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

[fashionable_yapping]

[Okay, this boy got rather embarrassed when she brought that topic up. Zero sexual experience? Probably. Well, she's the same, so she isn't judging.]

Oh, that should be fine as long as they're not too loud and don't leave a mess. Just give advance notice.

[nevernoaction]

[That sounds fair enough as long as they're not talking about sex please no. He nods toward her.]

I'm Lie Ren. You can call me Ren...although there is another guy with that name.

[As he turns to look at her better, Ren's eyes are definitely magenta colored. There is also a streak of the same color in his inky black hair.]

[fashionable_yapping]

[Okay, that's not a bad color. The hair streak in particular is a nice accent. As for the eyes, she's seen weirder.

She examines him in her own way, by looking at him, but much more importantly, taking a sniff of the air.]

I'm Nina Ecarlate. Born and raised in this country. Where do you come from?

(OOC: She has her own permission post for her scent ability and a couple of other things.)

[nevernoaction]

[Ren exudes a sense of calm that might be hard to find outside of people who study Zen or who are monks. It's rare to find it in someone young. Especially now that he's calmed down from the personal statements and demands.]

I've traveled a lot, so I don't really come from anyplace. I think I grew up in a very remote corner in Asia where a few countries come together, but it's been a real long time since I've been there.