FEBRUARY IN-SERVICE

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FEBRUARY IN-SERVICE
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The faculty in-service this month is a testament to the power of culinary creativity… especially when you have a lot of leftover pink food coloring to get rid of.

Cakes and cookies, carefully-cut heart shaped fruits and veggies, even the drinks: every last bit of food is vividly, impressively pink. It’s still all very tasty, especially the pastries, it’s just a bit. Bright.

...well, maybe it’s a little unsettling. Coffee was just never meant to be that color.

Echo of the Bells
There have been reports of strange hauntings in the sewers of Florence, with notable emphasis on the sound of jingling bells and masked revelers that seem to disappear right before a person’s eyes. As it was perceived to be a low-risk haunting, it’s deemed to be a suitable mission to teach students how to investigate and resolve such incidents.

Class Exchange - Tower of Adamant
The infamously reclusive Tower of Adamant, after some extensive deliberation, has allowed Daybreak Academy to initiate an exchange with its students. A select group of students and faculty will spend some time at the Tower of Adamant to learn their ways of preparing for Nightfall - those selected are expected to be on their best behavior, especially since the Tower’s way of training students is said to be vastly different to, and far more structured than, the Academy’s.

The faculty will also be discussing the various visions that have been displayed recently.

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Comments

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail slumps dramatically in her seat- admittedly not that different from her usual ridiculous "I'm only sort of halfway on this chair" sprawl- and stares moodily at her mug's vividly fuchsia contents.]

[She really doesn't want to do it, because if she starts actually accepting responsibilities then they might expect her to actually be responsible, which is clearly not okay. But she's already stuck with the paperwork for this particular mess, so she'd rather get it done and over with.]

Might as well bring up the elephant in the room.

[She gestures languidly at the pile of documents in front of her with the hand holding her mug, narrowly avoiding sloshing bright pink... whatever it is she's drinking, God only knows, all over the pages.]

What're we doing about Akechi?

[It's up to the faculty to punish him, after all...]

[bejustorbedead]

I'm afraid, even given his circumstances we can't let it go lightly...

[He speaks up, his voice soft, looking down at his weird coffee]

People have been severely harmed... and I know in my heart that if somene had found me before the effect faded - I would have killed someone.

[nor_iron_bars]

I mean, on the bright side, odds are that person woulda been me. [Considering that she ended up finding him a second or two after the effect faded, instead.] So hey, least you wouldn't have had to feel too bad about it.

[Too soon?]

Definitely thinking some kinda monitoring device, to start with- kid might've been jumping to conclusions when he thought we were gonna lock him up and throw away the key, but I don't exactly wanna leave him free to run around and do whatever, either.

...Also if we do, it's gotta be an ankle bracelet. You can make collars or wrist cuffs look all aesthetic if you try hard enough, but ankle monitors are inherently undignified. It's an important part of the process.

[Spoken like a woman who has definitely had to illegally remove a few in her time.]

[bejustorbedead]

[He straightens up, his voice crisp, sharpening]

I know you're trying to reassure me, but I prefer that you refrain from making such jokes in the future around me, please.

[He closes his eyes, breathing in]

It has to be something that cannot be circumvented easily, he does need to be given the chance to atone - but there has to be some punishment, to not let it forgotten how grave the incidents are.

[nor_iron_bars]

[She sighs, but waves a hand in agreement.] Okay, okay, too soon. [It's like you can't even joke about your own narrow brushes with death at the hands of an unwilling killer, jeez.]

Lot of that seems subjective... huh. [She blinks, considering something.] We got anyone on staff who's good with empathetic stuff? In the psychic sense, not the good-with-people kind.

If we can make something that reacts to his intent and emotions directly, we could probably slap some kinda "no breaking out the big guns" restriction on his magic without having to worry 'bout him getting caught by someone out to actually murder him with no way to fight 'em off. Something along the lines of "can't cast anything even remotely harmful except in defense of self or others" yadda yadda.

[bejustorbedead]

Unfortunately, such things are, if that's possible, that might be a good compromise.

[He shifts in his seat]

I hope sincerely hope that he does learn from this.

[spelleton]

[ He has a mug of bright pink something-he's-pretty-sure-is-tea. He's not certain it is tea. He can't really taste it anyway, so. ]

Even if he did confess, and even if he was pressured, he needs to face the consequences of his actions. He could have killed people - in fact, he almost did. Several students will never be the same because of him.

I'd recommend something to restrict his use of magic, at the very least. I don't feel as if I trust him enough to let him off the school grounds, either, at least not without a way to track him.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jailbreak has her "thinking through an engineering idea" frown on, head tilted thoughtfully.]

Wouldn't be too hard to combine both functions in one device, if we end up going the ankle monitor route- something that tracks the magic he's doing and tracks him, too. Hard part's just making sure it stays on.

[spelleton]

[ Stares into his drink. ]

I suppose making it obnoxious and inconvenient to potentially remove isn't out of the question?

