itscurtains | Week One

[Yesterday, everyone woke up in a strange place and realized that they'd been kidnapped, and also that everyone else around them may or may not be kinnies? Wow, what a weird escalation of kin drama! Given what some people have seen of Spongebob's freaky arm thing, though, maybe it's not that at all?

Your Assistant Director, Hester, showed off her stuff and immediately had her life threatened by Lumpy Space Princess, who got her life threatened right back. Maybe you should keep that in mind if you decide to pay Hester any more visits! She won't be making another public appearance this week, but as promised, she'll be available for visits and consultation in the Principal's Office during business hours.

If you don't want to chat with Hester, there's always the school to explore! Some of you might also be receiving mysterious coins next to your bedside this week - those must be useful for something, right? There's lots to do, and you all seem like a group who can make your own fun, so enjoy your first week of school!]

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(( OOC: This will be the last mod post for this week! Feel free to start submitting regains for any threads that aren't with Hester. Remember, song threads mean an extra coin! This is a peace week, so get all that CR while you can! ))

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[Somehow, tiny science boy weighs less than the trombones that are dislodged. Maya is able to roll out of the pile and onto her feet. Despite the obvious calamity that had befallen her, she still maintains a fair bit of grace. Quickly, she grabs one of the instruments, holding it out like a weapon as she approaches the raccoon.]

Just a moment, Varian-san. I will help you get this thing off.

[She won't hurt it. Just... Extend the trombone enough to give the raccoon a little nudge.]

[The end of the trombone pokes Ruddiger's fat raccoon butt, enough to startle him into scurrying around to grip on the back of Varian's head now instead of the front. Sorry Maya, you're going to have to try way harder to actually get him off.

Varian gasps now that he can actually breathe, Ruddiger's tail wrapped comically around his neck like a big bushy scarf.]

W-wait, Maya, don't hurt him! This is- [He sputters when Ruddiger's tail smacks him in the face.] -Ruddiger! He's my friend!

[NOT THAT...he knows how the FUCK he got in that machine, but.]

[Maya makes a face at the raccoon moves, but doesn't let go. She starts to lift the instrument up, but --]

Did you just say he's your friend?

[Maybe it isn't so weird that the youngest of their bunch has an animal companion but... Still.]

Yeah! He's, uh...he sort of kept sneaking into my lab? I had a trap set for pests, and he was getting stuck in it all the time no matter how much I put him back out...turns out the guy was just hungry. I started feeding him to keep him away from my experiments, and he sort of just...ended up staying around, after that?

[And Varian, a boy with very few friends, took to Ruddiger after he bothered to give him a name. In that sense, he was his first real friend.]

I don't know how he got in that machine...maybe he got picked up with me and was trying to find food...

[He's trying and failing to calm Ruddiger as he talks, reaching a hand back to rub his head between his ears. The raccoon doesn't seem afraid of Varian at all, which is telling...just maybe everything else.]

[In the end, Maya supposes that this is the least weird thing that's happened since they got here. She steps back, then sets the trombone down.]

I suppose I should be glad that you were able to find a friend. [Though... she purses her lips.] I suppose you'll want it to sleep in the dorm with us?

[Varian keeps his hand on Ruddiger's head, mostly trying to ground and calm him more than anything, since he's still trembling against his neck.]

Uhhh, well...I kindof don't really want to leave him anywhere else, but I understand if you guys might not be comfortable with that.

[It's cute, in a way. Even if she still feels ambivalent about having it in her room.]

I'm not the only one to make that decision. [She tilts her head, just a little.] He isn't rabid, is he?

Rabid? Oh, oh no-

[That gets Varian to laugh, though it's not like his time period really has a concept of vaccines on lockdown yet...]

He's just scared, see? Look, Ruddiger, this is my friend Maya. I promise she isn't going to hurt you.

[Ruddiger- who seems to actually respond to his name and in some way, somehow, understand what Varian is saying- peers around Varian's head at Maya. For a long moment he doesn't move until, eventually, he leans forward a bit to sniff cautiously at the air in her direction.]

She's just as scared of you as you are of her, I believe...neither of you got a chance to get off on the right foot.

[Maya isn't sure that she trusts it, considering how weird the raccoon is acting. But since Varian hasn't been viciously mauled just yet, she'll take it as a good sign. In fact, he seems relatively obedient -- something at a mindless, rabid creature probably wouldn't be.

Since "Ruddiger" is nosing forward, Maya reaches out a hand in kind. She holds it palm up.]

If you are a friend, then I have no intentions of harming you.

[Ruddiger seems UNSURE himself...but after he's sniffed at Maya's hand, he'll deem her safe and a Friend who doesn't want to trombone him to death-

Have you ever pet a Raccoon, Maya? Because Ruddiger is a slut for attention, and he's pushing his head against your hand much like a dog would.]

See? Perfectly harmless.

[Oh, this is... odd. It's very much like a cat, but... Very clearly not. Nevertheless, she scratches behind Ruddiger's ears with... very little experience, honestly. She's not the pet type, honestly.]

He's... sweet.

[Varian smiles, smoothing his hand down the Raccoon's back. He's glad to see he's calmed down some...he knows this atmosphere must be overwhelming, since they were just at his lab and all.]

I'll try to make sure he stays out of trouble...and out of the way. I doubt everybody is going to be as receptive to a wild raccoon in the building.

Just... Keep him from some of the others? [She glances around just a little skeptically.]

I don't trust Angus to not attempt to skin it. Or Spongebob not to make friends with it.

[The mention of being skinned actually causes Ruddiger to pull back slightly, giving one of those soft, raccoon chitters until Varian pets him again. Seems he CAN understand...]

Don't worry bud, it'll be alright. Anybody comes after you, they'll have to answer to me.

[Maya almost looks guilty at that. She's sympathizing with an animal, what the hell is going on here?]

You can come to me as well, if Varian-san is not available. Only if he is not available.

[Ruddiger nods.

>Ruddiger will remember this]

Thanks, but don't worry about that too much. You'll end up spoiling him if you're not careful, and then you'll have a real problem on your hands.

I have no plans on spoiling him. Only protecting an ally of an ally.

[Which means if he plays his cards right, he might get pieces of food from time to time. Oops.]

[Oops!!]

Allies, huh? I was just assuming we were friends, honestly.

Friends... I think that could work, too.

Glad to hear we're on the same page.

[That said...]

Are you alright, by the way? All of that just there looked, uh...pretty nasty.

Week One

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