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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[ercnerd]

If this is a dream, you'll have to follow it through to the end before you can wake up.

[heartlands]

[he pauses.]

...Is that how it works? I definitely feel like I've woken up in the middle of a dream before. So maybe I'll just get lucky this time...?

[ercnerd]

That's how ordinary dreams go. When it's a dream with multiple people, the one who's trapped everyone has to wake up first.

[heartlands]

[after a long moment:]

You sure that's a thing...? I mean, most of the time other people in a dream aren't real, so I don't get why this one would be different. [...] Not that I'm saying you aren't real. That's not what I meant.

[ercnerd]

The people here are too unique. That's how I know this isn't an ordinary dream, if it is one.

[heartlands]

...I guess you have a point there. A lot of people definitely seem unique.

[thinking, thinking... but after a second:]

Hey, what's your name? I'm Rupert.

[ercnerd]

The name's Ercnard Sieghart. Call me Sieghart.

[heartlands]

Sure! It's nice to meet you.

[after a pause:]

So, do you actually think this is a group dream, or was that just a hypothetical?

[ercnerd]

Hm . . . It's possible. But the girl I know with that power wouldn't do something like this.

[heartlands]

[he blinks.]

Wait - what power? Making people dream...?

[ercnerd]

Anyone can have dreams. She has the power to pull people into hers.