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🐻 ([personal profile] dormheads) wrote in [community profile] seasonality2021-05-17 11:38 am

INTRO MINGLE


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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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-05 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
Fair, fair.

Yet we could speculate all day and get ourselves nowhere. There must be a way we can find out true answers.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-05 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ she nods. yeah... ]

I only wish I knew what that way is. This place is set up for us so meticulously that I doubt they're simply waiting in the shadows.
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-05 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder what our best option is... To continue searching in spite of there being naught to be found, or to wait and see what may transpire.
illuminance: (pic#14839918)

[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-05 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
A middle-ground, I suppose. We search while we wait, but don't become disheartened if we aren't able to shed light on anything, yet.
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-05 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shakes his head ]

Oh, never. I do know how these things go, even if, preferably, I did not.
illuminance: (pic#14839871)

[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-05 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure whether to be relieved by that or not... Or if I should apologize for your apparent poor luck in being mixed up in this sort of thing.
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-06 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ he slips out a short, wry laugh ]

As is the way in my line of work. While a peculiar situation such as this is not typical, surely you have come across an oddity or two in the past yourself, have you not? You appear to be the adventurer type, as well.

[ Or rather, her armor does. ]
illuminance: (pic#14839863)

[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-06 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's right.

Though I'm usually much more prepared to put an end to the oddities. I tend to go into things with more information than this.
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-06 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
You are much more fortunate in that regard than I, but I digress. This will doubtless be a problem that shall take some time to solve... But I do hope 'tis not terribly long.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-06 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Even with nothing urgent pressing me, I do still feel in a rush to return home as soon as possible...

Ah - but I should introduce myself. I'm Luxanna Crownguard.
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-06 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ If only that were true for him, too. Well, again, that is the way. ]

As should I! I am Alphinaud Leveilleur, and a fine pleasure it is to make your acquaintance.
illuminance: (pic#14839860)

[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-06 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
The same to you.

[ this is just two people politely agreeing with each other back and forth into infinity. ]

Have you met with the others from your dorm, yet?
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[personal profile] arcsplainist 2021-06-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ the woes of nice characters... ]

Some. Many were quick to head off into their own ways, of which I am no exception of. Nevertheless, I find we do have an interesting lot here.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-06-06 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It's good to have an enterprising bunch! My group was much the same, though with a little fuss, first.