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

Comments

[vengeance_driven]

"Curbstomping" is a pretty terrible way to take people down. I've seen men do the real version. I was a sailor, so how about "blow them out of the water". [He grins a little.]

There are a lot of things we say back home that there is not the same in English for.

[There is not the same in English for that, Niko. But as he is kind of a sucker for making depressed girls happy and he has too much time on his hands with no ideas on escaping just yet, he's happy to give it a go.]

[moderndaydragon]

I've never seen it literally happen, and I really hope I don't ever have to.

[...Snrk. She can't suppress a giggle at that one.]

That sounds a little silly, but I suppose it is true enough. Where did you sail?

[vengeance_driven]

Adriatic. Mediterranean. Across the Atlantic to America.

[He rolls his eyes up as he thinks about things.] I always liked the ocean. The ships weren't bad.

Okay, when you're on one that's sinking, they're bad. But not usually.

[moderndaydragon]

You could say that about anything though. Planes are bad when they're falling. Buildings are bad when they're burning.

[She's teasing, but she pauses in the card house making for a moment.]

I want to fly over the ocean someday.

[vengeance_driven]

I've been around many burning buildings and crashing planes. I've only been on one sinking ship. [There's an unfortunate seriousness to his tone. He's normally pretty light, but the truth is there's not been very much "good" in his life at all, not having lived through the war that he did.]

The ocean is nice, though. And flying is much quicker. It took me seven months to reach America.