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

[illuminance]

It's only a guess, anyway.

[modissty]

I do wish whoever was responsible would just make themselves known, in any case. It'd be much more straightforward than getting us all to play--

[He already forgot the word for ice breakers. AFTER A PAUSE HE JUST GESTURES TO THE GROUP.]

[illuminance]

[ that's alright - lux gets his meaning. she gives a quiet laugh. ]

Agreed.

Or if they're going to suggest such games, they could at least play them with us.

[modissty]

I would enjoy seeing that.

[He gets the feeling through letter alone that their dorm whatever-they-are is not the sort who would want to play icebreakers. Very funny.]

Perhaps we can convince them to play a round or two, should we find them.

[illuminance]

... After we've asked our share of situational questions, of course!

[modissty]

I think it would be fair trade for them to answer our questions while playing their own games.

[Answers and a free show! He loves to see it.]

[illuminance]

What would you ask first?

[modissty]

What ransom they should hope to get from such a group.

[SAID TIREDLY but also in a lighthearted way. Sometimes you just joke to cope with being intergalactically kidnapped by a bear(?????)]

[illuminance]

If they can summon us and provide for us like this, I imagine they're beyond the want for money... But they must want something.

[modissty]

[Just a quiet little hum of agreement...]

It's hard to even begin considering what that might be, though. I doubt any of us have been in a similar enough situation to speculate properly.

[illuminance]

You're right. I've never even read a story of anything like this happening.

[modissty]

Neither have I.

[And he's a pretty well-read lad for his era, damn. Anyway it seems his manners belatedly catch up to him.]

--I'm sorry, may I ask for your name? [With a little inclination of his head:] Mine is Sagihara Sakyou.

[illuminance]

Of course. Pardon my manners.

I'm Luxanna Crownguard.

[modissty]

It's good to meet you, though it would have been better under different circumstances...

[Their GROUP KIDNAPPING.]

If I may ask, is anything at all about this place familiar to you? --As in, the technology rather than this specific location.

[illuminance]

Likewise. But now that we're all here, we should get along and work together.

[ but as for the question lux pauses... ]

Unfortunately, no. I've hardly begun to figure out these "phones," and "laptops." It truly feels like another world, to me.

[modissty]

[A little nod! Hell yeah teamwork makes the dream work baybee.

But this is a little disappointing and also generally troubling, even if it isn't at all surprising. He just huffs out a little sigh...]

It seems that's a commonality many of us share. Though it does seem a few people do have some familiarity, at least...

[They're the group senseis now.]

[illuminance]

I can't even imagine the places people must come from, to be familiar with these things. But even those unfamiliar with them are still from different lands.

[modissty]

Isn't that a little strange in and of itself, actually...? There are so many different lands represented here, and yet the same sort of similarities seem to crop up over and over again.

[Wait until he realizes that like half of these moderns all know the same memes despite being from different worlds.]

[illuminance]

It's very strange. And fascinating.

If only we could travel further than this campus, to see what lies beyond it.

[modissty]

[runs fast]