INTRO MINGLE

[dormheads]

week zero: mingle

remaining students: forty-two.

A buzzing alarm wakes you bright and early. You blink your eyes blearily, greeted by the sun's rays peeking through the blinds of a window. It's 7 AM, and it feels like you definitely went to bed way too late last night. Oh well, up and at 'em! Time to start your day! Except...

...this place looks unfamiliar. You're in a room with other people who are also waking up. Outside of the window is a large, sprawling school campus touched by the start of warm autumn colors. In the bathroom is--wow, another door through which are two more confused people in a similar room. Suite mates! In addition, if you go exploring within your dorm, you may find special access to a certain room. Though as you wander about, make sure you take a glance at the rules that are posted at each building.

Welcome to Wiwaldi Academy!

Outside on campus, the air is crisp. In the morning, your feet will crunch over a light frost and fallen leaves. The rest of the day is mild, but sweater and jackets may be needed in the evening and during the night. The sky is bright blue and empty except for an occasional stray cirrus cloud or two. It seems like fall is on the horizon.

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In each room, students will find their own laptops with a welcome screen:

Thank you for joining us at the beautiful campus of Wiwaldi Academy! All classes officially begin on Monday. Students are encouraged to enjoy leisure time on campus this weekend. Please be mindful as new additions to the campus are in construction, and these are off-limits to students until completion.

The icon in the top right corner corresponds to your dorm: Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter. Even though you are all sorted by a particular dorm, please don't hesitate to meet and mingle with one another! You all will have plenty of opportunity to do so on Saturday during the Sundae Orientation. An ice cream bar will be on the campus lawn between the dormitory buildings from 12PM onward, and everyone is invited to come meet and mingle while playing introductory games.

Don't forget to think about your EXTRA CREDIT! It's a chance for you to get ahead on your work. You wouldn't want anyone else stealing your extra credit for themselves, so keep all extra credit assignments under lock and key.

From all of us here at Wiwaldi Academy, we wish you great success on your future endeavors!

Signed,
Principal Bear

Near their desk is a backpack filled with the following:

- an acceptance letter (the envelope is clickable)
- school supplies (notebook, pen, highlighter, binder)
- a framed photograph of a man and his dog
- a smartphone
- a school jacket
- a personalized mug
- a little pack of konpeito
- a cashmere scarf
- one (1) voucher

On their smartphone, they'll find an email with the subject Extra Credit Assignment. The contents of the email provide the details of said assignment.

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Welcome to the Intro Mingle and the start of our game, everyone! Feel free to use the Saturday orientation as prompts for your top-levels. If you have any questions, you may use the Discord #questions-for-mods channel, or DM your mods (Dana, Francy, Anna, and Jan) directly. If you don't have all of us added, just let one of us know, and we'll create the mod DM for you.

A friendly reminder is that IC Profiles are not ICly unlocked yet. Please also stay tuned for Something Else on Sunday at 12 PM / 3 PM EST.

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Comments

[foreversweaterweather]

a. friday

[ Mabel is wandering around outside, fresh from discovering some of the public restrooms and their corresponding vending machines. She also has: a balloon animal giraffe under her arms, and a balloon hat on her head.

Well. Condom animal and a condom hat, but same difference, right? She's got a huge grin on her face. ]

Isn't this place awesome? Look, they even give us free balloons! [ she holds up the giraffe for appreciation. ]

b. saturday, part 1

[ AN ICE CREAM BAR???? Mabel gasps in delight and beelines for it, immediately creating a horrifying concoction: a waffle bowl piled high with a bit of every flavor of ice cream, with three cones sticking out like weird hair spikes. She's drawn on a face in sprinkles and given it a maraschino cherry nose, then doused the whole thing in chocolate and caramel syrups, as if to give it...more hair? a veil over the cone hair? look, don't think about it too hard ]

Ta-daaaa! I call it....the Saturday Sundae! My greatest ice cream masterpiece yet.

[ beside her is a chubby pink pig, digging into his own bowl of Mabel-crafted ice cream. ]

c. saturday, part 2

[ Right next to the ice cream bar is...Mabel? She's sitting on the ground and holding up a makeshift sign that says: FREE FACEPAINTING

She herself has whiskers drawn onto her face in pen, the tip of her nose and a big splotch surrounding one eye colored bright pink. She's got a pen and a highlighter spilled out on the ground before her, next to Waddles because of course he's here too. ]

Free face paint! Free face paint here! Ooh, and if you let me borrow your highlighter, I can make it even prettier!

