After School Detention ([personal profile] detentionroom) wrote2025-07-15 01:31 pm

[KENKOU]

[You needed an escape.

For a moment– however brief, or however not– you longed to get away. Perhaps you envisioned a vacation upon sunny, beachy shores, palm trees at your back and seagulls floating in the air. Perhaps you envisioned nothing at all, and merely accepted that anywhere but here would do. Either way. . .?

You blink. . . and you wake up slouched on a school desk, arms folded with head resting between. You lift your gaze and realize that you've woken up in the middle of a classroom, seated in one of the. . . uh, very few functional desks that remain. The others have been broken into pieces, with legs and splinters of wood scattered across the floor. Deep claw marks decorate the walls, having gouged the sheetrock with jagged, violent gashes. The window curtains are closed, but they too have been torn and ripped to shreds, with holes showing a dark and unidentifiable landscape beyond the four walls which trap you.

And written on the blackboard, in large, white letters that seem to glow in the midst of the dim room lighting, is a warning]


DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR NAME.

[. . . you are not alone]

[Each and every new arrival awakens dressed in a high school-issued track uniform. The design is up to the players, but each uniform is already color-coded to match the group at large. Somewhere on your body is a new marking: a mysterious floral design shaded the same color as your track uniform. It is glowing very gently. And in your pocket you feel. . . something warm. Further investigation reveals a tiny little omamri, tucked away in your outfit, for safe keeping. Huh! What a nice gift!]

[For now, the front door to the classroom is locked. No matter how hard you try– with physical prowess or otherwise– the door cannot be opened.]

[But hey! You can poke around the area, if you'd like! Maybe get to know your new classmates. . . ? Try not to panic. For now, everything is. . . calm]
beathollow: (OA. 017)

[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
( gently, but with so much feeling as her apathetic, numb little heart can muster: what the fuck.

the only good thing about this is that she's no longer out in a storm. everything else? horrible. terrible. awful. she's not a fan! quietly, she looks around to the others- all adults, except one other, a boy her age...?

...

wack.

she's going to get up and delicately navigate her way to the windows- ... bad idea. very bad idea. )


What...

( also others will notice that while her body and the track uniform (a white shirt, shorts and windbreaker, the latter two kenkou colors) are dry, her hair is soaked. )
Edited 2025-07-19 15:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ No, she shouldn't be here.

Tifa startles up from her desk and looks around the classroom in a panicked daze. This isn't right, she should be back in the sanctum of the Temple of the Ancients — with the others. She'd been undergoing the Cetra's trial, but...

For a moment, just for a moment, she'd thought about how she didn't want to be there, reliving one of the worst days of her life. How she didn't want to do this, or to face whatever's happening to Cloud. Does that mean... she failed? And if so, why has it brought her to a classroom of all places?

She notes the others in clothing like one might wear to the gym, but none of their faces are familiar. She tries to control her breaths as panic continues to well up in her, then marches over to the room's single door, pulling at it with all her might. ]


Please— I need to get back...

[ But it doesn't seem to matter how strong she is, how hard she's trained her body. That door isn't budging. ]
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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
( mafuyu is not a nosy person, or even an active leader in any sense. but there's very little to go off of, and the books feel- pristine, compared to everything else.

they're deliberate.

she starts with the journal, coughing softly into one hand. it must be from the rain...

... 'the consequence of being surrounded by'... )


... Huh?
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ After eventually having no choice but to give up on the door, all Tifa can do is turn to the others who are here, though the large message on the chalkboard has caught her attention too. Did one of the people here write that...?

She'd made vague note of the girl, closer to Yuffie's age, whose hair was damp. Given everything else going on here, that must just add to the discomfort. So, on top of also wanting to see if they can look out the windows, Tifa does want to check on her. Everyone else here must have also ended up in this place with no warning, right? ]


Hey. [ She approaches, seeming calmer than she was a few moments ago. ] Are you okay...?
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There honestly isn't that much to look at here, and so it isn't long before Tifa picks up the journal out of curiosity, hoping for some sort of clue.

Nothing here seems to have anything to do with health and wellness, despite the claims of the message written in the journal. And while it would be hard to say yet, she doesn't feel like the people around her count as "a band of reckless morons," either.

