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[marmoron]

Who: Keith and OPEN )+ closed prompts for Kisara and Lance)
When Post-Herald - July 8th
What: A network post + doing some research. Closed prompts involve hijinks in the Outlands
Where: Library, around campus, various places in the Outlands
Warnings: There may be some battles goinng on in the Outland prompts. WIll add warnings as necessdary

A. Network Post
[The post is made the day after the students and faculty return to the Academy following the fight with the Herald and the messy "clean up job" of the U.N forces. Keith's been watching the rumors circulate on the internet and watching news coverage of the incident in Australia with increasing annoyance.[

anyone else wondering what the fuck the un was thinking?
how the hell was detonating a nuke the better option?
just how far are these guys gonna go to keep the existence of magical society a secret from everyone?
are people here seriously okay with this?



B. Library
[Anyone that happens to be in the library will find Keith hunkered down in the library with a stack of boks piled up on a desk in a more secluded area. Finals are long over and summer classes definitely got cancelled so what the heck is he doing in here? Well for anyone curious and potentially lurking close enough to rea the spines of the books he's pulled out, they're all topics relating to the history of the Outlands and Outland factions.]

C. Around campus
[As campus activities start winding down for summer vacation and students are preparing to go wherever their summers take them, anyone still around may find Keith laying out in the quad giving his wolf some well deserved ear skritches. But when he's not doing that, he's looking at his phone looking contemplative. On his screen, he's looking at plane tickets to Arizona. After a long moment of staring, he turns to the wolf, muttering a little quietly.]

You probably should see it, right?

D. wildcard
[Feel free to hit me up if you've got any other ideas in mind!]

Comments

a;

[thegoofball]

It's pretty messed up.
Makes you wonder how far they're going to keep going as more of this stuff happens.
Wouldn't it just be better to find an excuse that doesn't involve setting off a bomb?

[He Hates agreeing with Keith, but...]

b

[stavros]

[Kokoro looks up from a thick encyclopedia volume -- is she actually reading that or does she have some other book stuck up hidden behind it?]

Are you researching, then?

C....Eveningish???

[betheman]

[The sun has Set.

Gongenzaka is a Good person who doesn't look at phone screens over people's shoulders, so that is exactly what Gon does not do. However, it probably won't take much to draw attention to himself anyway given that he's a bear doing a jog up and down the stairs at the quad.

There's plenty of weird things at this school, but that's a little...Hrm.

it's just, it's a bear,]

[marmoron]

[Ah yes. Tide goes in, tide goes ou. Heralds rise then Heralds fall, and this guy will also always be a baby thorn in his side. Christ he almost forgot he was ticked off at Lance, too.]

why do they need to make the excuse in the first place
the outlands arent gonna go away

[marmoron]

[Keith is giving that encyclopedia a skeptical look because yeah... he honestly wouldn't put it past her to be reading that thing cover to cover, but....]

Something like that.

[He keeps the book open and doesn't put it away, but she does have his attention for now.]

What about you?

[marmoron]

[..... yeah, that's catching Keith's eye pretty readily and is doing an A+ job of holding his attention. Lots of strange things happen at Daybreak and right now he's thinking the bear is someone's familiar, but then again it's not like there's anyone else in the area? Wolf pup's headtilting a little too.]

..hey?

[Ordinarily trying to draw a bear's attention would be uh... loldumb, but the wolf pup can teleport them out. It's probably fine.]

[betheman]

[If it's a familiar it's a Weird one. It's wearing geta. It has a headband, and a sash around its shoulder and back.

Also pants.

The bear has pants.

Gongenzaka pauses as someone's voice breaks the quiet air, and he turns.] Auh....

...Hello?

[There is a small, hesitant wave.

So the bear Talks apparently.]

[thegoofball]

idk they probably want some reason to keep people away from there
but there's a better way to do it than blowing the place up
it's just stupid

[At least he's not...trying to fight him about this?]

