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

[yokeye]

[Can Toki's curiosity be dismissed that easily? No.]

Testing for what~?

[His own task is momentarily shoved aside dismissively.]

Just some collection. I can find it later~!

[nevernoaction]

...to see if I could get to the top of the shelf with or without a stepstool.

[He's not that short. He's 5'9", but he was just not quite tall enough to attempt without a stool. True, he could climb on the shelves in case of emergency, but he didn't want to break anything. He did just get here, after all.]

[yokeye]

[Oh. Well that was boring. What was the point?]

Why?

[nevernoaction]

In case I'd ever need to. Like if there was a fight in the library.

I know they've told us how well protected this place is, but I feel better about making sure in case the unlikely happens.

[He gives another sigh. He'll have to be more careful about getting caught.]

I'm Lie Ren. Just started here.

[yokeye]

[He can't imagine anyone choosing a library for a fight.]

Better to be prepared~!

[Go hanging from bookshelves all you want, kid. He doesn't know what to make of Ren yet, so he smiles and waves.]

Nice to meet you, Lie Ren~! I'm Tokidoki Rikugou! I'm new too!

[nevernoaction]

[He's been a party to years of random fights alongside Hunters, so he's just used to being prepared whenever, wherever.]

Oh yeah? Are you here by yourself or with people you know?

[yokeye]

By myself~!

[And he thinks that's a weird question.]

Do people usually come here in groups?

[nevernoaction]

[See, this is the problem of constantly socializing with people much older than he is. He has no idea sometimes how to talk to someone his own age. Should he just answer the best way he knows how?]

Maybe if there were groups of Hunters or other societies going together? I've never attended an academy before, so I'm not sure.

[yokeye]

[He's never been to an academy like this either.]

Maybe~! They do have a training place.

[nevernoaction]

I guess I should do that instead.

I have, however, been in a library before so if you really are looking for something, I can tell you where to start.

[yokeye]

I was looking for the uh, Seer collection or whatever it's called.

[He waves a hand at the signs marking the bookshelves.]

Everything's in French, though~!

[nevernoaction]

I've been learning the language. I think...it might be over here.

[Ren knows a little bit in a few languages, but he didn't know a lot of French until it became certain he'd attend this academy.]

[yokeye]

Lead on~!

[At least Ren can read some of it.]

I'm looking for like, first hand accounts? Descriptions of visions and things.

[nevernoaction]

[Is this person a Seer? Or just very curious? Ren keeps the question to himself, instead concentrating on the language he's still learning as they walk by the stacks. He doesn't have his crib notes on French, but this word is related to this subject, so that should mean what he wants is....]

Right here. At least it's a place to start.

[yokeye]

Thank you~!

[He pulls a randomly chosen large book off the shelf and starts looking through it. He can't read it, but maybe there's drawings depicting vision imagery. About half-way through the book, there's several pages of pictures, so he decides to take this one at least. He sets it aside and pulls down another book.]

You probably don't know if we can actually take these out of the library, do you?

[nevernoaction]

No, I don't. I guess we could find a librarian.

[Of which there don't appear to be any around here...so on for more searching. He's intent on this goal, at least until they pass a section on Outland creature types. Ren leafs through a book about types found in Asia and decides this needs further study.]

[yokeye]

[Ren looks very interested in the book he's found, so Toki's going to take what he has and either find a librarian or just... leave with said books.]

Thanks for your help, Ren~! I'll see you later!