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

[hippocarnival]

"Ah! You're new." Yuya grins wider, perhaps a little too enthusiastically friendly. "Nice to meet you. Are you a candle? What are your powers?"

[schwanenritter]

"No, I'm a Hunter, I don't have powers, I just know how to fight Outland monsters." Fakir answers, seeming to stiffen for the briefest of moments.

[hippocarnival]

Yuya catches that stiff reaction, blinking. Is he shy about not having powers?

"I don't know a lot of hunters, but you're not the only one here! I guess you already know more about what to do with Nightfall coming than me..." He rubs the back of his neck.

"I'm a tamer. A mage one, I mean, I don't have the flame that candles do."

[schwanenritter]

"There seems to be quite a few tamers around," he noted.

[hippocarnival]

"Yeah." Yuya shifts in his feet. Not a topic for extensive conversation, huh. "So... what else do you do? Hobbies?"

[schwanenritter]

He notes the shift, and lets Yuya change subject. "Ballet," Fakir answers with a tone that suggest he might get defensive depending on how the other boy responds.

[hippocarnival]

"Ballet... oh, ballet! Dancing!" Yuya perks back up. He may not be much of a dancer himself, but it's at least related as a theatrical performance. "Really cool. How long?"

[schwanenritter]

"That's correct. I've been doing it for a few years. I hope either this school or Soliel has a dance studio."

[hippocarnival]

"We have drama club." He scratches his cheek, thinking. "Maybe a dance club, but I didn't look. But there's a good stage!"

If they can get enough people in ballet, anyway. "Have you been in shows?"

[schwanenritter]

He nods as he puts a free hand to his chin. "Let's see... Hilarion in Giselle, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and one of the Russian dancers in the Nutcracker." Much as he really didn't want to, he really had no choice but to perform in that ballet.

[hippocarnival]

"I know those two, but not Giselle." Shakespeare and traditional western plays, though, he's become very familiar with in the past two years with the drama club. "I hope I can see it someday, your dance!"