JANUARY IN-SERVICE

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JANUARY IN-SERVICE
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A year has passed, and in the tradition of gratitude for the faculty and the graduate students who volunteer their time as teaching assistants, the administrations bring in a long luxurious french tradition for this first month: Truffles.

A truffle-infused gruyere fondue pot was placed within the center with a few types of bread (anyone who loses a piece in the fondue must serve everyone drinks), risotto with white truffles, Aracini stuffed with ricotta and white truffles. Even the desserts are truffle-themed - from the traditional Chocolate Truffles (that do not have actual truffles) to Panna Cotta with black truffle shavings and Black truffle Sabayon (a kind of frothy custard). Champagne, French-style Lattes and Hot Chocolate are offered.

There is Confit de Canard, Pain au Chocolat and Fondue Savoyarde for those who are allergic to the luxury ingredient.


( Student players may tag top levels to try to infiltrate the meeting if they wish. While students ICly will not be aware of the missions until around the 1st of January, they may still discuss OOCly in the post here.

The following open events are available for the month of February. )

Feast of St Valentine’s
Once again, it’s time for Daybreak’s annual Valentine’s celebration. With no daemons predicted to be crashing the party - unlike last year - the school administration calls upon the current student council to organize themes, food and entertainment as they see fit for the upcoming Valentine’s Day ball.

The Last Bastions
As construction of the Bowman Bastion is nearing completion, the US Government has requested a large shipment of Mythril and Orihalcum from the Outlands to finish the shell. Daybreak views this as a perfect opportunity for some of the student body to view the efforts to defend humanity as Nightfall approaches, and for faculty and more experienced students alike to add some extra fortification that the government may have missed. This event will be open to all students and faculty who wish to attend.

Paranormal Investigations
For those students and staff uninterested in construction work or normal classes, several locations around the world have reported paranormal outbreaks that have seen particular interest from self-professed ghost hunters. Students and faculty will be granted permission to visit those locations and serve various roles, whether as experts, witnesses, or fellow ghost hunters, with the express goal of keeping such people away from any real danger and metaphorically in the dark.

Or, well, scaring or pranking them so badly that they never want to trifle with such things again...but nobody would do that, right?


The faculty will also be discussing the prevalent vision that has been creeping into Seers's dreams.

code bases by tricklet

Comments

[spelleton]

[ Shuffles some paperwork. ]

It's my duty [ and burden ] to inform staff that given the urgency of the situation and some of the potential dangers civilians might be stumbling into, administration has seen fit to loosen the normal restrictions on frightening people 'as long as you don't actually kill anyone', it says here.

[ He has the feeling this is not going to go as planned but when does it ever. ]

[nor_iron_bars]

[Softly, reverently:]

I'm gonna fuck with so many Ouija boards.

[subconmodo]

[Avery, who has plonked himself right next to Ekkehardt, looks up at the ceiling with wide, somewhat wet eyes.]

This is the best day I've had in years.

[spelleton]

Well, at least you're having fun.

[ He shifts a little in his seat. He can't decide what's stranger, Avery avoiding him completely or just....acting like nothing happened and deciding to sit right next to him in a staff meeting. ]

[fullthrottleammy]

I can provide the ominous lightning!

[subconmodo]

If you need someone to shapeshift into someone's dead loved ones or worst fears, I'm your man!

[inflictwounds]

What if we only kill them temporarily?

[Oh no.]

[spelleton]

No necromancy!

[inflictwounds]

I’m just saying.......

[imyoubut]

[Okay wow. She wasn't expecting THAT.]

If you're really that concerned about efficiency, using sleep spells would likely be sufficient.

[ofexperience]

Shadow has been rather restless lately...

[At least V's slightly less worrying in that respect than most of the people here.]

[spelleton]

Well, it's good to let them out for exercise now and then. I assume so, anyway. [ Familiars aren't exactly his expertise. They're so varied that he only studies them when it becomes relevant to a particular patient. ]

If one of your familiars is restless, does that reflect back on you physically? I didn't see any signs of it when I gave you a checkup, but I wasn't about to agitate one to find out. [ That's just bad practice. ]

[ofexperience]

Thankfully, no. If that were the case, I'm certain I'd be affected more often than not with Griffon being how he is...

[The bird likes being out and about. The bird is also, unfortunately, loud and prone to giving his own two cents on everything.]

[arcadianvampire]

...I am quite offended they didn't just ask me to handle this personally. Two millennia of experience. This was literally my job before this one. There are still places people won't tread because of the things I've pulled off!

[Valvatorez folded his arms over his chest while sitting in his chair, somewhat petulantly.]

And I don't even need to kill people to do it. ...Sure, it helps, but I know the meaning of restraint!

[spelleton]

Perhaps they didn't ask you personally because they understood you'd be there regardless, once you knew.

[ He shuffles his notes restlessly. ]

[arcadianvampire]

[Val quickly jumped to his feet and slammed his hands on the table dramatically.]

OF COURSE I WOULD! I'm the King of Fear! The point is I could handle all of this single-handedly and we could save everyone else a lot of time and effort!

[He is at least mildly offended.]

Honestly! I wouldn't even charge overtime if they'd asked me personally, but I might now out of spite!

[subconmodo]

You could, but then you'd be doing it without me, and then we'd have to have words.

[arcadianvampire]

I suppose it would be unusually cruel of me to withhold that from you. I might've brought you on as a professional consultant had I been assigned this task.

[fullthrottleammy]

It's been a while since I last got to indulge in my trickster god side. I've got thirteen brush techniques, a healthy sense of humor, and no shortage of ink!

[subconmodo]

Question! Do you have red? And does it work in red?

[bejustorbedead]

[He's of course listening, but given this is far more the expertise of the other faculty, he opts not to chime in, instead - he's sampling everything, taking his time and chewing thoughtfully.]

I see why they're so sought after... well, I will probably be heading towards the Bastion. "Spooking" people is not exactly in my skillset.

[ofexperience]

... I'm starting to think there may be enough people willing to do any scaring. Perhaps I'll join you. I imagine extra eyes will be helpful, in any case.

[imyoubut]

[A smile from ear to ear becomes a little more literal once Urtz hears this news.]

Since everyone seems so excited, I propose we make this into a game. Whoever "leads"- [Yeah she's totally doing the air quotes.] -the most people out of the dangers by the time the threat is quelled is the winner.

[spelleton]

It's like you want to cause a bloodbath. [ He's not stopping her or saying no

mostly because both those things would encourage her

but still ]

[hatesdragons]

[Emille has absolutely zero interest in any of this stuff, but as a new faculty member, she figured that she should, you know, show up to the faculty meeting. So she's in the back of the room, taking in what others are saying while studying them, getting to know faces and names. She's also partaking in the fancy food offered to them -- certainly anything fancier than a woman who has spent the majority of her life in school has had a chance to enjoy.

Tasty truffle foods on her plate and hot chocolate in hand, she just listens to everyone else. Yes, she is the boring one who is interested in normal classes. Besides, it sounds like there are plenty of other much more capable faculty members eager to take care of these tasks. No guilt here.]