Week Four

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, Gershwin High School Academy University saw its very first intentional murder! What a milestone! And right after Spongebob's No Murder party, too - that doesn't seem like it bodes very well for anybody's future.

You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.

Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))

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[samefacesyndrome]

[ In the morning, Rina spends her time in the dance studio. She's got the electronic face board on as she stretches and practices dancing, trying to regain whatever time she's lost these last few weeks not remembering that she WAS indeed already a school idol. Wearing the board helps - she has to perform with it after all! So she needs to be used to it.

After that she spends some of her afternoon at animal husbandry with the animals, before heading over to the regains machine and getting a whole bunch of stuff. Two things in particular get her attention though. First is the CD which has her and all her friends on it. She stares at it for a very long time, knowing that even though she doesn't remember this CD it must have all them singing together on it and that makes her feel very warm... and a little melancholic as she thinks about how long it's been since she's seen any of them.

...and then the knife comes out.

And she screams.

After all that though, she eventually makes it to the library. She's set herself up at one of the tables, some crafting books in front of her and a whole bunch of thread and beads from the costume shop. She seems to be working on something but the instant anyone approaches she quickly tries to hide them. ]

D-Don't look! They're not ready yet...!!

[ Additionally, in the dorm area there's a piece of paper stuck to the wall with a little pen on a string next to it. ]

Please write down your name and favorite colour! Multiple colours welcome and encouraged. > v <

[violentenvies]

....I suppose. [Salieri arches an eyebrow at that, before taking a couple steps so he can lean over her shoulder to look at it.

After a moment he makes a slight snorting sound, like he's swallowing a laugh]

Some of these are, ah...quite creative.

Library

[brokeforgood]

Come on—- [Farrah’s trying to peek anyway, she’s a m e n a c e—-]

Let me see! You can let me see, right?

[fourbutts]

Alright, then... yeah. We'll stick together, as much as we can. Keep each other safe and all that.

[brokeforgood]

What can I say? I like to add my own personal touch to things.

Clark’s was that he died instantly, crashing his car because he couldn’t stop looking at his own hair in the rear-view mirror. But then I felt sad and petty, and realized I shouldn’t death wish Annleighs boyfriend, no matter how perfect his hair is, just because she pays more attention to him than me.

[mcfife]

[Somewhere from the courtyard, Angus is giving the heavenly voice from above a thumbs-up.]

[violentenvies]

Yes, everything's fine. I just wanted to check on everyone before I left, that's all.

[comeandfindme]

I think...it's possible this whole place was just...made for us. Like it never really existed before the Wizard had need for it.

[ Which is possibly the scariest thing she's said out loud so far. ]

[mcfife]

[He's got to be good at climbing if he can scale mountains, he should be pretty good and this stuff, even if it's steeper than what he's used to.]

[stagemanagers]

[It might have been something carved into the tree trunk, once. But the tree is alive and growing, still. These are scars, healed over now to the point of illegibility. You can see that there were straight lines and angles, but you can't read what it might have said once.]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[They can be! Some of the nicest people she knows might have been penguins. Doubtful, but maybe!]

Let's hope then. He didn't deserve this. [She spares a look around the garden, at the other benches.] None of them deserved to be remembered like... this. It's like some cruel joke.

1/2

[samefacesyndrome]

[ dffklhgjdkfljhl she covers them up with her arms and desperately tries to find something else to put on top of them. ]

Nooooo...! They're a surprise--!!

[samefacesyndrome]

[ But then she stops ]

Oh but I did have something to give to you right now, Farrah-san.

[alchemistake]

[BYE HE LOVES U MWAH Im adding this extra tag so I can get two coins don't mind meeee]

[mcfife]

We stretch first. [He leans from side to side, holding his arms above his head.] Your muscles must be smooth and prepared before they do any hard work.

[And stops.]

We start with the neck and shoulders, then onto our arms. Just follow my lead!

[samefacesyndrome]

[ GROSS ]

Band Room

[stagemanagers]

[In the back of one of the taller instrument shelves, where it ordinarily would've been covered up by some instruments:]

CAN YOU READ THIS?

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah doesn’t look, but she sure does pretend like she’s trying to continue to look. She freezes once Rina says that, though, and leans back, no longer trying to peek.]

Really? You do?

[whatyouwant]

[Elle hears the scream and comes running.]

Rina! Are you okay?

[samefacesyndrome]

Uh huh.

If I give it to you, you gotta promise not to look at my other surprise! Okay?

[samefacesyndrome]

[ She's whimpering now and quickly puts a teary Rina-chan board up. ]?

E-Elle-san...! There's a knife! The vending machine dropped another knife...! A-And there's blood...!

[ It's just laying on the ground now after Rina realized what it was and dropped it. ]</small?

Vending Machine

[whatyouwant]

[The only think Elle saw was the fire. Fearing the worst, she runs towards the vending machine.]

Elsa! Are you- [She catches sight of the salamander.] Oh! Hey there, little cutie!

[brokeforgood]

Okay, I think I can manage that. [Farrah sits down on the other side of the table, and even helps Rina pop some books up as a shield.]

[whatyouwant]

[Elle moves over to Rina to scoop her into a hug.]

Are you okay? Are you hurt?

[barberic]

[Benjamin sucks in a breath, holding it for just a second or two as Orpheus edges closer, like his instinct is to hold his ground for a strike.

But Orpheus' words soothe the foreign instinct and something hard and guarded in Benjamin's eyes clears slightly. He sets his jaw, and nods, shakily.]

Thank you.

[His rough, deep voice almost breaks, whisper-soft.]

Thank you, my friend.