don't stop believing

[stagemanagers]

[Streetlights, reveals] | [Vision Statements] | [Mass Resolution: CONNECT] | [A little touch of the sun (Revival)] | [They do this bullshit like 8 times a week (Rescue)]


[It's a pleasant afternoon in the garden. Maybe not emotionally, but physically - isn't it nice when you get to have class outside?

As your voices rise, singing defiance in unison out for the Wizard, there's no immediate response; at least, nothing that clearly is a response. But there's something. Amidst the sound of your song, it may be hard to hear at first; Janis will likely be the first to notice, but eventually everyone is able to hear. It sounds as though other voices are rising along with yours.

There's something on the air - no music, or at least no instrumentals, just a disembodied sort of lyrical chant. You don't recognize any of the voices. They aren't singing the same song as you all are. Maybe they can't; they sound long long ago, and far far away now. Still - despite everything - the trees around you move lightly in a sudden soft breeze. It feels as though you have invoked something, old and entirely beyond your knowledge.

But first. Haven't you forgotten something?

It's Wednesday.

Welcome to this week's school club!]

Comments

[wanderlusttitania]

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Ah. This will get confusing, but. I think I understand what you mean.

My apologies, then. It's just...ah. Some of the concepts I've learned are still quite new to me.

[justmeheere]

Ohhhhhhh okay so. Yes! Yes, I'm Jeremy and that mmmmmmmust be a version of my SQUIP since it synced with. My, uh. Well, no. Spinel's not really my SQUIP but it was my—nevermind. Other SQUIPs! That's CD-H, or Squaro. [He points to the Haro again.] And then over there is Spinel or Cobalt Spinel if other Spinel is in the room.

[He points to the gem. Not Mocha Pearl. The Keanu Reeves one.]

And you're probably like "wow, Jeremy! why'd the multiverse let you have three SQUIPs" to which the answer is I don't know but I'm technically like. Responsible for them now? In the sense that, uh. We would. You know. Prefer that I don't have to... do... the thing... with Mountain Dew... to, like... any other SQUIPs... hopefully... god, we should've just brought Claudine.

[wanderlusttitania]

...I understand the different SQUIPs, at least. But-what is Mountain Dew and...why is that...

[Yeah, they didn't...talk about the Mountain Dew.]

[justmeheere]

Oh, uh. Mountain Dew activates a SQUIP and Mountain Dew Red, um. Deactivates. It? So, like. We were pretty sure yours went through character growth? And we wouldn't need to? But also a SQUIP kidnapped me last year and, like, ran a different one of these games? Sooooo. You can never be too safe!

[He didn't bring the Red with him or anything. He just had Michael, y'know. Get some. Just in case.]

We just, uh. Keep it around now. Just in case we run across a SQUIP who, like, hasn't gotten the personhood memo.

[wanderlusttitania]

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[Squinting. Just a little.]

I see. But-no, you do not need to worry about Eszmet.

[justmeheere]

[Listen, you don't understand. Eszmet might hate Jeremy, but also SQUIPs gave Jeremy PTSD which is a real weird thing when you're co-dependent with one. It's complicated!]

Yeah, that's why I didn't, like, bring any with me! Sometimes they overcome their programming and stuff, but sometimes they're just. Evil? Well, no. It was never really evil, what's the... Misguided!