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

[suddenlybees]

[ There's no comment about his intelligence than a laugh, as playing dumb has always been a conscious decision, an outward facade that's relatively useful, but there is no denying that in many, many ways, he is very, very dumb. ]

Haha... So you were bored, huh? Tapping your leg like that before I came to bother you. But, well? Do you feel any less bored now?

[unpocoloco]

[He opens his mouth, then closes it. This? This is a trap.]

I wasn't bored!

[A pause.]

Well I wasn't bored while I was doing the tapping thing. Haven't you ever... gotten a song in your head or just felt in you and had to get it out?

[No? Maybe?]

...I'm not bored now, but that still doesn't mean I appreciate all that.

[suddenlybees]

[ It's a trap that Héctor calls out immediately, and Kano has to laugh, applauding him. ]

Bravo~ You understand! But no, I've never had a song stuck in my head. What's it like? What does it sound like? I want to hear! Singing, I know it's easiest when you're loud and open, instead of trying to do it under your breath!

[unpocoloco]

[He doesn't know what to do with this kid.]

Ah, no. I am not singing out in the open. Not in the middle of an assembly.

[He leans back in his chair, arms still folded.]

Besides I don't do crowds anymore.

[suddenlybees]

[ He should have shoved Kano off his chair ten minutes ago. It's still not too late to do that. ]

Not "anymore" huh? How curious~ Is that an invitation to a private performance~?

[unpocoloco]

[He should have, but he's not an aggressive man even when he's cranky. And Kano's a kid he doesn't know well.]

It is absolutely not. I don't just do these things for whoever either. Are you always this... eager?

[suddenlybees]

Aw, I was hoping you could make an exception for me~ We could hang out, you could get to know me, and see for yourself if I'm always this eager~

[unpocoloco]

[He sputters, makes a shushing noise, and quickly gestures out with his hands for Kano to lower the volume as he glances around. He hisses low to Kano.]

Don't say things like that! You could get yourself into real trouble! With real creeps!

Or at least people are going to think I'm a creep and put me in jail!

[suddenlybees]

[ The makes Kano burst out into laughter, the exact opposite of shushing. ]

What's the problem? Getting close to somebody else... I like you, so I was hoping you would return my feelings~!

[unpocoloco]

[And that's it. That is his limit on all of this. It's officially crossed. He is here and the line is way back there.]

Nope. [He shoots up to standing, hands going up. He doesn't care who sees or how much it interrupts this assembly.] I'm finding a new seat! Don't follow me!

[suddenlybees]

[ People are definitely staring, turning around in their seats at the outburst, so much that the Headmistress actually breaks off in the middle of her speech to throw a glare his way.

Kano, for his part, sort of pulls his hood over his head and pretends he doesn't know Héctor. ]