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Despite… other disturbances, the flow of time is inexorable. And so too, is the beginning of classes. The bells of Daybreak Academy peal joyfully as students are roused from their beds far earlier than they would prefer to attend their new classes. The Professors, of course, are also back in it, their classrooms (presumably) neatly dusted and arranged for the fresh new faces of this year’s crop, eager and ready to learn. Presumably.

A. OPENING BANQUET

As is the custom of Daybreak, a grand sumptuous banquet has been prepared for the night following the first day of classes. With entire pigs spit-roasted over open flame, chicken and beef of all sorts, juices, wines and beers from all over Europe, and of course the best breads and chocolates as befits a French school, the banquet is truly one for the record books. Of course, they say that every year.

B. SYLLABUS HANDOUTS

Most teachers at this point are handing out the syllabi for their next class, although a few more aggressive ones may have already launched fully into teaching. If you have questions about this quarter’s curriculum, now’s the time to voice it.

C. MEET AND GREET

With the new school year comes new opportunities to forge lifelong friendships. And what better way to do that than by partaking in cheesy icebreakers courtesy of your RAs? While hardly mandatory, RAs are highly encouraged to turn out their entire floor by being as annoyingly peppy and persistent as possible. At a school like this, it’s important to make new friends!

D. SOMETHING BLEW UP AGAIN

Daybreak Academy is a bit of an unusual school by any conventional standards. Daemons, fairies and youkai studying alongside humans that can call upon arcane power and bring forth divine light are hardly your usual fare. And this, of course, means that it’s usually a matter of hours before something blows up somewhere on campus. For new students, this might be a startling, shocking experience. For seasoned students, well, it’s just that time again.

E. WILDCARD
For anything else that doesn’t fit in with any of the above prompts.

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Comments

[lifeforced]

Thanks. I'm sure that things here will be pretty interesting. [And yes, she means that in exactly the correct sense; though she is unaware that the Lunar Harvest came and passed just recently, her parents are Hunters and she's generally aware of Things because they don't bother with keeping any of it secret from her. Even if they had been keeping it secret, she was forcibly drawn into it all ten years ago anyway, against her will and theirs.]

Ana it is, then. Been here long? [The assumption is yes, but she'll ask anyway just to be sure.]

[highelves]

Not too long, actually. I'd only arrived in June.

[ so still relatively new. ]

This is my first official semester here at the academy.

[ and yes. the lunar harvest sure was....something alright. it's a good thing ana stayed indoors the entire time. her first encounter with a hungry vampire was not fun and she was not willing to take that risk again. ]

[lifeforced]

Huh, so just a few months so far?

[Ana looks a bit older than her—in terms of actual age, not just Becky's own looking like a kid—so it's assumed that they're at least a couple grades apart. Not that she's going to ask about that or anything; it's something that she'll probably find out on her own anyway.

While there are some things she doesn't particularly need to know right now, she is a bit curious about some of the other students here, but she also doesn't want to go asking any wrong questions, so:] What can you tell me 'bout yourself? [...express an interest in getting to know people, and let Ana decide what she's willing to say.]

[highelves]

Indeed. It's only been around four months now, but they've been...quite a lot.

[ she lets out a dry little laugh. it isn't bitter, but it isn't entirely pleasant either. she won't elaborate on that, though. for now, she'd rather just answer becky's question with some surface-level material. ]

I've moved around a lot, if that's of any interest to you. I've lived in Japan, Britain, and most recently the United States.

[ she gives becky a smile. ] Would you kindly return the favor?

[lifeforced]

Sure. This is my first time anywhere outside of the States, but my family's moved basically every two or three years because of my parents' work. I've been to a few places on the east coast, so like New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, a few others. [She answers Ana's response by noting a sort of similarity between them; she's moved quite a bit. Prior to coming here, she's lived in no fewer than seven different places, and whether her moves and Ana's were for similar or different reasons is a different question that won't be asked right now.

Most of her previous homes, she doesn't recall much about, as they hadn't been particularly memorable, or were the one place she had wanted to forget. Her time in New York was probably the time she'd enjoyed the most.]

And since I'm sure it's gonna come up at some point: I'm seventeen. [May as well get that out of the way now.] If you want proof, I've got proof.

[highelves]

Is it, now? I suppose that means we are more alike than I thought. I too moved around because of my mother's work when I was younger.

[ well, there's the confirmation from ana herself. though beck's moved around a lot more than she has, ana is no stranger to the feeling.

she doesn't seem to bat much of an eye when becky says she's seventeen, though. ]

Somehow, being in this academy makes that a little more believable. I suppose you're used to getting a lot of disbelief about your age, hm?

[lifeforced]

[Here, 'work' can mean any number of things. To Becky, it also means not actually wanting to go into detail about those things—at least not yet—so she doesn't bother to ask for any sort of clarification.

In response to Ana's next question, she shrugs.] I've been this way since I was seven. It used to be people thought I was just small for my age, but then they started getting pretty annoying about it for awhile once I was old enough that that stopped being believable. I'm used to it now, though, yeah.

[highelves]

That does sound a little bothersome, doesn't it? Ah, well. You won't hear any prodding from me, at least.

[ because boy oh boy does she know how annoying that can get!!! ]

[lifeforced]

A little. [The question of her age itself doesn't bother her as much as it used to, but the lie she and her parents always told to give it a mundane explanation never really sat right with her, despite knowing why they all did so. Fortunately, here, she can be truthful about it, if or when that question ends up being asked.]

Thanks.

[highelves]

Of course.

[ there's no need for thanks, really, but the sentiment is appreciated nevertheless. ]

I figured that you were older than you looked when you first spoke, if that helps.

[lifeforced]

[Most people that didn't already know tended to assume she was a child no matter what, until she took steps to prove otherwise.

She briefly thinks about what would have given her away. The lack of any significant reaction to that explosion might have done it. If it wasn't that, then it was probably just the general way she was carrying herself, acting her real age rather than what she looked like. She doesn't think she did anything else that would have said "not actually a child."]

Yeah, it does.

[Since she's given her own age, she wonders:] Is it alright to ask how old you are? I don't wanna make any assumptions and then turn out to be wrong or anything.

[highelves]

[ it was definitely the way she carried herself. it certainly wasn't like that of a seven year old child. ]

Of course it is. I'm eighteen, now.

[ turned eighteen in july, too. ]

I appreciate your consideration, but I like to think my physical appearance matches up to my age.