1

[branches]

[Tsuyukusa does not know what a condom is. Also;]

What the hell is a balloon?
[What is this STRANGE ITEM you've thrust in his face??]

[foreversweaterweather]

[ Mabel lowers the giraffe and blinks at him.

Then, a huge gasp. ]

You don't know what balloons are?!

b

[overlimit]

[Rita stands nearby with her arms crossed, watching the pig digging in...]

Hmm. I guess this means it isn't poison. Probably.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ Mabel laughs and waves a hand dismissively. ]

Silly! Why would it be poisoned?

c

[silentscout]

[Oh? What's this? Lalli is actually looking at Mabel's display curiously, and the grumpiness he has been letting off so far is not present at all right now.

After hearing what she has to say, He unshoulders his backpack and pulls out the blue highlighter he got, which he offers to Mabel.]

I don't want anything on my face. But you can use it.

[foreversweaterweather]

Ooooh! Really?!

[ she grabbyhandses at it until she gets to her feet and snatches it, lightning quick. She uncaps it and holds it up close to her face, as though she can investigate its molecular properties for purity. Then she grins wide. ]

This is perfect! [ She draws a few blue hearts on one cheek. ] Are you sure you don't want anything?

b

[heartlands]

[after beholding this ice cream masterpiece for a few moments:]

Now that is impressive. Where did you get your inspiration from?

[foreversweaterweather]

[ ohhhh HELLO??? CUTE BOY?? DON'T MIND IF MABEL DO

she preens. ]

Oh, you know, it just comes to me. I have an artistic vision.

a.

[divineimpulse]

[byleth blinks, once, twice, three times at mabel's balloon assortment.]

What are those.

[foreversweaterweather]

Balloon animals! See?

[ She holds out the condom giraffe and makes it poke Byleth in the shoulder a few times while making...what noise does a giraffe make? Mabel takes a guess and punctuates each poke with a raspberry sound. ]

c

[ghoststrums]

That's not face paint. You shouldn't be using it on your face like that.

[ #nofunallowed ]

[foreversweaterweather]

Hahaha, come on! It's just marker! [ Tongue sticking out, she draws a little star on the corner of her face, by the jaw. ] See? It's fun! You should try it!

b!

[txt]

[She is torn between that sugary monstrosity and staring at Waddles, but eventually she settles on—]

Aw, how sweet. You made a treat for your friend, too.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ she stops mid-bite, a messy smear of ice cream all over her mouth. ]

Of course I did! A growing pig needs to eat plenty!!

[ She pulls Waddles in close, smushing their cheeks together in a horrifying sticky ice cream mess. ]

a (and I'm sorry)

[sawboned]

[Denji looks down at Mabel, the giraffe, her hat, then looks around for parental guardians or like a teacher or something]

Is someone giving kids condoms? That feels kinda messed up.

[foreversweaterweather]

Nope! I found these for free at the vending machine over there! [ she points in their direction. ]

They've got infinite balloons! [ to demonstrate, Mabel reaches into her sweater pocket and throws out dozens of condoms like they're confetti. Then, she pauses in curiosity. ]

What's wrong with condos? [ aren't they just. a type of house? ]

a

[selfestheim]

[ i don't want to think about whether or not hope would have had sex ed or not so we're just gonna move right past that and start with him staring at mabel in disbelief. girl... ]

You're seriously just okay with all of this?

[foreversweaterweather]

Of course I am! What's not to love about infinite free balloons?!

b

[illuminance]

[ aw, kids are cute. ]

That much ice cream is going to make you sick.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ she frowns, cheeks full of ice cream. ]

Now that's quitter talk! [ she covers the pig's ears ] Don't listen to her, Waddles, remain pure!!

c

[commandertoolbelt]

Oh, heck yes.

[ immediately producing his highlighter and pen for her!! ]

What have you got for me, Michelangelo?

[foreversweaterweather]

I think you mean Mabelangelo.

[ she proudly takes the offered highlighter and pen and scrutinizes Leo's face. ]

I'm thinking...dog with stickers on his face!!

c.

[chosenwang]

[ He'll immediately pull out a blue highlighter to offer it to her. ]

Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do to improve a face such as this. [ Gesturing at his own face. ]

But I don't mind being your canvas if you want to get some practice in.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ she scrutinizes him thoughtfully from various angles, like a true artiste ]

I see what you mean. This is very serious.

But no worries! I can make you...[ she waves her hands in an arc around her ] beautiful.