After School Detention ([personal profile] detentionroom) wrote2025-07-15 01:32 pm

[KIN'UN]

[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]
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 019)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-19 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
You may change your mind soon enough, what with all the ominous traits this classroom possesses. You see the warning on the chalkboard?
whaledforc6: (7agzlxv)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-19 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The name thing is interesting, but I'm curious about "them".
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 101)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-19 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The ones who brought us here, I assume. Or...

[Hm. Gestures at the hideous claw marks along the walls.]

Whatever caused that.
whaledforc6: (FDulOyQ)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-19 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Observing it carefully and then he makes an astute observation:]

...If they're the ones responsible, they write pretty well despite having big claws...
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 157)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmphs with vague amusement.]

No, I think whoever wrote the warning and those bestial claw marks belong to two different entities.
whaledforc6: (17)

1/2

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, but he'd take on either of them so they should show up here-]
whaledforc6: (hs8C9dS)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
That makes the most sense...
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 014)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Though it does not bode well for those of us unequipped to deal with whatever might possess claws. I suppose in that case, we might leave it to you.
whaledforc6: (9WHCwLU)

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[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
That's tru-
whaledforc6: (9WHCwLU)

2/3 i lied

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
whaledforc6: (17)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[COUGH HACK WHEEZE]

I mean, I'll try my best of course, but you have a lot of faith in me for some reason...
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 008)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[eHEH]

It isn't faith. It is simple observation. You've the look of someone both fit and confident, and paired with those calluses on your hands? And the rather cavalier manner in which you've treated this strange situation thus far? I suspect you're quite ready to solve any problems thrown your way with a fair share of brawn.
whaledforc6: (QPJEQdU)

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[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you know...
whaledforc6: (15)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
You can say I believe in hard work~
ratiocinations: (πŸ”Ž 147)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
An outlook I hope you intend to carry on here, wherever here may be?
whaledforc6: (rkhYBwS)

[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I wasn't raised in a barn you know.
ratiocinations: scrungly (πŸ”Ž 075)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[How fortunate to have ended up with mostly cooperative fellows.]

I suspect we will need ample determination from here on out, after all.