[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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[demergo]

[ just koro it is then! he smiles a little. ]

Thank you for helping me, Koro. [ looking between the two of them. ]

...did you get cleaned up already? [ only now does he realize that compared to him, minato is considerably less of a mess. ]

[memori3s]

[ A nod for Toby. He did patch himself up, but didn't have the chance to fully wash up just yet. ]

It was the first thing I did when my group escaped here.

[demergo]

You escaped? You didn't get a bunch of threads and spiders? [ he hasn't noticed, but he is the owner of a "tried to trick a ghost" sticker. ]

[memori3s]

[ Another nod. ]

Yes, through the door.

[ Minato's gaze happens to land on Toby's sticker and -- huh. ]

"Tried to trick a ghost"...?

[demergo]

[ follows his gaze and looks down. tries to read it upside down, muttering through it until he realizes... oh it's just what minato said. ]

...the ghost got mad at us because we gave it fake names.

[memori3s]

[ Wait that's smart... ]

Oh. Our group never thought of that.

[demergo]

It was Mr. Adair's idea. He's really smart.

[ tilting his head. ]

How'd you find the key?

[memori3s]

[ not smart enough to find the key tho -- ]

It was in the teacher's podium.

[demergo]

[ listen, sometimes you 5d chess and lose. ]

Ah... we talked about where it could be, but then everything happened so fast...

Is that where the key would usually be?

[memori3s]

Maybe...

[ He supposes he can see the logic. The key would be with the teacher's belongings, wouldn't it? ]

I guess the teacher usually has the key.

[demergo]

[ a small, apologetic smile. ]

I-I haven't been to school in a while, so I don't remember.

[memori3s]

[ ...oh. ]

That's okay. I guess that would make it harder.

[ Still though, this guy looked like he should be in high school, too... Huh. ]

[demergo]

[ "is it okay?" his expression asks, but he doesn't voice it. ]

...do you think the ghosts are going to keep asking us to do things like that?

[memori3s]

They might.

[ Then again, who's to say it was the ghosts who were forcing them to do things like that, as opposed to someone hidden within the school? ]

[demergo]

[ might... ]

W-what else would they do?

[memori3s]

[ Terrible things, probably. ]

Things like...

[ Harming each other, betrayal, getting them to do their dirty work, the list goes on. ]

Making you sing in front of everyone else.

[demergo]

[ singing...haruka lets out a sound that's similar to when you accidentally step on a cat's paw. ]

Not again....

[memori3s]

"Not again"...?

[ Whoa. Looks like he accidentally touched a nerve there... ]

[demergo]

I've had to sing before...I don't remember how I did, b-but I can't be any good at it...

[memori3s]

Why do you say that?

[ People who claim not to be good singers ALWAYS end up being the opposite of -- ]

[demergo]

[ ducking his head a little. ]

B-because I'm not really good at anything...

[memori3s]

That can't be true.

[ Everyone's good at something... ]

[demergo]

Ummm...but...

[ he's got nothin'. ]

[memori3s]

[ He'll think of something, eventually...!

But for now, Minato gives him a couple small pats on the shoulder. Pat pat. There there. ]

[demergo]

[ !?!?

he does pick his head up with a small, shy smile, but now he's distracted. ]

Koro-san...?