[marmoron]

[Okay. There is a lot to unpack here about this talking (maybe familiar) bear, and it's kinda bizarre to realize that the bear is probably just as timid about this exchange as Keith is. Despite you know, being a freaking bear.

Keith stands up, a little on guard, but not showing any signs of hostility.]

You a... student here? Or associated with one?

[They do apparently have talking hawks as classmates now, so.....]

[marmoron]

starting to wonder if nightfall's actually just a nuclear winter caused by people trying to cover up the existence of magic
someones gotta go talk some sense into the leaders at the un

[Then a minute later:]

wait why the hell are you agreeing with me

A; un: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

I'm definitely wondering what was going through their heads. A nuke's MORE dangerous in some ways... also, I'm honestly a little scared what the radiation might do to that area?? Or anything that pops out of the Outlands into it

[stavros]

Studying! The mind cannot go to waste over the summer holidays, after --

[As she sweeps out a hand to illustrate this, she accidentally knocks over the encyclopedia, leaving up the smaller book standing behind it, a teen mag with a bright pink logo touting articles like "Best Summer Movies," "What Your Friends are REALLY Thinking," and "The Stars Have Spoken: Your Summer Bikini Horoscope!"]

...it's research.

[marmoron]

[You know. He was perfectly ready to just take her at face value on that one, but then she knocks over that encycloppedia and well... let's just say Keith's not laughing outright, but there's a raised eyebrow and what is definitely an amused grin.]

"The mind can't go to waste over the summer" ...huh. What kinda "research" [Quotations audible.] are you doing?

[marmoron]

yeah. pretty obvious they didn't think this one through
which begs the question what are they gonna do to cover up nightfall when that actually happens
i dunno about you but i dont think these guys can be trusted

[stavros]

[Her face goes deep red and she sinks behind the magazine.]

Cultural. To prevent the incident at the grad dance from recurring. Besides, I wish to know how they can possibly tie in astrology to selling you bikinis.

[marmoron]

[Okay, that gets him to laugh.]

You're still hung up on that? I already told you being able to understand dumb songs like that is more of a curse than anything.

[But then after a beat.....]

....so how are they doing it?

[buddinghopes]

I feel like they're incompetent at best and way out of their league at worst... Trusting them to handle stuff seems like a gamble I'm frankly not sure I'd want to take.

[stavros]

Poorly-rationalized product placement. "Scorpio: Your dark and alluring nature may draw you to a mystery on the beach. Blend in with the night in this black suit with red metallic fasteners." And then price and availability information. Apparently they did one for shoes last month.

[marmoron]

there has to be something we can do about it
we shouldn't just be sitting here complacent while people drop nukes for cover up

[marmoron]

[A blink.]

.... weird. Black and red are my colors and I think I'm a Scorpio.

[buddinghopes]

I agree
We need to be more proactive about these things anyway, if you ask me... I know it's no use to put people in a panic over things with info way in advance but at the same time WHY ARE WE JUST SITTING HERE WHEN WE /COULD/ KNOW IN ADVANCE

Or, why are the people who can and are willing to do stuff just having to sit here I guess. I need to get stronger before I even consider chasing after any of this stuff personally
Either way
It's not right

[stavros]

Your colours? Like your uniform?

[marmoron]

No, I mean the colors I like most. Don't you have colors?

[marmoron]

it does feel like we have to take matters into our own hands
felt that way for a while actually
but there has to be something we can do right now that isn't dependent on stregnth
not everyone in the un special forces can be alright with this either
there has to be a way to reach out to them and encourage them to speak out

[buddinghopes]

Based on what I heard I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't get listened to at all tbh but you're right. I don't think all of those folks would be okay with it either so reaching out to them has to be worth something...

I'm not comfortable sitting around doing nothing... my abilities are geared towards fighting, so that's where I default to being most valuable but this is kind of a Big Step Up from making sure a daemon doesn't eat a trick-or-treater on Halloween