But then, the next page. A description of some sort of affliction or illness, supposedly caused by—

Without thinking, she drops the book, letting it clatter back against the desk. ]


— What?
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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
( mafuyu jolts, eyes wide- what does she do, what does she say, this person is a stranger she can't-

after a moment, she seems to... settle into the default; perfect posture, a smile and bashfulness at being troublesome. the mask wavers though- )


Ah- yes? Well, no, this is... a lot. I'm sorry, I'm not really sure.
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, she's startled her. It's understandable, if all of them have been thrust into this situation in the same way, without warning. Tifa watches as the girl does her best to be brave, but doesn't point it out, not wanting to make her more uncomfortable.

If anything, it reminds her that she needs to keep it together for the teens here. ]


... Yeah, you can say that again. [ She heaves out a sigh and shakes her head. ] I was kind of in the middle of something before waking up here. [ Understatement of the year, but she doesn't think it's a good idea to go into it all right now.

She nods toward the window. ]
Can you see anything out there?
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Re: [ARRIVAL MINGLING]

[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He sits up slowly at first, like he's groggy or disoriented, but then--

Snaps the rest of the way upright, almost tumbling his chair backwards in the process. Frantically stares down at his hands and arms and-- well, under the fresh new school clothing, bro looks like he was just in an explosion or something? There are plenty of burns and scratches and bruises, though nothing overly serious.



Stands, once he realizes there are other people here ]

... Uh. Hey. You okay?
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[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He pulls off his school jacket (there's another long-sleeved school shirt underneath), holding it out to her ]

--Here.
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[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Awwww yeah baby we can fit so many quiet freakouts in this one shitty classroom.

Approaches behind her after handing off his coat to Mafuyu ]

Is it jammed?
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Re: [ARRIVAL MINGLING]

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-19 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dimitri's first thought as consciousness trickles back is simple - dismay that he'd managed to fall asleep in class. He'd surely be scolded, and rightly so, before the others would fuss and worry over how little sleep he's been getting. Not that he could sleep, if he wanted to.

But this classroom wasn't what he expected when he opens his eyes.]

Goddess...! What is this place?
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Look, at least when these two freak out they do so without making a huge fuss over it.

Tifa gives another hard pull at the door, even lifting up one foot to brace against the wall and give her purchase as she yanks.

Nothing.

With a heaved sigh, she lets go and steps back. ]


Seems like it. [ She glances over to the stranger, looking him over for a few seconds. She notes the arm, not so unlike Barret's except for the part where it isn't also a gun (lol. lmao). ]

You wanna give it a try? [ She manages to be polite even if she's definitely still panicking internally. ]
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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
( mafuyu shakes her head and looks back to the window. )

It's just... darkness. If it can even be called that. It's like nothing exists beyond this room...
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[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. Lemme just...

[ Tries pushing and pulling the door. Uses the metal arm when the real one fails. Throws his considerable weight on it. Nothin' ]

--Damn.
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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
--Oh-

( mafuyu blinks, before gingerly accepting. ... she is cold, now that she thinks about it... and her hair certainly does not help matters. )

Thank you. Will you be okay, though?
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[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about me. You can give it back once you're all dry, how 'bout that?
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Re: [ARRIVAL MINGLING]

[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That does seem to be the question...

( how do you do, fellow teen. by this point, vash has already given her his own jacket, so she's double-coated and still giving soaked kitten aura. )

It looks like a classroom, but- this sort of destruction...
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Re: [ARRIVAL MINGLING]

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-19 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blinks. Then, with a weak but concerned smile, gestures back in response. Sir you look like you got blown up by an errant Fire spell]

I'm afraid the one who warrants such concern here is you, my friend. You look roasted to a crisp!
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[personal profile] beathollow 2025-07-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

( ... but then she notices the state of him- )

Are you hurt? If- if we can get out of here, I'm trained in first aid...
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[personal profile] suplexer 2025-07-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Is this truly another part of the Cetra's challenge? It doesn't feel or look anything like the temple itself. Tifa frowns and glances off for a moment, wishing she could make some sense of it.

She shifts over to also peer out the window, but it's exactly as the girl said. ]


I don't get it. I just... [ She turns to look around the classroom again, then at the chalkboard. ] Is this some kind of test?
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Re: [ARRIVAL MINGLING]

[personal profile] paci_fisting 2025-07-19 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chuckles v e r y weakly and leans a little heavily against the desk ]

Man, you should see the other guy.

I'm good, though. Thanks.

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