The Watchers of Night ([personal profile] thewatchers) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-01-10 08:52 pm

WINTER TERM OPENING CEREMONY AND CLASS START


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.

code bases by tricklet
shockingblue: (Frown)

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[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-13 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[When his roommate appeared near him and gave him a transcript of the orientation, Gunvolt arched an eyebrow at Maple when he skimmed through it. He immediately looked back to Maple with a look of incredulity. It'd only been a couple of days since they met, and GV already was learning Maple was... well. Maple.]

Okay, so... why? Is this supposed to be a bingo card or something?
maplesight: (...)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-13 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well that's rude. I mean, wow. Here I am, distributing these out of the goodness of my heart so that nobody misses a single word of this no-doubt thrilling speech that is being mumbled through, and you call it a bingo card.
shockingblue: (Serious)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-13 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you blame me? This part where they catch you and you defend handing these out sounds just short of a "Free Space."
maplesight: (oh i don't care)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-13 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what a Free Space is and that's very insulting.

It's going to be a great scene though, once they come over this way.
shockingblue: (Neutral)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cue Gunvolt looking over the manuscript to make sure he's not in this production anywhere. Lord knows he doesn't need that.]

...So why are you handing these out? Proving your oracle abilities to a wide audience?

[GV had no reason to doubt Maple was actually a talented oracle, but over just a couple of days she'd already proven to have a track record of being... well, an unreliable narrator.]
maplesight: (what the fuck)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-13 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I just said it's out of the goodness of my heart! Do you know how many people fall asleep during these things!? I don't want them to miss out on any important wisdom that the second-greatest Seer in the world is dispensing.
shockingblue: (Melancholic)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-14 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[...Well, he's not even going to bother asking who she thinks the greatest seer is, because it's one of two answers: Her, or an answer he almost assuredly doesn't want to hear for the sake of his sanity.]

...Maple, I've known you for like two days and I've already seen you try to sell your oracle services at least nine times. And seven of those were to me alone.
maplesight: (whoops)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-14 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Those were for a good cause. [ You've seen her spend her money on pizza delivery, despite the campus's food being amazing. ]

And besides, I only offered six times, so obviously you weren't even paying attention. [ Actually, Maple's the one who didn't count, so she doesn't know if it was six or seven times - she's just banking on her roomie to have not actually counted either and take her word for it. ]
shockingblue: (Astrasphere)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-15 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...It was seven. Once when we first met, twice later that afternoon, once after I got back from the ice-breakers, twice before bed, and once before we even left to come here.

[He had been counting. Clearly.]

Not that I have a problem with being an entrepreneur or anything, but... damn.
maplesight: (whoops)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-15 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
...That adds up to six.

[ Hard to tell if she's trying to push a really obvious lie... or can't do basic addition. ]
shockingblue: (Grit)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-15 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Two plus two plus one plus one plus one is seven, Maple. Four plus three!

[And he can't tell which is which...]
maplesight: (ok)

[personal profile] maplesight 2019-01-15 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That's definitely not what you said, but you're a kid so I'll let it slide.

Anyway if you help me drum up some business, I might share some pizza with you later. Try and act really impressed by how accurate this transcript is, all right?
shockingblue: (Adept)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2019-01-17 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I... what?

[He knows he's not the crazy one. He will not be gaslit by tomfoolery, but sometimes you have to know when to fold 'em.]

...You know what, that's fine. If the transcript's right, I'll say you were.

[But what goes unstated is he'll also make sure to tell people to draw their own conclusions from it. Grains of salt, buyer beware, and all that.]