daybreakacademy | Reverend Reverend please come quick 'cause I got something to admit

Who: Ernesto OR Héctor + TWO Mingle spaces
What: TOUR AND A MOVIE PART TWO; STARING YOU? + NECROMANCY; HONEST EFFORTS (a.k.a, Héctor's failed revival this month is a truth spell.)
When: April, late in the month
Where: A filming location in Soliel, Daybreak Academy
Warning: N/A
Notes: People affected by Héctor's accidental truth spell can also bring this into the movie mingle. Have you ever lied without actually lying? Now's the time to learn!

TOUR AND A MOVIE

Filming is ramping up.

Just as before, Higher Daybreak faculty are encouraging participants to see this as a way of learning to use their magical skills in a way that is discrete and ensures the protection of the Veil. It's spoken of as a chance for students to better learn how to hide their abilities while still putting them to use, disguising them as various other talents. In turn, they'll be credited in the film's production once it's complete, as well as receive extra credits in related courses. And of course, besides the great publicity, what better way to make a hit movie than adding a magical touch to it?

While work around the set continues to be welcomed and encouraged, this month filmmakers are particularly keen on finding those who can fill a newly opened role for an extra! Daybreak students are being to the very rare and special opportunity to audition in, without even going through the gruelling ordeal of terse agents, discouraging phone calls, and dull waiting areas! Just line right up and give it your best!

The following roles are open:

-Kindly and Adoring Town's Person Number Five

-Irritable Officer Number Two

-Overdramatic Restaurant Employee (or Customer, adjusted to match ages)

On top of this extraordinary opportunity, the winning student will be treated to a day on the town with De La Cruz himself.

On top of all this, with the improving weather, more scenes are being shot outside and in the heart of Soliel. It's quite possible to wander on set entirely by accident! Just remember that maintaining the laws of the Veil during this important project is still of utmost importance.

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HONEST EFFORTS

Nothing happened. He took precautions, he followed the spell, he did everything right. He double-checked the runes and then triple checked the cage he'd set himself up in. There was light, there was energy, a whole burst of it shooting up around him and then darting out past the walls (and over the campus). And then nothing. He was still just as dead as before. He wasn't even a different kind of dead like his usual screw-ups led to. He made a flashy light show and nothing more. In a fit of frustration, he scraped the whole circle, packed up, and settled in to go back to work the next night.

But, with that morning, students and faculty alike around Daybreak may find themselves afflicted with a sudden need to be a little more candid than usual. Maybe a lot more candid.

The urge for honesty may manifest in being suddenly unable to lie-- either directly or at all. It might mean talking way too much. Maybe it means confessing things you've been bottling up, or simply showing who you are inside when you'd normally be inclined to hide it. It might just be something small and simple going throughout the day. Or, it could build into something so overwhelming it becomes impossible to bear until the truth is out. It varies from person to person and does, eventually, go away.

But it also may be intensified in those who might be just a bit too close to a certain someone...

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< Yeah, that's right. It's only me and Vivi now and he's like... eight. It's just us hanging out, mostly playing video games. He's pretty good. >

[...They could definitely use more members. Two people is not a club.]

... Eight? Is that, um.... I mean, I thought the ages for this school was...

[don't be rude, ruadh.]

< He's not the only little kid around. Some people don't have anywhere else to go. >

[Though he supposes Vivi does now... unlike the bird himself.] < And he has seriously powerful magic, so... >

I... guess that makes sense...

[She pauses.]

... Though... I guess, this club is only for people who aren't human, right?

< Uh... It doesn't have to be. I'm human sometimes, I guess. So if you really want to goof off with an eight year old and a bird, I don't think he'd mind? >

[Human, but only sometimes. Surely even the one person who knows can't argue with that...]

I, um, I wouldn't mind, I guess? Honestly, an eight year old and a bird are easier to talk to than most people...

['Honestly' is the mood of the day, it seems.]

< Sure. You're in then, if he's fine with it. Which he probably will be, don't worry. I'm Tobias. >

-- Oh! Right. My name is Ruadh Speir. It's nice to meet you.

... I, um, should also warn you. I'm probably terrible at video games.

[He preens his feathers while he chats. He does that a lot. It's not like he needs his beak free to talk, and he likes to stay clean.]

< Yeah, I hadn't exactly played any myself. ...Actually, he wouldn't have had any either. >

[Ruadh's momentarily distracted by that, honestly. He looks so soft, she kind of wants to pet the feathers... but that would be weird and rude and she definitely can't do that. But she wants to. So badly.

She just nods in understanding, and then pauses.]

Wait, can you play games? With claws?

[Not petting the feathers is a wise choice. He sounds amused, as much as he 'sounds' like anything.]

< I'm a magical bird, I can make hands. Or turn into a human if I feel like it, but that's not as much fun. Slower reflexes... uh, no offense. >

Oh, no, I don't mind. I, um... I'm not... I mean...

[She looks down.]

... Um, I realize this is a lot to ask since I just met you, but can you keep a secret?

< I... can try? >

[Wait, that's the wrong thing to say, isn't it. Damn truth compulsion is still there.]

< Uh, what I mean is--someone's screwed up a spell. It's worse than not being able to lie. I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm not liking it. >

[There's a pause as she processes this.]

Dia ár sábháil..

[Not French, Spanish or Latin, which means he has no idea what language she's speaking. Welp.]

< ...Right. Maybe we can talk about it tomorrow, if you still want to and it's not the spell screwing with your head. >

That might be best thank you and I'm sorry for bothering you with-- I mean, um--

How often does this happen. Please tell me it will be gone by tomorrow.

< It should be, and it won't happen again. It was-- >

[No, no, he absolutely can't say that. He starts to preen himself almost frantically, struggling not to give away someone else's secrets--even worse than giving away his own.]

< Right. I'm sure the guy who did it is sorry, it was an accident, he doesn't need everyone scolding him, he feels shitty enough already. >

I mean- It's not me scolding him I'm worried about.... Or scolding at all, or just-

[why is this so hard. She's trying so hard to stop talking.]

< Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm just trying not to say who! >

[Right. Calm down. Keep saying... other true things and move on.]

< Also it wasn't me. God, I hate this. Let's talk about something else before I lose it. >

Yes please.

[She pauses.]

.... What is something good to talk about in these situations? Is it birds? I like birds.

< Birds are pretty cool. Some birds. My kind of birds. Some of them I'm not so fond of. Like owls, I hate owls. You would too if they were your size or bigger and wanted to eat you. Corvids go around in gangs and mob me... >

[Yeah, this is a safe topic. A stupid one. But safe.]

-- Anand wouldn't do that!

[RUADH, HE MEANS LITERAL BIRDS,]

[He twitches a bit, catching himself before he spreads his wings. Oookay.]

< No idea who that is. It's happened to me a lot. I guess I can't blame them, they have no way to tell if I'm hungry or not. >

Oh, um. Anand is my girlfriend. And also a raven, sort of.

[magic life.]

I don't think she'd... No, well, she might say mean things but she wouldn't hurt you.

< ...Sort of? I'm not always a hawk either. Most of the time. Not always. >

[This one is less of a struggle. He's not human anymore, face it. It's been well over a year and a half, he likes being in hawk shape so much better...]

< I, uh, appreciate that. It's just nature. They're trying to chase me away, that's all. For their own safety. >

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