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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THURSDAY

[stagemanagers]

[employeeoftheyear]

[Like the after party last week, Spongebob is not really seen much outside of the Rodgers Dorm. Instead, people will see his snail inching around the building. Mainly he's going to the library to grab some comic books, before going to the kitchen to-

... Is... is he cooking? He's sitting on a stool in front of a stove with a little spatula and a pan of pancakes frying, so this certainly does look like cooking.]

cooking

[comeandfindme]

[ Throughout the day, Peregrine is practically glued to Janis' side, except for when she goes to get things from the vending machine and continue working her deerskin leather...and get some food for her and Maya. This is how she comes across the cooking snail. ]

...Gary? [ no, she hasn't actually addressed the snail yet before now, but yes she did watch an amount of Spongebob Squarepants as a child, so. ] How can you... You don't have arms!

Cooking

[sugarlumps]

[Walks into the kitchen.]

[Sees this.]

[dot dot dot]

OH GLOB, THE WIZARD CURSED BOB AND TURNED HIM INTO A SLUG!

[fourbutts]

[ Janis... isn't outside, after Wednesday night, not really. But at some point there's a couple papers left up in the restrooms: ]

- Bunch of mannequin parts backstage
- Also weird little dioramas of the executions
- And more carvings asking for help
- And the costumes for the executions
- The second execution stuff was still up and laid out with stage tape, he plans them it's not just magic
- Bad vibes. Really fucking bad vibes.
- That fucker really does care about Hester
- Shit might be repeating and breaking down I have no idea
- No manual controls in the bubble obviously
- No way in or out of that head he's somewhere else
- Fucker's a Marina fan

[ For any other inquiries, or just to check on The State Of Janis... well, she's currently in Broadhurst. Maya and Peregrine are never too far away, but like... it's not like Janis is catatonic, she's able to talk to anyone who wants to talk to her. ]

[mayavericks]

[Sometime before the day is out, Maya tacks a note onto this.]

This may have been premeditated.
Farrah and I discovered a mannequin buried in attire much like the Balladeer's.
The Wizard may have always wanted him dead.

Broadhurst

[whatyouwant]

[Elle checks in around midday, a sandwich on a plate in one hand and Bruiser at her heels. She lightly knocks on the doorframe as she enters.]

Room service.

[sugarlumps]

[Written next to the line about the execution setups-]

<-amateur hour wizard?
laaaaaaaaame >(

[alchemistake]

[It feels so uncomfortably hollow, how they're all expected to just go back to living normally after the death of a friend. It's fucked up how Varian has come to almost expect the routine- the death, the investigation, the trial- so to completely bypass that makes it feel like there's still more yet to come. The other shoe hasn't dropped despite the Balladeer no longer being with them. What he'd heard the Wizard say about him still echoes in the back of his mind.

Varian won't be very easily found on Thursday, mostly because- like many others- he's seeking to be alone. He will be in the Cafeteria briefly to find something to eat- a snack from concessions and a soda, definitely...nothing constituting a real meal, which might ring as a concern- before disappearing again.

Where he's actually going is the Scene Shop. He hasn't been there in a while due to his working on the car, but...he's here most of the early day, sitting among the parts and tools on an overturned box with a little chunk of wood he'd cut in his hand. He's not wearing gloves since what he's doing is more delicate work, the healing scar on his left hand visible when he turns it over to get the chisel he's scraping across the wood into the right place.

It looks like he's carving something, but it's in the early stages. Too difficult to make out what it might be just yet.]

Cafeteria

[samefacesyndrome]

[ Rina was already in the cafeteria, getting more stuff out of the regain machine, wondering if anything else of hers was in there. She only notices Varian showing up and getting some things after the machine had already given her a weird chunk of amber, which she is now holding in both hands and admiring.

When she realizes he's here she finally looks away from it. ]

Oh, Varian-kun.

[ ... ]

Is that all you're eating...?

scene shop CW: slight disassociation

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Cassandra's in here for... It's hard to say why she's come this way. She's not completely certain herself. She was in her dorm, saw some... stuff, and now she's just. Moving about. Sooner or later, her feet bring her through the scene shop's doors.

Swords? Maybe she expects to find another prop sword. Yes, that's it.

She almost doesn't notice Varian is there. Watching him at work on something small and wooden for a full five seconds before... Well, something clicks.]

What are you working on?

[mayavericks]

[Maya is tucked away in Broadhurst most of Thursday. She's not alone, of course. She has Janis, and both she and Peregrine are taking turns (or tagteaming) watching over her. And while she does her best to at least come off as unaffected, it's clear that she's shaken.

She does coax herself into a little exercise here and there, of course. Around mid-afternoon, she goes for a run around the Football field. That run may or may not turn into a sprint for her life, considering the goat out there. Uh oh.

On her way back, she stops by the kitchen. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she gets to work on making some potatoes. It's not enough for everyone, but it's a decent enough batch, with plenty of leftovers once she separates what she's bringing back for herself, Peregrine, and Janis.

Interestingly enough, Maya likely looks a little... out of character, today. Mostly because, for the first time in weeks, she doesn't have a sword in hand. Hm!]

Broadhurst

[brokeforgood]

[Maya may notice, on one of the few moments where she’s left unattended, that Farrah keeps coming into Broadhurst. Then leaving. Then coming back. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

It’s clear that she’s bringing all of her shit into Broadhurst, just. Moving in officially, without permission. Right now, she’s struggling to bring her mattress, which had briefly been returned back to Longacre, in through the door.]

Kitchen

[violentenvies]

[Salieri was heading to the kitchen for some tea, though he pauses when he spots Maya there...then immediately looks a little fondly amused at what she's making]

Hard at work, I see.

broadhurst- girls girls girls girls

[comeandfindme]

[ After everything last night, Peregrine had refused to leave Janis' side. They're supposed to keep each other safe, after all, right? So, she spent the night in Broadhurst, pushing Connor's empty bed up against Maya's and going from there.

