WINTER TERM OPENING CEREMONY AND CLASS START

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WINTER TERM OPENING CEREMONY AND CLASS START
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The snowfall has only intensified as Daybreak moves into the first day of Winter Term classes. A school-wide orientation will be held in the auditorium, followed by an open period where tours will be given to new students by student volunteers. After a noon lunch in the main hall, short introduction classes will be held where the syllabi will be distributed and professors can give a brief overview of what they’ll be covering over the term.

A. ORIENTATION ASSEMBLY

With a new school year comes a fresh address. The orientation assembly is one of the few times that the Headmistress and High Seer, Mila Duchene, speaks to the gathered faculty and students about their purpose and why they’ve been found and gathered here. About how Nightfall looms ever closer, and how together they will be the flames who light the coming darkness.

It is, in the manner of many orientation speeches, fairly long-winded. Those who have been here for more than a year have likely heard this speech before, though it’s slightly more urgent this time. Maybe it’s a good time to get to know the people on either side of you a little better while the Headmistress talks, because you’ll be here for a while. Or maybe you’ve planned ahead, and you have something to entertain you at orientation - much to the shared entertainment or dismay of others in your vicinity, perhaps.

Or you could actually be listening to the speech. It’s up to you.


B. SCHOOL TOUR

For students fresh to the academy, the sprawling nature and architecture of Daybeak Academy can be quite intimidating. Fortunately, helpful student volunteers have been tapped to help escort the new students around and give them a feel for campus. Student volunteers are typically chosen for both their experience on campus and helpful nature. While some scripts are provided, students are encouraged to ad-lib and put their own spin on campus and what they like about it. New students are, of course, encouraged to ask as many questions as they can to make sure they fully understand and familiarize themselves with the campus as quickly as possible.

C. SNACK STATION

During the first three days after the Holiday break, throughout the campus grounds are small stations manned by the kitchen staff and volunteers, the smell of hot chocolate, cider, and frying bread fills the air, stirring the appetite and promising warmth on this cold winter’s day.

Every booth has hot chocolate, some spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, others rich and creamy, but always with an option for marshmallows, peppermint bark or caramel drizzles - with non-alcoholic hot cider for those with an allergy to chocolate. For food options, naturally being France there are crepes of all types and beignets on offer, with jam- or custard-filled berliners, while those looking for a more savory fare will be treated to rissoles - a fried bread stuffed with minced meat or bechamel sauce and cod.

While the drinks are on tap and readily available, it may take a few moments to get the treats out, so might as well make conversation while a fresh batch is made.

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Comments

[byhalves]

It's a relief he doesn't know - the less people who have expectations of him because of his family the better. "I am. This is my first time out of the country."

It's...been an Experience, to say the least.

[hippocarnival]

"It was like that for me, too." Yuya smiles wider. "So, if you have any questions I can help! What kind of powers do you have?"

With the array of Candles, hunters, mages, Yuya's learned to have no expectations what other people can do.

[byhalves]

"I can make ice." Like you saw. It's not much of an explanation - it's simple and not technically wrong, but it's probably an oversimplification.

"But I can do other things. I come from a long like of mages." Just in case Yuya thinks he's a Candle.

[hippocarnival]

Oh, elemental magic. He's familiar enough with that even if he doesn't use it. He doesn't hold the thought of asking for details long, though, before Shouto specifies his lineage.

"Wait, really?" Yuya's eyes widen as he leans forward with interest. "A real mage family, like--you're all mages? And you've lived around other mages?"

The society, whatever they call themselves. Those were questions Yuya never got to ask at the time.

"What's it like?"

[byhalves]

He's not expecting the questions. Maybe he should be? But it's not - he's never thought anything about his family would be interesting. Maybe for some other mage families, but all he can think about is his father and that thought alone is enough to get his lips curling.

"Mages just want to be powerful." He shrugs one shoulder. "Living around them... Just made me want to be nothing like them."

[hippocarnival]

Yuya slowly deflates. They were earnest questions, when Yuya's been so far removed from what technically makes up a part of his history and family. But also, isn't that why his dad left them behind? What he knows is a little second hand from his mother, what his father told her before he disappeared. But he thinks the feelings must be similar.

"Oh... sorry." He rubs the back of his neck sheepishly. "It's not like that here, at least?"

[byhalves]

"I wouldn't know," Shouto says simply. He doesn't quite feel bad for dashing any of Yuya's hopes - this is a conversation that he's sure won't mean anything for him, because he's not here to make friends. He's here to prove that he's nothing like what his family expects him to be.

"This is my first quarter here." So he has very little clue over what it's like in Daybreak.

[hippocarnival]

"I've been here two years," Yuya points to himself. "And instead, it's full of welcoming people and the teachers are really helpful... I guess because so many different kinds of people end up in the Academy. Especially with the whole Nightfall thing."

He lifts his head. "But if this is your first quarter, have you seen the whole campus yet? What classes are you taking?"

[byhalves]

Two years...That's a long time, and with the way Yuya describes his time here...

It sounds almost too good to be true. Shouto pushed for this because they seemed to be the preeminent force behind fighting the Nightfall. Everything else is just...unimportant.

"I got a tour." Tatsumaki was a very efficient guide. "Only the basics right now, and a few classes on combat and elemental magic."

[hippocarnival]

"That's good!" Yuya scratches his cheek. "I don't think we share any classes... uh, but if you ever have any questions you can call me on the Iris network. And my room is 203 in the Luminere dorm."