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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football field

[comeandfindme]

[ You know who is also here, getting accosted by the goat? It's Peregrine! She's currently locked in a staring contest with it, as it keeps trying to bite at her cloak, which now has a fully smoked golden brown piece of deerskin leather as its lining. She's got the edges of it bunched up in her arms, to keep it out of reach of eager mouths. ]

No! No. This? This is not for chewing. It's for wearing. And it's mine. So I'm gonna let it drop, and you...are going to stay right there...

[ The second she lets a little corner go, the goat starts forward with an excited bleat and she quickly backs up. ]

No! Bad! Bad, bad goat!

Re: football field

[mayavericks]

[Today has... honestly been terrible. Miserable. She's been stuck in her own damn head, and none of the usual steps have shaken her from it.

And yet--

Well, sorry, Peregrine, she can't help but laugh.]

Do you need some help?

[comeandfindme]

[ Things with Maya have been weird since yesterday. She tried to help, she did, but now they're weird and Peregrine hates it. With almost a pout, bitterly, she looks up, holding the cloak protectively. ]

No! [ The goat bleats, like she was the one Peregrine was addressing. ] ...Maybe a little!

[mayavericks]

[Maya steps over to the goat, and... Well... What does she do now?

Since it's only a scrap of fabric, rather than anything valuable, Maya decides to pull the "ribbon" from her hair. She holds it out for the goat, swaying it back and forth like some sort of metronome.]

How about this, instead?

[comeandfindme]

[ The goat bleats cheerfully and then spies Maya's oh-so-tantalizing ribbon. She trots forward...and then jumps at it with a mighty chomp. ]

[mayavericks]

[Okay, well. This is Tendo Maya, yelping and jumping back. She can handle giraffes and feral teenage girls but this? No thank you.]

[comeandfindme]

[ This is a side of Maya that Peregrine’s never seen. It’s fascinating! Would be more fascinating if she wasn’t getting attacked by an excitable goat. ]

Nooo, no no- down, down, Billy, down!! [ Peregrine trails after as the goat, undeterred, trots after Maya. Why did she pull away the tasty snack? She offered it, after all! ]

[mayavericks]

[If it's the ribbon she wants, it's the ribbon she gets. She drops it on the ground and scurries a few feet back.]

Peregrine! Your assistance would be appreciated!

[comeandfindme]

Yeah! Okay, lemme just—

[ But just like that, the goat chews happily on the ribbon and trots off, leaving the girls to their own devices. ]

…That goat just wants to watch the world burn.

[mayavericks]

That. Thing might just give Discord a run for his money.

[Maya takes a few deep breaths before... letting out a laugh. It's a little tense considering everything but hey. It's there.]

[comeandfindme]

Don't let him hear that. He'll get offended.

[ Despite it all? A wary laugh slips from Peregrine, too. Now, it's just them on the football field, no goat to distract from...

Well. From yesterday. ]

So...

[mayavericks]

Oh, how Terrible that would be.

[She turns to glance at Peregrine. Even if her body had not forgotten the tension, for a few blissful moments, it had at least slipped her mind. Now that she has time to think, however?]

I... Should thank you. You did all you could to help me, yesterday. I am grateful, even if I did not show it.

[comeandfindme]

[ Oh, that's...kind of unexpected? She stares at Maya, as if trying to glean something more. ]

...It messed you up. Anyone coulda seen that. I didn't wanna leave you alone.

[ And yet, she couldn't do anything, really. Is this how Lexy felt...? ]

[mayavericks]

It did. But --

[She exhales sharply through her nose.]

It is no excuse. I should not have behaved the way I did. I'm... Sorry.

[comeandfindme]

[ If Peregrine hadn't had...a few big realizations, she'd probably hold this over Maya's head, in a way, and that'd just start last week's problems over again.

But she has and she doesn't and she just gives Maya a knowing smile. ]

I forgive you. It's okay...just as long as you're safe and, you know...not gonna try and go it alone.

[mayavericks]

I'm... Not going to.

[She pushes some of her hair out of her face, since she no longer has a ribbon to do it for her.]

I will not pretend I didn't think about it but... The risks far outweigh the benefits.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine doesn't realize just how much tension she had been carrying until this moment. Her shoulders relax for the first time in days. ]

You have no idea how glad I am to hear that.