ANNOUNCEMENT 012

[intercom_voice]

[Whoops. She's running a little late it seems, for today, the intercoms buzz into action a little late.]

Ahem. Attention, students!

[The husky voice of - well, the Voice that speaks over the intercom - echoes through the halls.]

Now that we're all done with our bout of spring sickness, it's time to buckle down to our studies! Remember that tests may appear at any time, and it would be such a shame if you were all to fail and be kept back another year.

And don't forget to be welcoming to our new arrivals, won't you? They're quite behind the times, after all.

[Click.]

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General Mingle

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GENERAL MINGLE

[intercom_voice]

[vengeance_driven]

[Niko just side eyes the intercom this time. He's beyond the point of outrage or anything else. He's just sitting at a table in the cafeteria, ignoring the cook and stacking cards in some vague representation of a house. He's trying, anyway. He doesn't see how people can get these up to five level high.]

[Yeah, he's being exciting as fuck right now, making house of cards and occasionally sipping from a bottle of Dr. Pepper. But at least the evolutionary callback of an expression on his face as he concentrates is a little bit entertaining.]

[shadowscall]

[Like the nurse's office, Kai tries to avoid the cafeteria as much as possible. He's got a good reason for being in here, though, and of course it involves pranks. He's not sure what kind of food he wants to subject his target to though, so he's more or less just eyeing things (and wanting to back away) before he takes in the rest of the room and spots Niko.

Oh.

Well.]

I usually cheat and use glue for those.

[Hey Niko, hope you don't mind him easing down at your table. Hopefully he won't knock over what little house there is.]

[vengeance_driven]

I wouldn't be able to play poker with them later if I did that. Not that I like card games too much. [After he jostles them by sitting his elbow on the table he picks up the card deck and shuffles them together.]

I have a question. What is going now between you and the Japanese girl? [Though he hasn't seen her lately. He's noticed she's been gone.]

[shadowscall]

I'm terrible at card games. I try not to bother. [Excepting Duel Monsters, but that's still pretty iffy in his mind.]

...Uh...

[Oh Light, did he really just ask him that. Kai resists the urge to thunk his head into the table, instead propping an elbow up and resting his head on the palm of his hand.]

Not much. [That was an honest answer, but specifics would be useful. For both of them, actually.] We're friends, though. Still. Somehow.

[moderndaydragon]

Hello, Niko-san.

[Oh, hey, card house. Karasu blinks a bit, looking at it curiously but staying where she's standing so not to knock it down.]

Have you been working on that for a while?

[vengeance_driven]

If for a while you mean failing at it a bunch of times? Sure.

[And it goes down again. He huffs, grunting unhappily at it.] I guess I don't have a very light touch for this sort of thing.

[moderndaydragon]

Can I try?

[Since it's down, she takes the seat opposite of him.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[Sibyll has never stepped foot in the cafeteria, scared away by the rumors. But she still walked past it. And in this case, the Courier noticed that the usually abandoned cafeteria had a poor sap in it. No, wait, that was Niko. Since she had nothing better to do, Sibyll investigates, carefully settling down opposite of Niko.]

I haven't seen one of these in a while. Makes me miss home a little.

[vengeance_driven]

Lots of cards there?

[He knocks some down and grumbles, starting to fit them back into a deck so he can start over.]

My cousin Roman used to keep cards around. I am not so good at gambling, and neither was he, but he liked it more. Always with dreams of making it big and always with me trying to pay off his debts.

[He sounds like he misses him, though. So he could qualify as a poor sap. He leans back in the chair to shuffle the cards a little more.] So is getting warmer. I was thinking of making a try for the barrier at some point.

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[She laughs merrily.] I live in New Vegas, in a casino. Hell, almost every building left in the city is a casino.

[At the mention of seeking out the barrier, her smiles and laugh die down some. Tilting her head a little, Sibyll watches him curiously.]

What're you hoping to find?

[moderndaydragon]

[Karasu's doing something easy today; she's just chilling in the lounge with a few decks of cards beside her. It's just a normal deck of playing cards, though, rather than the Duel Monster cards, and it becomes apparent why pretty quickly.

She's trying to learn how to do magic tricks... and failing pretty hard, if the fact that half the time she does she ends up just accidentally flinging the cards all over the poor unfortunate shlub who walks past is any indication.]

Sorry!

