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.

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Comments

[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. ]

[subconmodo]

If you think I would miss out on something like this, then I don't know what to tell you. I thought after all these years you'd know me better than that.

[spelleton]

I'd be more concerned if you weren't leaping at the chance to make a nuisance of yourself, to be honest.

Courteous of you to grace me with your presence at last, by the way. [ You know, that thing you haven't been doing for like two weeks, AVERY, ]

[subconmodo]

[He grins]

Isn't it? I thought it might be nice to do you a favor for once.

[spelleton]

You, doing me a favour? Of your own volition? [ If he was wearing glasses, he'd give him a look over the top of them. As it is, he just sort of side-eyes. ]

Well, now I am concerned. Did you make a mess somewhere?

[ He's just being a shithead now. ]

[subconmodo]

[Oh, Avery knows. And two can play this game]

Not yet. Not going to rule the possibility out before this meeting is over.

[spelleton]

See, this is what I mean by pre-planning. [ Vaguely gestures?? ] You could at least pretend you weren't going to do something I'd have to clean up later.

[subconmodo]

That's the thing, Ekke: I haven't decided yet. I might, or I might not. It's allllll up in the air.

[spelleton]

[ He just exhales and shuffles the meeting notes. ]

You're absolutely insufferable.

[ There is not as much venom in that sentence as the words suggest. ]

[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!

[superstylishsquid]

I've got the howling and dramatic winds covered.

[imyoubut]

I believe that should be my job, Atchison. Subtlety isn't exactly your strong suit.

[subconmodo]

Why would you want something like this to be? We're scaring the pants off these people, right? Dramatics are meant for this sort of thing!

[imyoubut]

You know as well as I do that some humans rather enjoy being scared. If you treat this like some cheap haunted mansion, it might attract more attention rather than less, which is counterproductive to the goal of this exercise.

Besides. If you aren't subtle enough, they might think it some kind of prank rather than something to be afraid of. Or they might get gutsy enough to introduce your face with a something on hand. Like a shovel or a chair.

[subconmodo]

[He rolls his eyes]

I have more experience with this than you could ever hope to have, young lady. Or need I remind you of your time spent in my forest?

[imyoubut]

[She actually barks out a laugh.]

Seems like all that experience hasn't been so good on your memory, old man. Or do you seriously think I was scared of-

[Her body and clothes shift as magic swirls around her form. But instead of transforming into Avery, she looks like herself but completely purple, save for two glowing yellow eyes and a glowing yellow mouth.]

YOUR HAT IS STUPID! AND YOU SMELL!

[nor_iron_bars]

[There's a faint rustling noise as Jail opens a bag of popcorn and begins eating from it, never taking her eyes off the fight. She's always happy to watch a cute girl throw down.]

[...where did she even get popcorn? Does she just carry it around with her in case something like this happens?]

[subconmodo]

Well your hat WAS stupid and you DID!

And that wasn't trying to scare you, anyway. Or did you hit your head between then and now and forget what the word "mockery" means?

1/2

[imyoubut]

One: Do not insult my hat. And two: the closest you came to scaring me throughout that entire ordeal was when you made me do your filthy laundry! Which was probably where the stench came from, since I know for a fact I smelled better than roses when I first walked entered that putrid swamp you call a home.

And as for your comment on mockery; allow me to show you how familiar with the word I am.

2/2

[imyoubut]

[Her form shifts again, although this time around she changes her body to a near identical version of Avery's "true" form. Although it's not nearly as tall, since she can only shift her body to about 8 feet or so. Other than that, it's pretty accurate.]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! YOU BLEW IT! YOU TOTALLY SCREWED YOURSELF! NOBODY ENTERS MY HOME AND LEAVES WITHOUT BUYING A CAR! I'M A TERRIFYING ARM FLAILING INFLATABLE TUBE MAN! THIS HEARSE GETS FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE AND ALL IT'LL COST IS YOUR SOUL! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Her voice is also spot on, but she is probably going to be hacking up a lung later. How does he even do that?]

[spelleton]

[ Meanwhile, Ekkehardt, who gets a front row seat to this by default because Avery is sitting next to him, is just massaging his technically nonexistent temples. ]

I look away for five minutes...

[unpocoloco]

[Héctor, who probably started on the opposite side, has migrated. He speaks in hush to Ekkehardt.]

It was kind of funny at first but, uh, are they okay? Should we do something...?