FACULTY IN-SERVICE - MAY

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FACULTYIN-SERVICE - MAY
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May’s Teacher’s In-Service convenes over a number of disciplinary actions, which will require the attention of the Faculty. All students have been found to be taking part in serious actions that could endanger the student body. While the school tries to avoid restricting movement and interaction among the students, it does have a number of tracking capabilities, such as imposing a Rune of Penitence upon the student that will allow chosen Faculty to observe them at any time, as well as transmit detailed information whenever the student attempts to use any kind of magic, flame, or other power. The rune also allows chosen Faculty to warp immediately to the student’s side, should it be warranted. Up to three Faculty can be assigned to man the rune. Beyond that, the general shape of the punishment is up to the Faculty and what they feel is appropriate.

[Faculty will have the ability to impose IC punishments upon the students based on their actions. Faculty may discuss and put forward recommendations as they wish in the Formal Proposal thread, which can either be voted upon by the faculty or, if there is general consensus, placed in as the final decision. Please keep this strictly to IC punishments that make sense for the character’s actions, while the character has been breaking the rules the players themselves absolutely have not and we want to use this as a way to encourage roleplay, not discourage it. If the mod team feels the finalized punishment is too much or will impede a player’s ability to play, we will modify it before imposing the final penalty. No characters have requested any specific exceptions to punishment, so you are otherwise free to impose what you feel is appropriate within reason. The students, and their infractions are listed below]

Kano:
Unauthorized summoning of daemons on campus
Multiple daemonic contracts with no regard for personal health or safety
Continuous risk-taking with no regards for personal safety and reckless endangerment of other students
Damage to campus property (drilled hole in dormitory floor without permission)
Toki:
Causing general alarm among student body with sudden outbursts of procroclimations of doom, and generally taking poor care of self when it comes seer abilities
Spreading inflammatory and baseless rumors about others
Tried to run away while on overseas trip
Involved with risk-taking situations with Kano above
Rex:
Distribution of military-grade weaponry to students without authorization
Upgrading of student weaponry without authorization
Intent to distribute further military-grade weaponry to a larger group of students without authorization

The final order of business is that of visions. All seers are beginning to see an imposing, dangerous figure who seems well aware that their Sight is drawn to it. The High Seeress herself makes an appearance to brief the faculty.

“I am afraid our time grows short. We have reason to believe that the visions we are seeing are of a creature borne of Nightfall. We have dubbed this creature a ‘Herald’, and its presence signifies our impending doom. By our estimation we have around a year remaining before darkness envelops this world. The Herald’s emergence will be met with apocalyptic power, and our first priority will be to take it down and lessen its impact. Our estimation is that the Herald possesses the power to bring about Nightfall if not stopped. While this creature is powerful beyond measure, our visions strongly suggest that it is but the first. The time to prepare and the time to act is coming. We will leave it to you to determine how you will break the news to your students.”

code bases by tricklet

Comments

Punishment Proposals

[thewatchers]

Toki

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Kano

[thewatchers]

Rex

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[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail generally isn't concerned with student punishments- Daybreak doesn't do anything cruel enough to push her to intervene, she doesn't care enough about rulebreaking to invent any of her own, and she tends to be of the opinion that the point is not getting caught in any case.]

[But having looked over the record of infractions for Toki, and having started tutoring him for his seer abilities, she feels a vague sense that she should argue one point on the list:]

Not gonna say the kid didn't fuck up there, but "taking poor care of self in regards to seer abilities" is kinda it's own punishment, y'know? [She's been through enough bad vision aftermaths to know.] Definitely needs to get it through his head that it ain't safe to ignore the side effects, but I dunno if that's something he should get punished for instead of, like. Therapy.

[sauerfacedcyborg]

In regards to Toki, he seems to be harboring mistaken beliefs about the school. Last month, I had to disabuse him of the notion that students were being treated as prisoners and obligated to act as soldiers. I believe he could benefit from a discussion regarding conspiracy theories, as well as more cautious monitoring. His claims incited another student to attack his chaperone on the assumption that she was there to restrict general student behavior.

[arcadianvampire]

[Valvatorez was... understandably, quite livid about hearing the news about some of these goings-on that required disciplinary action. Mostly at the scope of it. Good lord, was that just a mess. And frankly, his sour mood was evident, and he made no attempt to hide it.

Still, despite his anger and disappointment, he kept himself collected.]