[shadowscall]

[Which unfortunately would be the boy with a comic book open in front of his face. Yes, he's gifted with the ability to read and walk at the same time. Cards landing on him though, well, that's a little distracting.]

Uh.

[Comic book lowers and-

How'd he get in the lounge?]

Hey. Thanks.

[moderndaydragon]

Oh, hey, Kai! Can you bring my cards back?

[She'll be grabbing the ones that are still on the table or near her feet.]

[shadowscall]

No, they're mine now. I'm holding them hostage.

[Even as he says it, he's gathering them up for her, peering under one of the machines to make sure none slid under there.]

What're you doing, trying to give people papercuts?

[trumpeting]

[You know who's taken up residence in the Home Ec. class room? This guy. His shawl, cap, and boa are on a chair next to him as he fiddles around with these gosh darn human instruments. They aren't too different from what he's used to so he's able to make due - things just have to cook longer.

Whistling a tune, he can be found tossing what appears to be some sort of stir-fry.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

That smells delicious.

[Sibyll stands in the doorway, watching the new boy cook with a smile, quietly adding to her theory that the teenage boys here somehow self-propagate.]

[trumpeting]

Of course it does~. I was a cook, after all!

[What is humility? Basco gives the woman a brief grin before adding ginger, garlic, and shiitake mushrooms. After a couple of tosses to get it mixed in, he sets the skillet down and leans casually against the counter.]

And you are?

[lumineinfinitus]

[Well, if nothing else, this place was... different. It was a lot more forested than he'd expected, and the fact there was no other signs of civilization (that he could get to, anyway) nor any sign of actually getting off here, X had figured there was no need to panic.

He's swapped his armor for a hoodie, boots, and jeans, just relaxing in the courtyard for the moment since the talk with the Voice didn't go anywhere.

Of course, he's far from alone, just cradling a rabbit that somehow ended up in the dorm he and Copy share and he'd removed for Copy's sake. It seems content enough.]

This seems too secluded for just a normal school... what was this place intended for?

[replicatastrophe]

[After a little bit of cool-off time from his talk with the intercom, X is busying himself in one of the libraries. He's keeping himself to the reference section, though, looking through for something he obviously isn't finding. What he does find, though, is something that seems to have been misshelved: a scary story, if the cover is any indication.

Ugh, he doesn't have time for this but he'll feel better if he goes and puts it back where it belongs. On his way to do so he flips the cover over curiously, reading the summary, and cracks it open to skim the first page.

...And stopping in his tracks to read the second.

...And sitting himself down on the floor to just continue reading.]

[lumineinfinitus]

[Having cooled down a little outside, X has decided to come check out the library now. It can't hurt, and maybe he will find something interesting.

...though his future self sitting on the floor reading a book isn't quite what he expected.]

Find something interesting?

[The bunny stiffens in X's arms, and he looks down at it curiously, running a gentle hand along it to calm it down.]

[replicatastrophe]

[He doesn't hear the other X enter, prompting a very slight jump at the question.]

Ah, I suppose...I got distracted for a moment.

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

[When the woman's voice broadcast over the PA, Sibyll simply ignored it. She never really had anything of consequence to say. Instead, she continued to read her book, stretched out along the edge of the fountain. For once she had abandoned her armor for a light, cotton sundress. The only thing that ruined her breezy look was the omnipresent gun belt around her waist. The book she was studying intently was on Cleopatra, of all things.]

[liquid_serpent]

[Liquid just had a surly look on his face at the announcement. She was going to....test them with papers? What next? He turned around to stare intently on a water fountain with a woman stretched out along it. He recognised her immediately. Sibyll. He sauntered over, or rather, swaggered as he did, to speak with her.]

Do you know what kind of tests she means? It's pathetic. [He crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes at her.]

[wildcard_of_the_desert]

Hmm? [The Courier glances up from her book to blink at Liquid.]

No, no idea in the slightest.

[After a moment's deliberation, Sibyll goes back to her book. Liquid seemed to thrive off of attention, so denying him that would entertain her.]

Don't even know what she'd expect us to write. My idea of ancient history is your time. Don't suppose I could cheat off of you when it comes to a history test?

[She does pause in ignoring him to give the clone a wink. Then it's back to the book.]

Not like anyone from my time even has formal schooling, since schools don't really exist anymore. Closest we've got are the Followers.