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Seven Horrors ([personal profile] sevenhorrorsmods) wrote in [community profile] sevenhorrors2025-07-19 09:00 am

[physical education 101]

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.]

[ Team rooms | Endgame | Rewards ]
beathollow: (CA. 066)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-20 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. We're in over our heads. It wouldn't have been your fault.

... Thank you, for everything you did in there. I'm sorry I couldn't do more. ... Just looking at marionette strings and the like... it hurts. I lost my composure.
brokenlance: (aggrieved)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-20 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gently,]

There is nothing for you to apologize for. It's only natural to be overwhelmed in such circumstances. Each of us have our strengths and weaknesses - it is no sin to rely on others when your own ability falls short.
beathollow: (FA. 009)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-20 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
( she's supposed to be better than this- she's not supposed to have shortcomings. or fears. she's not...

...

she smiles. )


I'm sorry for worrying you, still. Let's see what we can do for the others, but- I want you to take a rest for a moment, okay? You seemed out of it before I came over.
brokenlance: (matter of fact)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-20 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[nope there's nothing wrong]

I merely needed to catch my breath - I'm all right now. Now that we're able, we need to search for the school medical office as swiftly as possible. There are more people in need than we had even imagined.
beathollow: (L2D. 024)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-20 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. This is an auditorium so it's probably on the same floor... let's go.

( she'll lead the way, though looking at all the bloodied people hurts in her chest- )
brokenlance: (speaking plain)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-20 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She seems to be more familiar with schools of this type, so he'll follow. Though he can understand the reluctance to leave when there's still so many people injured and in distress... stay strong]

An auditorium... is this common for schools of this make?
beathollow: (CA. 012)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It looks a lot like my own so far, though we don't normally have classrooms attached to the auditorium- that's it's own separate area, for a bunch of reasons...

( down the hall, which is just as eerie as everything else. please let her be right- oh, the cafeteria. )

We should stop here, too...
brokenlance: (matter of fact)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
It's quite a small auditorium, compared to the hall at Garreg Mach.

[a pause.]

The cafeteria... do you smell that?

[his sense of taste might be gone, but smell still remains. And he definitely smells food. Dinner?]
beathollow: (CA. 012)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-

( she does. does that mean others are here? staff, or something? )

Maybe we should see if we can bring anything to- ... wherever we're staying...?
brokenlance: (thinky)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[yeah who's cooking]

We should first locate where the dormitories are, or we may be wandering with armfuls of food aimlessly.

But if meals are being prepared, does that mean there are other people here?
beathollow: (FA. 017)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
... Or something...

... Maybe one of us should stay here, just in case- to gather things, too. And the other can find our... residence. We don't know how much longer we have for it to stay open...
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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
You make a good point.

I'll remain here, then. It seems my strength has returned to me, and I'm quite adept at carrying heavy loads.
beathollow: (OA. 023)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'll be quick, I promise.

( and now they do the worst thing: they split the party. goodbye dimitri she is running off! )
brokenlance: (thinky)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, he's going to investigate. Strange that he can't seem to see any people here... but it seems you can fill your own tray, so he's going to grab several and start stacking whatever looks familiar and nutritious. A lot of it is mushy...? And others have unfamiliar yellow substance that he can only assume is cheese. Also, some bruised fruit.

Surely it all tastes fine.

He'll be inspecting these mystery boxes that claim to have milk and juice in them when Mafuyu returns]
beathollow: (L2D. 028)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
( thankfully, she's not gone for long! she returns, coming around the corner and then back into the cafeteria- )

Azure! I found them. Several dorms. It's this way- ah.

( let her take a couple trays- )

... This must be a public school.

( MAFUYU )
brokenlance: (taken aback)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[thank you, let's go]

A public school? You mean, for commoners?

[spoken like this is a shocking concept waaah?]
beathollow: (CA. 012)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mmhm. They don't... tend to get very high quality things, compared to schools like my own...
brokenlance: (speaking plain)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[I'll still too busy being amazed that this is a thing at all]

And anyone, no matter how poor, is allowed to enroll here? ...I wonder how such a program was funded.
beathollow: (CA. 043)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
( mafuyu almost thinks nothing of it before she remembers, oh right, prince. ... fantasy prince, at that. while she leads the way, she tries to explain, then. )

For the youngest age brackets, its compulsory but the government pays for it. Middles school and upward requires fees from the student families and passing entrance exams.

I attend a private school, giving my education standards a higher quality, and it's closed to girls only. Public schools would cost less, have lower standards and... not as great supplies, while being more accessible to lower income families. However, after a certain point, it's no longer required... but society treats teens not pursuing their education poorly.
brokenlance: (authoritative)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
How fascinating. Compulsory education is a theory that's been discussed at length, but we've never been able to put into effect. On a practical level, the only organization with the resources, reach and authority to deliver education on such a scale are local churches.

But, it's a common view among commoners that education beyond basic reading and writing is unnecessary - for them, there is a greater need to have their children begin an apprenticeship, or start at their family's business. To think it could come to a point where not pursuing education into the teenaged years could be seen as blemish.
Edited 2025-07-21 04:56 (UTC)
beathollow: (CA. 066)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's also trade schools. ... I was... aiming to get into medical school next year. But something happened, and I want to make sure it's really the path for me.

( she takes a turn, and at the center of a hallway is an entrance that looks... different from the rest. a glass hallway, showing outside. )

This way.
brokenlance: (warmth)

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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh, that does look different. a good lead to follow]

Medical school... that's quite admirable! But what was it that made you reconsider?
beathollow: (CA. 048)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-21 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
...

( mafuyu inhales slowly, trying to keep her voice even. )

It wasn't my choice.

It's a wonderful path, but- I... wanted something different, when I was younger. It took me a lot to remember that.

( the hallway leads to seven different doors, all color coded. )
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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

[there's a pause, as he considers the meaning behind her words. perhaps it was with the help of her friends, that she remembered her true wish...]

People oft lose sight of the things they once truly wished for. The world can be harsh to one's young dreams.

...I'm glad that you were able to remember what path it was you once wished to tread. No doubt your friends had a hand in that, as well.

[coming to a stop before the doors,]

Huh. One of these colours seems awfully familiar, don't you think?
Edited 2025-07-22 00:05 (UTC)
beathollow: (CA. 067)

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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-24 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Without them, I don't know what I would do.

( how do you convey how precious, how important someone is to another without revealing that they saved you from yourself, gave you light to look to in the dark, a rope to hold onto?

without oversharing on the first day you know each other, that is.





oh hey he found the dorm, yay c: )


That's what I was thinking, yes!

( ... they'll have to do the fun little song and dance of trying to open a door with arms full- )