Fourth Wall: We Gather Here to Face the Dusk

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Fourth Wall: We Gather Here to Face the Dusk
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With the call for aid for the advent of the Suneater, the Academy has become one of the many operational centers around the world. The school while never having been quiet by any measure is now buzzing with extra traffic as those from all walks of life and not-quite-life gathered, preparing to literally fight for the sake of the world.

Whether the added souls were new to the supernatural, old faculty and students returning to the fold, or even legends whispered of in hush voices by those in the know, all are welcomed with open arms, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere despite the grim purpose of their visit.

A. Team-Build Exercises
To help with coordinating for the massive undertaking, team-building measures have been enacted, from trust falls to tag-team spars and even trivia bowls. Everything is designed to bring the disparate groups together to build trust and understanding...with varying results.

B. Breaking Bread
With the increase number of people needing to eat, the kitchen under the helm of Chef Hendersen aka Professor Bigfoot has been bringing out food from all corners of the world and the outlands - to make people feel at home - and for the daring to try the far more exotic fare such as Baatzou Surprise or Cumulus Puff from Celestia. And as it turns out - a speciality for the adults, they found some Ambrosia - drink and be merry.

C. Shop Talk
With the experience and wisdom of all sorts of trades and specialities being brought together, it’s only natural to want to exchange information and see what new innovations or experiments has been underway, or to get into impromptu competitions over whose ideas, spells or artifice will work better, especially if there’s money or bragging rights to be had.

Wild Card
If none of these appeal, make up a prompt of your own.

((ooc: This is the first fourth-wall log before the 5th Herald and opened for ALL characters current, past and not yet here. Feel free to throw any and all characters in to get a feel or get them established before the big battle.

If you'd like to make further plans oocly, we invite you to make use of the CR meme and AU planning meme!))

Comments

[benedetta]

You—huh? [It looks like that bit of news is a little bit of a surprise.]

Nobody said I was, but... [Neither did they say said she wasn't. But, with not having seen any proof (on account of said proof having not existed for more than a year now, not that she knows that), she could only assume that she was.]

[shockingblue]

But they didn't say anything about it at all, I take it. Assuming they even knew...

[He paused again, hand slipping out of his pocket and scratching the back of his head, just above the start of his braid.]

...I'm not exactly great at this kind of thing, so forgive me if I'm not especially delicate about it. Truth is, I don't know how much you might even know about the whole family situation. Or if you even knew if they existed.

[Given Viola was younger than Desidera and Marise was probably a black sheep of the family and not talked about very much after... well, everything, it stood to reason she probably didn't know very much about it.

Either way, part of him regretted being the arbiter of this news, but he was already here, and he had to commit.]

Anyway, if I had to guess, I think you and the person I'm talking about are actually cousins? ...Second cousins, maybe? That's just me guessing.

You're... probably wondering how I know any of this. Truth is, I'm pretty close to the other person who had that tattoo. She's uh. My girlfriend. So I've heard some of the family stories from her and her mother.

[benedetta]

[record_scratch.wav]

It's Desi? [But she doesn't have—wait, GV's been saying "had"...so it was removed at some point? Why? What hasn't Viola been told?]

[shockingblue]

Yeah. Yeah it is.

[He doesn't think twice about that, given he essentially tipped his hand telling her how he knew any of it.]

Her Mom's kind of on the outs with the rest of the family because of... well, reasons, and Desi's essentially in the same position. I'm sure you can guess why.

[It really wasn't hard to figure out.]

I know that's a hell of a bomb to drop out of the blue, but...

[benedetta]

[There are two relatives that Viola's mother regularly talks about—two of the woman's own cousins—but she's also aware that there's a third who...isn't usually spoken of, due to having dabbled in things that the rest of the family found unacceptable. It really isn't hard to figure out what those things were, having seen Desi.]

Some of the adults take a really hard line when it comes to anything involving daemons. [Which is an understandable thing. Hell, even knowing that there were daemons on the staff here at the academy nearly made them balk at the idea of her enrolling.

But...what should she do now? What does she do with what she's just learned? She's not sure. Try to establish a more-familial relationship? Or maybe just continue on as normal and hope things don't suddenly become strained between them? Or something else? It would really suck if this ended up negatively impacting the tutoring sessions, but depending on how things shake out, there might not be any way to avoid that.]

[shockingblue]

So I've heard. Which, to a point, I definitely understand. Even here, we get told to be extremely cautious about almost anything to do with daemons. Professor Valvatorez and Professor Atchison warn us about that all the time, after all.

[So it's not like he even finds the Pavesi family tack on the matter even all that offensive, or even misguided. Nuance on such matters is incredibly difficult, especially when humanity has spent so long under the existential threat of daemonic influence and invasion.]

But at the end of the day, things need to be seen and evaluated on truth and reality, I think. Sometimes you won't find nuance, but you often do. And it sounds like you've already been doing that, considering you didn't turn your back on learning from either Professor Valvatorez or from Desi herself.

[benedetta]

The Professor might be a little weird and might have a little bit of a history, but he seems like a pretty good person anymore. [Sounds like somebody's done some homework.]

Same goes for Desi, really, minus the whole history thing. [... Sounds like somebody's calling your girlfriend weird, Gunvolt.] I mean, I haven't once seen any reason not to be cool with her.

Hopefully this isn't gonna change that.

[shockingblue]

[He catches onto the weird thing, but expressly doesn't deny it. It is part of what he loves about her, after all.]

Hopefully not. I mean, it might be a bit strange at first. ...And I think the fact that you're hoping that it'll work out well will go a long way.

[He smiles, a more genuine, thoughtful one. Warm, even.]

Desi's... well, she's got a big heart. If you accept her for who she is, then that'll mean more to her than anything else. With that... you can both go from there, and figure out what you both want to do.