...On that much I agree. Mr. Rikugou's lack of self care, while disturbing, is not something I would do something purely punitive over. Other than perhaps mandating he attend therapy sessions. On that much, he needs guidance more than penance, and realistically, many of his other problematic acts are best suited to be dealt with that way. The rascal means well at heart, but he's a wreck in more ways than one.

His participation with Kano's recklessness, on the other hand... that should be looked at judiciously.

[spelleton]

He doesn't seem to be aware that what he does can affect himself, let alone other people. I agree that he doesn't need a punishment, exactly, but he needs safety gear and a way to track his health and state of mind, at the very least.

[ He's pretty sure Toki has a helmet now, at least?? ] Until he can manage on his own, he needs supervision of some kind, which technically falls under disciplinary action.

[opheliaafterdeath]

If worst comes to worst, I can help there. I know the difference between facts and damn conspiracy theories.

[Since they made Nekane's job as a detective that much harder in the long run, having to sort between the two. They just say worst comes to worst because they'd be no help with everything else except keeping an eye on Toki.]

It's mainly his Seer ability, yeah?

[spelleton]

I'd propose a tracker sigil. Preferably one that monitors his health and general state. [ He sounds a little irritable. ]

He gets into trouble as it is, and I'd prefer to have a way of finding him quickly rather than being called to the aftermath.

[nor_iron_bars]

...Well, I can teach him how to repair a floor. That oughtta come in handy if he tries to put another hole in it.

Dunno what the fuck we're doing about the rest of this, though.

[sauerfacedcyborg]

I wouldn't be surprised. I don't have the Sight myself, but I've gathered that visions are rarely straightforward. Incomplete information is fertile soil for incorrect theories.

[sauerfacedcyborg]

That sort of risk taking...concerns me, particularly as he didn't seem to have any failsafe to preserve his own safety in this latest incident. Has he spoken with a therapist at any point?

[bejustorbedead]

I feel like we need to figure out a way to keep him from contracting even more Daemons first, and then we can get him into therapy. The issue is unlike Rikugou, his recklessness is effecting others.

[nor_iron_bars]

Fold it in with the rest, I guess? From the look of it, "monitoring sigil" covers most of this.

[opheliaafterdeath]

Don't I fucking know it.

[They sound extremely exasperated at that.]

Anyone got any idea how they show up for him? Sorting through this crap would be easier if we know at least that.

[opheliaafterdeath]

Beats me. But knowing how shitty daemons get, he's going to run into one that'll just take his soul or something and fuck off.

[Nekane may be a little bias against daemons but as much as they hate it, they do have experience with one that's particularly nasty. So they're well aware it's almost inevitably that Kano will summon something he can't handle.]

[nor_iron_bars]

Yeah, that shit was... well, it sure fucking was.

[A sigh.]

You want me to have a talk with the kid about, ah... "journalistic integrity", next time I'm tutoring him? Might be a start on numbers one and two on that list, at least. [To his credit, Valvatorez seems angrier about the danger to others than the rumors started about himself. To hers, Jail is aware she should probably still do something about that, regardless.]

[At least when she starts wild and baseless rumors, it's on purpose.]

[sauerfacedcyborg]

I'd like to propose mandating regular meetings with one of our mental health specialists, as well.

[eyes_are_uphere]

[Goddammit, why is she here and why is this something she has to be sober for? Rude.

Though she is letting out a long sigh and rubbing the bridge of her nose after Jail's done talking.]

He's already come to my office once now and just on the surface there's a lot of work that needs to be done there. A lot of co-morbid issues that feed on one another, honestly, he needs more intensive therapy than what I can do here. But I am trying to do what I can with the time I have.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Preach it, Nekane.]

With seizures, mostly. The actual visions seem to come up as abstract symbolism, maybe some clearer bits and pieces mixed in.

[nor_iron_bars]

[She reaches over and wordlessly pats Tsunade on the shoulder. She wouldn't trade jobs with you for all the money in the world, so... respect.]

[sauerfacedcyborg]

Would it be possible to outsource his treatment? We might want to call in a psychiatrist to offer advice on medication, as well.

[eyes_are_uphere]

[At least someone understands. This is totally the reason she has a drinking problem, so it's fine.]

[opheliaafterdeath]

[Symbolism. Of course it's symbolism.]

Shame there isn't a way to record that shit.

[They'd be able to memorize it and go over it.]

I'm gonna guess asking him to write it down is out the window.