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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.]

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[clocksandroses]

[ Yet another in Drama orange! This one is investigating the keypad on the door that leads to the nurse's office. ]

Locked doors, huh …

[cantstopthebeat]

[oh my god it's really her aaaa]

Coco! You really are here!

[clocksandroses]

Wah—! Ferril!

[ Whips around to face her, already pulling up a smile. Different teams, of course we're on different teams, I wonder how many of us are here? ]

[cantstopthebeat]

[Of course we're on different teams, that makes it Math, Art, Music, and Drama so far. . .]

[I hope you're prepared for a huge hug, Coco.]

[clocksandroses]

[ I SURE ARM. Wrapping her arms around Ferril and hugging her super tightly. ]

Who else is here? Do you know?

[cantstopthebeat]

Macaron's on Math. Rue and Vanilla are with me on Music. Fox and Rena are on Art. They're the only ones I've seen so far, aside from you and Kit.

[anoblecaws]

What'cha lookin' at, Coco?

[Have one dark mage peering over your shoulder. He smiles when he sees her, but soon enough he frowns in confusion at the keypad. Technology beyond the medieval era is out of his league.]

...what the heck is that thing?

[clocksandroses]

Hm? This?

[ She shifts so that he can get a better look at it. ]

It's an electronic lock! You have to key in the right sequence of numbers to get it to open.

[anoblecaws]

...

[You've lost him.]

What, so it's powered by thunder magic or something? I don't sense any...

[clocksandroses]

It's not magic. It's generated through technological, mechanical means.

[anoblecaws]

...Oooo-kay.

So you push the buttons with the numbers? Is that it?

[experiencepoints]

[sup, i'm stopping to stare at you.]

... You're not Aoko or Dove.

[clocksandroses]

[ She sure isn't, but she sure does tense a bit at the name "Aoko". ]

Mm, nope. My name is Coco. And you are ...?

[experiencepoints]

Nightingale. From... Math, I guess.

[noticing that tensing, but not commenting yet...]

[clocksandroses]

Zaniah's team.

[ Tension, what tension? Easing into a smile that looks almost completely natural. ]

It's nice to meet you, Nightingale-san. For now, I'm on team Drama.

[experiencepoints]

Yeah. I know her as Belt.

Nice to meet you, I guess.

[lionrogue]

It ain't even got a real lock. What kind've door is that?

[clocksandroses]

It's an electronic lock, Sette-san. If you key in the right sequence of numbers, it'll disengage.

[lionrogue]

So it's some kinda stoopid spellery? It doesn't smell like it.

[clocksandroses]

Mm, no, it's not magic. It's just technology.

[takencontrol]

Coco? Is that you?

[ersatzprince]

[ Do you enjoy being stared at

Hopefully you do because wow such disbelieving staring ]

[clocksandroses]

[ I DO NOT IN FACT ENJOY BEING STARED AT ]

[ So she looks around quickly, and then. Promptly.

Freezes. ]

[ersatzprince]

— Coco...?

[clocksandroses]

[ TACKLES HIM ]