[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

[candlestick]

[ He'll look down at the sight of motion, moving just a bit to give him some space to get up. ]

I'll keep that in mind as well then.

[presgarddihellis]

Thank you, Ji.

[he'll take that hand up now, actually]

How are the others?

[candlestick]

[ He'll take his hand and actively help hoist him upright rather than just steadying him. ]

Present at least.

[ So no one got lost to them in... whatever the hell just happened. ]

[presgarddihellis]

[let's not think about what just happened because Klein's already getting goosebumps at the thought and feel of lingering webs.

a little surprised to be hoisted but no complaints, really, he's wiped out from the rollercoaster of PTSDs that got triggered. a little shaky still, even.]

Ah... and I'm noticing... a lot more people?

[candlestick]

[ Zuo Le glances over his shoulder at the assembled crowd, frowning slightly. ]

Seems like we weren't the only one subjected to the exact same situation.

[presgarddihellis]

One, two... [counting the different PE outfit colors.] Seven, including ours?

[candlestick]

That's what I've noticed, though a couple of the groups have come in from the outside, so it's possible there are more somewhere else in this building.

[ There aren't, but there's no way for Zuo Le to know that. ]

[presgarddihellis]

... around forty people... that's quite a lot?

[why so many? what kind of ritual???]

[candlestick]

It is...

[ Zuo Le's brows begin to knit together as he starts to realizing something strange about the gathering. ]

Are all of you Aegirs?

[presgarddihellis]

I've never heard the term.

1/2

[candlestick]

[ Oh well that's simple, and Aegir is-- ]

[candlestick]

[ Wait, what does he mean he's never heard the term?! ]

Huh?

[presgarddihellis]

... perhaps I know it by a different term?

[don't tell him he has to explain the concept of different worlds. he can't handle that much after almost losing control...]

[candlestick]

[ He'll get it eventually, it just hasn't all clicked for him quite yet.

For now he'll nod slowly, just focusing on what he can process, which is trying to explain what an Aegir is. ]

It's a pretty wide range of people, but usually they have some sort of tie to the ocean. Some of them have fins, or tentacles, though a lot of them don't have any obvious traits at all.

[presgarddihellis]

[... well, he was a sea god, technically, once...]

That's not... quite right. For me.

[candlestick]

A liberi then...?

[ Though Zuo Le doesn't see any feathers either. ]

[presgarddihellis]

[shakes his head because he doesn't recognize that term, either.]

I'm what's called a Beyonder. Of the Seer Pathway.

[candlestick]

[ Well, seems turnabout is fair play, because: ]

I'm not familiar with those terms...

[presgarddihellis]

I'm not surprised.

[candlestick]

If that's the case...

[ Zuo Le's voice trails off, his eyes casted down as he starts to work this out on his own. It seems wild, like something out of fiction, but he really did hear rumors of something not too dissimilar at the company he works for, and it would explain things...

But it would also open up a lot of other questions too. ]

[presgarddihellis]

Let's think on this later.

I'm... not in a good mental state for it.

[candlestick]

I understand.

[ He actually understands very little, but it seems like things are calmer for now, and he will have time to ponder his thoughts on his own without troubling someone else who is going through the same things he is. ]