daybreakacademy | When You Made Wishes: start! (player plot)

Imagine Wist's surprise when April rolled around and their plan for a great prank was foiled on account of all those students just...leaving??? Truly, they have become the April fool... It's what they wanted, of course -- for the pitiful humans to find freedom -- and sure there are some stragglers around, but...in the end, they decide to take the win and enjoy a short break of their own. Good thing, too, or they might have pulled out all their hair in frustration when Spring Break comes to an end and the swarm of students and faculty willingly return to their prison.

While settling back into the academy and resigning themselves to a routine, the people of Daybreak will be soothed by a gentle tune rising up from the forest. It isn't a song they've heard before, and yet, somehow...it's nostalgic, isn't it? The soft notes of the pan flute stir up something in their hearts, tugging at old memories and drawing forth a feeling of dissatisfaction and longing out from under them. Let the song lull them into taking a moment to withdraw from the hustle and bustle -- hey, turns out they sort of need it. Maybe they're coming down with a cold, or just some quick little bug...
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>> user M3G4M4G1CH4XX posted on April 6th, 2019:
Why did you come back? You don't have to live like this.

Weren't things better back then? Try to remember what it used to be like.
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The odd message from an iris account that doesn't exist isn't up for long before the spell kicks into the next phase. However they manifest and from when differs from person to person, but those affected will all have the bizarre experience of watching some ghost of themselves from their past be born from their soul's memory. Don't think there are those that can escape this fate just by returning at a later time, either -- Wist can keep up this panpipe nonsense all day, every day if they have to. If that what it takes to get their point across...

Good luck trying to comprehend whatever point that may be, because now Daybreak is the new home to a bunch of familiar-looking rugrats and has to contend with whatever complications they may bring along with them.
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[For more information on this plot, please see this ooc infopost!]

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[He's trying to figure out how he's supposed to answer that when -- ah. That's easier, and some tension leaves his shoulders at the suggestion. Avery is a nice, understanding person, he decides, and shakes his head. Everything is weird!]

You too, huh? I wasn't even that close to France before I ended up here. And I've never seen so many kids in one place.

[Huh... That's pretty weird, even for a weird situation like this. Ricky knows the he, at least, was in France, because where else would he have been? He's always been in France. It didn't occur to him that this place could possibly have been anywhere else. As for the number of kids...

S C O O L

What about then? He hadn't been with a class for long at all, finding it difficult to spend so much time away from Ramona and unable to effectively communicate. The other kids, for the few days he'd been there, hadn't been particularly kind...but there were still a good number of them.]

This is a school? I didn't know they came this big.

[It's kind of amazing, really.]

I guess that explains what that lady said about teachers, though. It's kind of like something you'd find in a story, isn't it?

[That hadn't been quite what he meant, but once Avery says it, it makes sense to him, too. That would explain why he couldn't find Ramona, too. But he can't remember her saying anything about that...

He takes the letter pieces and starts to make a picture instead as he shrugs in reply. How about the sun. The sun was good, safe, and warm.]

[Sun? Avery's not entirely sure what that means. He's heard something about a town named "Soleil" and if he remembers correctly that means "sun," so...]

I haven't been in the town yet. I don't know what's in there.

[The town...? Ricky shakes his head because he hasn't been there either. He hasn't been allowed to leave that one room much, really, until he couldn't handle waiting by himself anymore. That older boy is probably going to be mad if he comes back and finds Ricky gone, this time without even the excuse of being on the lookout for an escaped kitty.

...Going back by himself sounds almost scary, now. He'll owlishly blink over to Avery instead.]

[Avery thinks for a moment]

Do you wanna go?

[He blinks again, apparently caught off guard by the question even if, upon reflection, it was an obvious next step.

...Well. He can't think of a good reason not to, so. Shrug? He's open to it.]

[The shrug throws him off a little. Is that a yes? A no?

...

He'll say it's a yes. Surely Ricky will let him know if it's actually a no, right?]

Then it's settled! We'll bust out of here and find everything that the town has to offer!

...

Um.

As soon as we figure out how to get there.

[It's a yes with less accountability. It's definitely not a no, as demonstrated by the fact that he pushes himself up and starts plodding his way his way out of the dining hall. If they're going to a town, the logical step to take would be to get outside. He knows where that is.]

[Oh! He's heading out. That must mean Ricky knotted how to get there. Great! He follows Ricky outside and watches him eagerly, swinging up on his toes and back again in excitement once they're out.]

[Hm. The other's anticipation makes him feel pretty good, honestly. Someone's relying on him!! He's being very important to someone! He takes a look around, trying unsuccessfully not to look super lost. Like with older Maverick's smug grins and condescending annoyance, that's just his face.

That way is where he came from, and while people seemed to be living there, he wouldn't call it a town at all. Just a very, very small apartment complex. So... He points off in the other direction, then holds his hand out. They should use the buddy system.]

Oh, that's a good idea.

[Avery immediately takes Ricky's hand. There are so many things around here to get distracted by that he has no doubt they'd probably end up losing one another. And since Ricky can't talk, it'd be hard to find him if he got lost!]

[Yaaay, he had a good idea and someone is listening to it. That's new! It gives him even more confidence in walking off out into the open, to where he has no idea where anything is. But hey, Avery can't wander off without him.]

[He knows this is a school, but if he has to be honest, the whole place looks more like a fort or a town to him. It makes him all the more eager to find the real town, just to see if it's even bigger.]

You know, I just noticed but... There aren't asn't horses here, are there? I wonder if those are all in the town too.

[Excuse him while he stares. He has...never seen a real live horse in his life. Well, as far as he knows. To be fair, he only remembers about a year back. Either way, once he's done being bewildered, he's going to shake his head, because he's reasonably sure...there will not be horses.]

Really?

I guess they must be hard to find here.

[Poor French people. They probably have to walk to far away places. He hopes his feet don't hurt too much by the time they get to the town.]

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