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]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He points a finger. ]

Yes. Yes. This is perfect.
threadling: (43)

[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[What. No. Why. What is this.]

Like Batman?! What are you two talking about. Stop it!
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wait. ]

Who's Batman?

[ This was clearly the important takeaway. ]
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
-- who's Batma --

He's a superhero!
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't sound like any of the ones I'm familiar with.

[ He shrugs. ]
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
What superheroes are you familiar with?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[wtf is a superhero]
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh you know, like Crimson Roselia or Gambler Jack.
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Are those indies or something? Are those characters from your webcomic?
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
....What's a webcomic?
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
What do you mean what is it?! What does it sounds like?!
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Something about spiders telling jokes, which I'm guessing from context it's not but that's all I've got here.
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not spider webs! THE web! The world wide web! The internet!
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
I have never heard the Internet being called the world wide web before, especially since it's kinda.... not? Most civilians don't even have computers.
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[personal profile] threadling 2025-07-20 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
You haven't heard of anything and it makes me mad.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Haha well, I guess I'm just clueless!
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[personal profile] velluminous 2025-07-20 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ the what ]
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[personal profile] whaledforc6 2025-07-20 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you understand the vision.
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[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2025-07-20 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
It's an inspired vision.