out for them, so can't be too embarrassed about it.]

But yeah, since it seems like it's going to take a bit longer to get outta here, we should be careful about what we call each other.

[cupidsammo]

[ ... ]

I... guess that voice is still out there somewhere, huh...

[selfportraiture]

Seems like a pretty safe bet, yeah.

[A sigh.]

So just... be careful.

[cupidsammo]

[ a small nod ]

... I will. I'll make sure not to give out my name, at least.

[selfportraiture]

Yeah, that's definitely step number one.

[It's a good start, anyway.]

I'm gonna go check on everyone else. It's a mess out here. Uh... try to come up with a name soon too, okay? So I have something to call you!

[cupidsammo]

[ with another small nod, ]

... Okay. Thank you again—I should be okay from here.