Peregrine had never held someone else while sleeping before. Sometimes, when they were little kids, she and Jacob would huddle together during really bad storms, before she'd stopped being afraid of the thunder and the lightning, before she'd become a big kid. Sometimes, they'd both curl up with mom and dad (and then just mom, but that was for movie nights, not comfort, because she was old enough to sleep alone and take care of herself she thought) and fall asleep in the wee hours of the morning.

But it wasn't the same— it wasn't deliberately curling up with someone, holding them as they cry or fall asleep, making the conscious decision to be here. Be present.

So, that's how they wake up and that's how the day continues. Peregrine and Maya are here for Janis. Quite literally, on either side of her. Just days ago, it was Peregrine in the middle of this. Now, she's on the outside, holding Janis' hand in a girlfriend sandwich. Even if she doesn't know what to say right now, because every platitude feels false and hollow. She's there. ]

INVESTIGATION ft. composer dad

[disharmonizes]

[Well. Wednesday happened. Not that he actually knew about this until the end, show him not to leave you all alone, geez.

He's trying to be good today and stick with his buddy, so, it's two Dads out and about. And with more coins, Discord decides they should stop by the vending machine. There's some things of interest there, like the photo which... well, he'll have to find Peregrine and give this to her.

Then he puts in another coin and has about half a second where he can see brown feathers and--]

...Is that an--

[And thus does an owl fly right into Discord's face. Down he goes.

...After all

that

Dad Squad will eventually make their way to the choir room, for some investigating. Discord immediately just starting to turn things over and toss them aside. Not at all methodical. Salieri stop him.]

Choir Room

[stagemanagers]

[So...what, are we just throwing chairs and shit around?]

photo!!!

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine isn't out much today? But if Discord finds her, it's probably when she's making her own trip to the vending machine. She has just...so, so many coins.

She catches him after the Owl Fiasco, so— ]

Wow. What happened to you?

Owl

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[This bird is?? so confused?? Where is it? Who are you??? Why is this happening. It's really not getting any better, just a lot of hovering in place and slightly-panicked hooting.

Panicked hooting that's definitely causing a noise disturbance, so, it's only a matter of time before someone comes investigating.]

What's with all the- [GASP] Owl!

[Hoo?? His head rotates a full 180 degrees coming to rest on... she!! With Discord seemingly forgotten, Owl swoops down the hall and settles cleanly on his owner's outstretched arm.]

small investigation

[comeandfindme]

[ Today is...a day of recovery. That means Peregrine spends most of her time in Broadhurst, with Janis and Maya. However, at some point she does return to Rodgers Dorm, if only to collect whatever coins she may have mother of fucking god why are there so many?!?!


So after she counts up all seventy-nine coins, you can find Peregrine at the vending machine! She's inserting them with a pretty blank face, sighing and moving things aside as more pop out. Another Sonic for Rina, another lizard with no name, a law book, a Krabby Patty, a phone, multiple pies and flags... By the end of it all she has a big of a mountain of things to sort through and carry back to Rodgers Dorm, though all the food is going to go right to Broadhurst where Janis can cry into some fucking pie if she needs to. ]

All that...and not a single new skin...

[ Yeah, she's grumpy. And doesn't seem to notice that the mound of snow she pulled is following her?!

She takes a quick detour into the teacher's lounge to simply check on the carving she left the other day, and then she's off.

The other place you may find Peregrine today is back outside, doing the deerskin smoking detail. Campfire off to the side burning down, hole in the ground with a bunch of charcoal, sewing an old skirt onto some clothespinned deerskin... Yadda yadda yadda.

It's more going through the motions right now than anything. In fact, she looks almost distant and idle. At some point, she may quietly pull the phone she got earlier from her pocket, where she'd slipped and forgotten about it. ]

What good's a phone gonna do any of us here...? [ Still... A curious girl, she starts looking through it. That's when she finds the video.

...Oh.

Oh, no. ]

[brokeforgood]

Hey! [Farrah shouts from a nearby doorway, finding Per looking at a very familiar phone.]

Where did you get that?!

vending machine

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Whoa.

[An understated reaction. Cassandra's just watching it all come and go.]

It just goes on and on, doesn't it?

[howtheworldwas]

[ After yesterday's everything, Eurydice sticks close to Orpheus most of the day. She does leave his side to go to the vending machine, however, and gets a few trinkets! Luckily, nothing upsetting.

She'll bring the pie to the cafeteria and the weird outfit to the costume shop. She takes the mirror back with her to Longacre, and sits down on her bed to give it a thorough inspection. Once she touches the glass, she sees the vision. It's pretty sweet, until the child is out of the frame. Then, it just makes her stomach turn, and all Eurydice can do is hold the mirror. She feels a little uncomfortable, like she's just seen something private. ]

BACKPACK PICK UP

[violentenvies]

[In the cafeteria, somewhere around mid-afternoon, there is a whole boatload of backpacks. 18 of them, actually.

Well, 17 now. For obvious reasons, there's now an extra. Either way, there's an emergency backpack for everyone, now, so feel free to come pick yours up! Salieri will be there, along with Elle and Spongebob to help out.]

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah spends most of thursday evening tucked away where she thinks no one will ever find her— in the library, sitting on the floor amongst the bookshelves. She’s got a book propped up on her lap, like she’s reading something— but the noise emitting from behind the book makes it clear that she’s up to something else. You can hear a group of girls chanting—- then shrieks, and the roar of the crowd laughing. Then she winds it back, and the sound cycles through again.

This is healthy.]