[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

Not having arms is a very concerning issue, you're right. It's not that he's not interested in learning, except it's probably that, too. It's that he's never been to a school and he doesn't even like it usually.

I know we're all still getting to know each other, but some people have been acting kind of weird lately for no real reason.

[departea]

Can you explain how?

It's not that I don't believe you, but I don't see everyone as much as you do.

[goalsides]

No I know. I figured. [it's been long enough he is noticing the dorm heads do not perceive.]

It's like...last week Catra was really into school and school activities, like the debate. She's never been to school either so it was kind of weird? I didn't even notice but she told everybody on Saturday. And now it's Sakyou. During the debate, too, Mandricardo's whole personality was different. He was way more intense than usual.

It's little stuff like that.

[departea]

Huh...

[ she sets the wrap down. ]

I didn't talk to Catra last week before trial. And maybe he was just really into the debate? You were all very uh. Into it.

[goalsides]

[unfortunately that flusters him a little and he chokes on his sandwich a bit.]

It's not like the topics helped. I still don't even get what global warming is. [but he shakes his head.] I don't know if that was it though. Especially since he apologized for it later.

I know it all seems normal but...I just wanted to hear how you guys perceive this kind of stuff. Especially with those papers that showed up.

[departea]

The papers?

[ hm... ]

I'm not really supposed to talk about it. No one bought mine.

[goalsides]

[hm?]

Is that how it works? You guys can't say anything if people haven't bought them from you even if I bought mine off of Chad?

[odd...also, why hasn't anyone bought them from sally. god.]

[departea]

Pretty much. Obviously I can confirm I have it and that I know it's there, but...

Well, whatever. Just know that my opinion is that it's weird.

[goalsides]

[ugggh.]

I'll see if I can find somebody to buy it off of you, and if not then maybe I'll just buy it again myself so you can talk about it.

But that's what I wanted to know. It's really weird, isn't it? I've been reading them and talking to people but nobody can come to any other conclusion than the straightforward answer.

I guess I'm just more curious why it showed up on your list of stuff you can sell us. Chad told me about that.

[departea]

No idea, really. I mean, in general it just showing up isn't that out there. We just notices on price changes and the like all the time. Even the auction was something that just popped up.

It's just... the content. That's strange.

[goalsides]

And because those items just showed up that's why we have to buy them ourselves instead of just figuring out how to earn them. I guess it's just a little weird. The timing, I mean.

[...]

You saw the marquee, didn't you? Did it ever used to work before now?

[departea]

Oh, it worked fine last year. It did school announcements and things, like sports games scores. I figured it just broke.

[ their shitty it department ]

[goalsides]

It feels like everything on this campus is broken somehow. [sigh.] So who would I talk to about the messages being broadcasted? Any ideas?

[departea]

I would think... whoever does the school announcements?

[ this is clearly the face of someone who never bothered to pay attention to those things ]

[goalsides]

[she's fair and valid.]

If it's working now we'll probably see more announcements later. Maybe a few that're less foreboding considering what the papers say?

[departea]

Well, the keysmash was odd.

[ just. why. ]

[goalsides]

I thought it was the bear, but the rest of the sentence was pretty clear before that. So maybe something else? You'd think if it was meant for the whole school to see there wouldn't be a keysmash.

[departea]

Unless it was sent before it was ready?

[goalsides]

Like what, they ran out of time before it had to go live? Maybe. It's just weird.

[...]

You've been here a while, right? Were there dorm heads before you guys?

[departea]

Oh, yeah. They hire new ones each year, but it was just like... regular dorms. This year they got all spruced up for the Dorm War and only people participating in them can live here.

There's also off campus dorms and flats. And if the Dorm War thing takes off, they're planning on building more on campus ones so that people who aren't participating can still live at school. But that definitely won't be finished this year.

[goalsides]

Guess that makes sense. I was sort of curious what things were like in the dorms before the Dorm War started. It sounds like this school has a lot of history people don't really talk about.

[sandwich-eating...to stall.] With everything that's happened so far...what do you think? Think the Dorm War's going to take off and continue after this?

[departea]

Well, any school that's been around for a long time has history. There are a few even more prestigious than this around the world that are a lot more famous, but this is the best in this country.

[ but hm... ]

... I think they may need to tweak a few things on how it works. I don't get why they let you all get weapons and things. I know you all hated it, but it was a good idea to take that away from you all. You're not supposed to bring weapons to school.

[goalsides]

...what's the name of the country, exactly? I've only been to a few. [he is not even sure he'll get an answer.]

I've been wondering why some people were allowed to keep their weapons and others weren't. Or what the point of taking everything away was when we could just buy stuff back to give you guys point.

[and then, pointedly:] I don't think you're supposed to murder in school either, but that's still happening.

[departea]

It's the country. [ obviously? ] And the buying back thing was supposed to be a reward for good behavior. You get rewarded for participating in school activities. Do I know why they chose what to reward you all with? No, I'm not like proper staff or anything. But I also wouldn't be surprised if they saw how much everyone complained about getting their stuff taken away, so they decided to give it back that way.

[ a pause. ]

But that's just a theory. And as for the murder... that didn't start happening until this year. You guys were all pretty convinced there's some weird murder party every year or something when I think the last time anyone died here was before even Luke started coming here, and that was like... a dispute between classmates or something? Fairly normal stuff.

[goalsides]

Of course. Why did I ask? [it was obvious!] I don't think it's unreasonable to complain about our stuff going missing. [he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his digivice, holding it in his palm.] This was on me before I woke up here. I'm pretty sure that's called stealing.

[but that aside...]

Chad told me there was an incident that happened at the school but nobody really has details about it. I don't know if I'd call the results normal. Even if it was just a one time thing, it led to the trials and expulsions of people. Everything was already set up.

Not that I'm blaming you for not having answers. [he is Aware.] I was just wondering how the school could explain something like that. Especially when it keeps happening.