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[principals]

Who: All y'all
When: Day 1 – Morning
Where: Everywhere
What: School is in

[Somewhere, a bell begins to ring. You may know the type—obnoxious and loud, signalling the start of a brand new day of lectures and learning. Rise and shine, lovelies; wakey wakey eggs and bakey! And with that, just as the toll falls silent, you hear the sound you may have been waiting for: the click of a lock.

You're free to explore.]

Comments

[soldieronwards]

For hanging around in a school with a bunch of confused teenagers?

[cantstopthebeat]

[she shakes her head]

For places with teams.

[soldieronwards]

[pausing]

You've been to this sort of place too?

In the dorm where I woke up--there were three people familiar with this setup.

[cantstopthebeat]

I have. I managed to survive.

[...]

Who are they? I know there are a few places, like Aather, Sabra... and I'm from the Library.

[soldieronwards]

...

[wow, she's really kind of young to be talking about "managing to survive," but he'll let that go for now]

Kids a few years older than you. Kit, Coco, and Shinichi.

[cantstopthebeat]

—I know Kit and Coco! They were my teammates!

[nevermind that teal was a different team, but. you know. married teams.]

[soldieronwards]

Then you're not alone here. That's good.

Not that anyone ought to be here in the first place.

[cantstopthebeat]

No, they shouldn't.

You saw the Student Handbook and the poster, right? Does your team have anything like that...?

[soldieronwards]

Uh-huh. We're not allowed to murder each other, and we're supposed to be teams.

Comforting, right?

[just ignore all that sarcasm]

[cantstopthebeat]

It's better than the Library. There were no rules against murdering each other.

[said ... very simply, like it's just a Fact Of Life.]

The teams are comforting, though.

[soldieronwards]

Aw, hell, girl...

[cantstopthebeat]

[she waves it off quickly]

It's fine.

[it's not, but she doesn't want to drag people along with her drama.]

[soldieronwards]

I'm sure.

[--that it's not fine at all, that is. But she wants to pretend it's okay for now, so he'll let her]

"The Library" sounds nice and comforting. Too bad it wasn't. I wonder if this will be "the School."

[cantstopthebeat]

It was the Gallery before something happened. [a pause] I hope it's not.