SPRINGLE - WEEK 7

[dormheads]

common room.

In the common room, the walls have been painted with photo-like pictures of forests and lakes, and spread across the ceiling is a depiction of the night sky. One wall is lined with bookcases, the books ranging from fiction to non-fiction as well used course textbooks. More bookcases have been used to section off one corner for a study area, with a desk and chair provided.

Elsewhere, there are a few couches (one looks as though it doesn't quite belong) and chairs, most seated around a coffee table and with throw blankets tossed over them if you need the extra warmth. On the table is a bowl of healthy and semi-healthy snacks, regularly stocked. (Nearby is a garbage can.)

This week, there's something.

specialty room.

Past an entrance in the common room, a mini coffeehouse has been set up, with express machines for those who just want their coffee now and slightly more advanced equipment for aficionados. It offers a variety of strength levels and flavors to accommodate tastes all across the spectrum, along with a teapot and packets of caffeinated and non-caffeinated tea for those who prefer a different drink. There's a sink if you want to use your own mug, but otherwise, disposable cups are provided for you to use.

Pasted on the wall by the coffee machines is a detailed but clear handwritten guide on how to use said machines, complete with illustrations. There are also cute little doodles of Spring Dorm residents using the machines and drinking coffee, though they look as though they were done by someone else.

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[dormheads]

[On the table, simple bookmarks made with pressed flowers have been left for every resident, including Taichi, Claude, and Molly. By them is a note.

A gift delivered by someone else.

Stay strong.]

THIRD FLOOR

[dormheads]

[On the third floor door, Spring residents might see a… decoration change. From head to toe, scrawled out in red writing:]



[Will you look inside?]

[feytality]

[ yea shes looking inside bc she would die first in a horror movie]

[ambiography]

[absolutely she would, and that's what lucretia is here for, staff in hand.]

[modissty]

[Why is this fucking dorm so full of possessed people and demons. WELL HE'S COMING ALONG TOO with his swords just in case they have to stab a ghost.]

monday meeting

[overlimit]

[rita will text everyone in the dorm to meet in the common room to share information! once people are gathered, she'll get right into it.]

I don't know what good it'll do, but seeing as a bunch of you were dead until now, I might as well share the latest hint we got from our field trips so you can actually see.

[she'll lay out copies of these two papers on a coffee table for anyone's perusal.]

Looked like nonsense to me, but Ichiro was able to make some sense of them. They both reference a bunch of stories and TV shows and the like. The first, scenes where a main character dies. The second, scenes where those characters are miraculously revived later on. Themes of heroic sacrifice and resurrection.

Also of note... the second memo is labeled "sequel ideas."

Viola suggested that everything's going to crap because we're basically in unwritten territory now. This hint might be important for what's coming.

Also, about half of us were there, but for the rest of us... Hugo left us a message in his room. You all should read it.

[and she'll set that out as well.]

Sounds like some people were able to purchase more info today, too. I think Maya's got that covered, so she can give us the rundown in a minute.

[feytality]

[ maya is sharing this but everyone gets the notif on their own shhh ]

So, there's that...

[ambiography]

...between both of these lines-- that might imply killing them isn't going to be the way to go, here.

[maybe she's a little biased because she would vastly prefer Not, but.]

[overlimit]

The pen is mightier than the sword...

Not sure if it's talking about a pacifist approach, or... you know, like. Story-writing.

[ambiography]

[give her like 5 seconds pre-meeting to go drag sieghart out of her room so everybody can be present for this, but.]

...what he said in that message-- I mentioned as much to those of us who were there when it was found, but please, please try not to be too quick to jump on that one, regardless of what he wrote. I have a pretty good idea of why he'd feel that way, but if there's any way we can avoid killing them... this place has seen enough of that, I think.

If it comes to it and there's no other choice, I can't fault anyone who does what's necessary. Just-- be sure that it is, first.

[ercnerd]

[Sieghart emerges beside Lucretia with a yawn that he stifles behind a hand. He's been using this time to catch up on the forum.]

Defeating isn't the same thing as killing. We'll have to be careful when we confront them.

[overlimit]

[it shouldn't be weird for your dorm mom and your dorm dad to be sharing a room but also it kinda is]

Iris said some similar stuff before. I think they were all preparing for something like this.

[she's looking at her phone with kind of a pained expression...]

I'll do whatever it takes to bring them back.

friday

[godcards]

[ oh boy, we're back from adventure! and malik isn't a mouse anymore! since he was healed and got a nap in, he's not in too bad of shape. which is why he calmly walks up to sieghart






and tries to stab him in the shoulder with the millennium rod. ]

[ercnerd]

[Sieghart, who's been relaxing on the couch that doesn't match the rest of the décor, dives out of the way by throwing himself onto the vacant seat beside him. This puts weight on his bandaged right arm, but he's less worried about that and more surprised by the attack.]

Whoa!

[godcards]

[ there is now a stab hole in the fall dorm couch. that sucks.

malik is not actually that determined to do grievous bodily harm, so he doesn't try for another stab, but he does kick sieg in the leg. ]

That's for turning me into a mouse.

[overlimit]

[rita makes it back to the dorm. she's not looking great? while there are no visible injuries, she's moving slowly and she's pretty clearly exhausted and in pain.

and she's somehow even more tired when she walks in on this.]

Why.

[she hates this family sometimes.]

[godcards]

[ he wheels around to face rita ]

Because he deserves it!

[ talk about family, you didn't have sieghart as your deadbeat dad ]

[ercnerd]

What happened to you?

[feytality]

[ maya is also injured and exhausted but ]

Are you okay, Rita?

[feytality]

[ maya is injured and tired and she just sighs very deeply at these shenanigans ]

[ercnerd]

[So cold, Maya . . . ]

[godcards]

[ you can thank hope for healing malik so he's RARING TO GO ]

[branches]

[Sieghart handles the situation but Tsuyukusa also arrived just in time to see that and he's not asking questions he's just swinging the jingly metal end of his staff at Malik's midsection.

He is damp, covered in sand, and a bit bloodstained but seems otherwise unharmed.]

[godcards]

[ oh you wanna go? YOU WANNA GO?

he raises the rod like he'll stab you too bitch. try him. ]

[overlimit]

[just after the others step in to de-escalate this baby fight,]

Hey, more importantly...

[rita felt bad for malik for like one minute but then he did a villain speech and that evens it out again, she is back to not caring about any of this drama]

Are you, uh... okay? [gesturing at blood on his clothes?] What happened with your team?