[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.]

[ Team rooms | Endgame | Rewards ]

Comments

[gamboler]

...You're seeing them too, aren't you?

[ He figured his team couldn't be the only ones, and that haunted look in Akechi's eyes is one he quickly recognizes. ]

[laevateinns]

[ !! finally, someone else who does! akechi almost looks relieved. ]

Yes. ...I take it this isn't an independent hallucination, then.

[gamboler]

So it would seem.

[ So that's! Fine!!! ]

It seems our captors aren't quite content to let us live down our loss without some lingering side-effects.

[laevateinns]

[ so!! fine!!

akechi makes an annoyed noise. ]

Who has time for this? [ he snaps. ] As if I want to be questioning everything I see now, too.

[gamboler]

Try not to let it get to you. I get the impression that that's exactly what they want.

[ Don't give them the satisfaction, Akechi!! ]

[laevateinns]

[ TRULY AN EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT.

he frowns, thinking. ]

You're saying this is all... possibly just to mess with us.

[ punish them?

ha... haha. he starts laughing a little. ]

Ah... so we're in hell.

[ he says cheerfully!! ]

[gamboler]

[ Aventurine nods. Helpfully!!! ]

Now you're getting the idea. I never expected hell would be a school, but here we are.

[laevateinns]

[ so helpful!! akechi snorts. ]

I'm sure many students would disagree with you- but not me. There are certainly worse places.

[ he puts a hand to his chin. ]

Though I suppose a school does have the idea... The progression towards something... Hmm...

[ he seems lost in his own head for a moment. ]

[gamboler]

[ He's going somewhere with this, and this kid seems sharp enough that Aventurine is curious what the destination is. ]

Graduation is typically the goal, is it not? But what does that mean in the context of this...atypical curriculum?

[ That's one thing to call it, sure. ]

[laevateinns]

Graduation... [ akechi laughs. ] Ah, there's the thing. We could graduate onto a better place... or graduate onto a "better place," if you catch my meaning.

[ still- ]

It seems an awful lot of work just to kill us.

[ as if discussing the weather. ]

[gamboler]

[ in this thread we discover this game was just a good place au all along— ]

Haven't you ever heard of playing with your food?

[laevateinns]

[ ohhh, DIP, i knew this was the bad place!!

akechi laughs. ]

I have, but even that seems a bit… [ he gestures vaguely. ] Though I suppose I shouldn’t rule it out. There are all sorts in this world, after all.