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: (30)

[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ giggling. ]

I don't know.... I don't get along with most animals but fish are pretty cool. My father liked fish so we had a lot of aquariums in our house. I liked to watch them swim and go into their houses.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[A childish kind of joy. But Holmes is not the type to disparage it just because of that. He has an appreciation for nature in his own way.]

Then I’m glad we can harken back to a happier time of yours, Mr Toby.
demergo: (16)

[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh, no just Toby. No, Toby-san, maybe? But are you Japanese? Just Toby is fine, if that's better for you. You're older than me, so.... Just Toby! What should I call you?
Edited 2025-07-20 04:11 (UTC)
ratiocinations: scrungly (🔎 074)

[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-07-20 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Very well. Just Toby.

[He’s young enough to where it’s fine to just refer to him by first name.]

I’m British. You can call me Mr Adair — that’s what I’ve decided on, I think.
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[personal profile] demergo 2025-07-20 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it's nice to meet you, Mr. Adair!

[ bowing! ]