[nor_iron_bars]

Pfft, who do you think you're even talking to? Everything I do is obnoxious and inconvenient.

[...well, she's not wrong.]

[spelleton]

Well, I suppose we have the potential ankle monitor sorted... As a terrible criminal yourself, what measures would you take to ensure it can't be removed?

[ Completely straight faced. ]

[nor_iron_bars]

Well, you got your- [Largely comprehensible but still dense technobabble, mostly about how to properly damage-proof various materials and prevent tampering.] -plus maybe some- [Magibabble, primarily explaining the finer points of a "this unholy item somehow keeps returning no matter how many times I cast it into the sea while weeping of my misfortune" curse.] -and if that fails, there's always good old fashioned duct tape.

[unpocoloco]

Duct tape works, I've used duct tape a lot for-- [His bones.] uh. Things.

[arcadianvampire]

[Valvatorez leans back in his chair a bit, and takes a sip from his pink... coffee. It's weird even to him, and while he would normally protest over the abuse of this wondrous elixir, he's feeling more relatively subdued today. Not in any sort of bad way, but perhaps just enough to not raise a stink about that sort of thing today.

Eyes trailing over to the rather impressive stack of paperwork, he drew out a sigh.]

Circumstance makes fair punishment in this case particularly difficult. Given the danger and risk he created in his little escapades prior to turning on Shido, we simply cannot slap him on the wrist. But I would prefer not to throw the book at him either, especially considering how much he put forth in undermining his "boss." ...As well as the information surrounding his entire ring. That's a lot we can work with. Given how much good we can accomplish with that, it's worth bearing in mind.

I would suggest, in addition to his monitoring, that he be assigned mandatory service to the university. Though, I look at more as a community service, rather than anything close to what Shido had him do. Give him work to do that's more mundane, trivial, and normal, without having him use his powers. Give him a proper taste of doing constructive, capable work that doesn't require violence, crime, or anything untoward. Combine that with perhaps, mandatory therapy and psychiatric evaluations?

It won't be fun, but it might help give him a chance at building a life as something more than a would-be assassin and saboteur.

[nor_iron_bars]

Ahhh, community service- because nothing says "atone for your sins" like helping some dipshits pick up litter. [There's less bite to the comment than there could be- despite the crude phrasing, her tone is fairly fond.] Yeah, probably a good idea to give the kid something constructive to do, 'specially if we're not gonna be letting him off campus unsupervised for the next, uh... let's just go with a while. Idle hands, and all that jazz.

The therapy part isn't a punishment so much as just... a really overdue intervention. An aftervention. Kid's needed counseling for probably like the last decade, minimum.

[Agreement made, she sips idly from her mug, then pauses and looks into it bemusedly.]

...why did I put vinegar in this...? [Unidentifiable pink beverage roulette: trust no one, not even yourself.]

[arcadianvampire]

That's largely my thinking. Giving him some choice in what he might do for community service might also help him. Having multiple different ways to apply his talents will give him at least some agency that he might not have otherwise had until now. I'm sure he'll still realize it's something of a punishment, but... who knows. If he finds a passion in his work, it might help him along.

[The vampire shrugs and leaned forward on the shared table, resting his chin on his fist.]

And let's face it, there's no shortage of work to do around here, both mundane and magical.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail considers getting up to get an actual beverage for a moment, then mutters "fuck it" and continues drinking her vinegar.]

Could see if he's picked up any handyman skills from my class, it'd be a decent test.

[arcadianvampire]

It's a good a place to start as anywhere. Though I do worry if he might also pick up a bit of the grift from your classes too.

...Not that he really needs the help with that, when you get down to it.

[He chuckles, almost happy in that fact.]

Seems like your entire team there has learned some of those elements well.

[nor_iron_bars]

I'd fucking hope so, it was on the test. [She's not joking.]

[Look, sometimes concealing a hidden artifact means knowing how to lie properly, okay? Or spotting a good lie, if you're coming from the other end of things. It's still technically subject-relevant material.]

[...and maybe she wants to look out for these kids and teach them useful life skills a little, she guesses. Shut up.]

[arcadianvampire]

Well, it sounds like you prepared them well for it.

[Valvatorez took a sip from his coffee, looking back over the agenda for the rest of the meeting.]

Say, Akechi was branded as an ace detective, one with a strong sense of justice, right? ...If that is true, to any sense, at his core, it might just pose a redemptive opportunity for him. We already want to avoid him using his powers for that sort of thing, but... perhaps advocacy work for those who are being used and abused might be a good start.

...Once he's mentally ready for it, anyway. I admit, I might be putting the cart before the horse. That might be a step further down the road. And I suppose it might be better to tailor some of that towards anything he might offer up about himself willingly.

[It might sound like he's a little soft, in a way. But there's a certain firmness in his convictions that suggests he's very, very much a fan of redemption at his core, even if it means working your ass off to do it.]