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]
demergo: (2)

[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-19 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
R-really? How? [ looking up at him incredulously. ]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-19 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I was raised by my gandfather, he took real good care of me and taught me all the important stuff. Because of him, I never felt like I missed out.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh! he smiles, a shade of brightness to it. ]

I'm glad you had him. Anyone can be your parent, right? It's about how close you are to them and not if they bio-biologically are.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-19 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I never really thought of him like a parent, but he was my guardian and a pretty great guy.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe, I knew it.

[ for reasons unknown, this makes him really happy. ]

What's your favorite thing about him?
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
He had a great sense of humour, and he never talked down to me like the way some adults like to do to kids.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nodding. ]

That can be difficult...I'm glad you have someone like him.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
He was pretty great.

So, what're your folks like?
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ah.. his parents...

there's no rain here but haruka's expression falls to an S+ tier wet cat impression. ]


I didn't speak to my father much, he was busy with work. I disappointed him.

[ ................ ]

My mother is... was...is...kind and pretty.

[ yeah he's doing his best not to break down into tears. ]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, hell.

[ He lifts a hand and pets Haruka's head. ]

Don't stress about it. The only person you need to make happy is yourself.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ▒▒▓░░

—this isn't the first time he's heard this, though the first time was pretty recent. actually, those voices have been quiet since he's been here? but hearing it with his own ears... ahh, that might be better? maybe that's what this is all about? ahhhh—the hand on his head too-

haruka blushes like a victorian maiden, absolute shock clear on his face. ]


M-myself...
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[ He drops the hand after a moment, but nods once for emphasis. ]

Don't let anyone keep you down.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he ducks his head in a somewhat sloppy attempt of a bow, still bright as a strawberry. ]

O-okay, yeah I can—okay. I'll try to do that.

...thank you.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
No need to thank me. Just to to believe in yourself. 'Kay?

[ He grins and winks. ]
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ finally he picks his head up, a small smile written there. ]

Okay. I'll try as best I can.