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]

i. arrival

[ on the first day of wiwaldi what the fuck is going on. lux is wearing her clothes from home including the armor, since that was in her room. thank god. she probably looks pretty out of place, no matter where she's wandered to on campus grounds. but don't we all. ]

I've never been to school before. It seems... Fun! Like a beacon of learning. From what I've heard.

ii. wtf is a phone

[ anyway lux is a ye olde so later she is just. approaching literally anyone she spots, holding her phone in her hand. ]

Excuse me - what is this? It's... Hextech, right?

iii. sundae games

[ with a bowl of ice cream in hand, lux is looking over all of these getting-to-know you games. and just. frowning? these all seem very silly. who would do this. ]

... I'm not playing any of these. Aren't there better ways to get to know one another? We could simply introduce ourselves and make conversation and leave it at that.

iv. wildcard

[ u may hit me up with any scenario, anywhere. if you want to plan something im on disco or plurk, and im available for pcs!!! ]

iii

[duranduel]

[Mandricardo is also frowning! And just kind of letting his shoulders rise up, like he's a turtle wanting to hide away.]

Honestly? I'd personally just skip the conversation thing entirely.

[illuminance]

Really...? I do think we're better off getting acquainted with each other.

Just not in such silly ways.

iii!!

[steelo]

[ oh a cosplayer

anyway, the comment gets an easy grin out of ichiro, who is sitting somewhat nearby, eating his chocolate ice cream! he gives a wave with his spoon. ]

We can totally do that. It does feel a little weird to play games, right? I'm Ichiro. I like your outfit, it's seriously cool.

[illuminance]

[ she comes a little closer so they can eat ice cream together. and nods! it's very weird!! ]

I'm Luxanna Crownguard. A pleasure... [ but she looks down at her outfit. hm... it's pretty generic for a soldier, as far as she's concerned? ] Is it? It's a little plain, compared to some uniforms I've seen.

ii

[overlimit]

Hextech?

[rita pulls out her own phone and glances at it, like it's going to give her the answer to that question.]

The heck is that?

[illuminance]

I hardly know, myself. [ if she did, she assumes she'd know how to use this phone. ] It's, ah... Not something I see much of, where I'm from.

i

[shaft]

Never, huh? [ wow! so much of claude's canon revolves around school! ] So where did you go to learn about being an upstanding citizen?

[illuminance]

Family, private tutors, the military. Something like that, you can learn from the whole world around you.

one

[arcsplainist]

[ If she's out of place, then so is he. There aren't many open buildings yet—surprising, for some place that is supposedly a school—but she'll manage to catch him outside around the buildings as he checks out to see how many of them are available. ]

A school is that and more, for certain, though one is usually more aware of when they will be attending.

[illuminance]

[ she gives a light laugh. like it's - kind of funny? but also she's not in love with this situation so she can't really laugh. ]

That had been my impression. Honestly, with a proper invitation, I might have accepted the offer on my own.

i

[feytality]

[ maya would comment on the school bit, but she just sees lux's armor and tilts her head. ]

Are you a knight? You don't seem familiar....

[illuminance]

[ oh, a nice easy question that she has an answer to! ]

That's right. It's no surprise you wouldn't recognize me - I mostly serve the Illuminators, so it's common for me to be out beyond the walls.

ii.

[divineimpulse]

[a truly concerned face, mostly that she can't help...]

I'm sorry, I don't know, either...

[illuminance]

That's alright. I can't be too upset with anyone for not being able to shed light on what I can't, either.

iii

[ghoststrums]

It's like they think we're kids...

[ says the 17 year old. also hi roomie ]

[illuminance]

[ hi roomie. she's a ye olde so 17 is basically a grown up? don't worry about it. ]

Honestly. It does seem that most of us are adults, here. I would understand wanting to humor the younger ones, were there more of them.

ii

[goalsides]

Sure. [he does not ask what hextech is, but he can assume.] Usually people use them to send messages, make calls or take pictures. But I can't get a dial tone or anything.

[illuminance]

[ she is immediately overwhelmed ]

Dial tone...?

ii

[sawboned]

[Denji, who's probably sitting spread out on a bench and staring into the sky, looks over]

Huh? That's a phone, dude. Like, for calls and stuff.

[then he notices the cute cosplayer (?) holding it out and flushes a bit, looking away]

[illuminance]

A phone. Okay.

[ that's not enough information!!! ]

What does "calls" refer to, in this context?

iii

[battling]

[He's using his spoon to take a portion of her ice-cream.

His gun is still with him.]

Didn't we already do that part?

[illuminance]

[ huh. she uh. well, okay. i guess that's his now. she stops eating from it, herself, even though she doesn't protest. ]

When it comes to other people, I mean.

iii!

[modissty]

[Sakyou doesn't even have any of the sundae fixings, and he's looking like he's ready to bounce the hell outta here at any second...

He does, at least, seem to agree with her assessment of these icebreakers. Someone called the fun police and like 20 of them showed up, damn.]

Perhaps this is simply the way one introduces themselves in the time and place this "school" represents...?

[illuminance]

... It's possible that it's just a different custom, yes... But it still strikes me as childish.