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daybreakacademy2019-12-06 11:32 pm
priforprince) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-12-06 11:32 pm
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Open ♔ You there, with your weak heart all a-waver
Who: Hibiki Shikyoin & Daybreak at large
What: A Celebrity arrives to make a Tremendous Announcement.
When: December 4
Where: Quad & courtyard, in front of the Main Hall
Warnings: Pomp. Circumstance. Flying pirate ships. Hibiki.
[ What had been a quiet day in the Daybreak Academy quad is interrupted by the sound, faint at first and then growing louder, of a trumpet fanfare. And then, possibly, some violins.
Anyone who heads outside to see exactly why the air itself is seeing fit to reverberate with a classical march will discover a rather striking aeronautical vehicle turning a slow but steady circle above campus. From over the sides of the ship, purple roses and lilies fall like shoujo rain. They are accompanied by golden calling cards.
Anyone who tries to pick up one of the flowers will discover their hand whiffing right through them - someone is seeing fit to scatter the area with illusions. The cards, however, are real. One side is emblazoned with a crown emblem. The other side reads: ]
You are cordially invited to the dawn of revolution. Gather near the Main Hall.
[ Those who ignore the cards may go about their days unimpeded. Those who heed them, however, will find the airborne ship paused over a newly-erected stage in front of the Main Hall, next to which a rosebush larger than the average human sits in an opulent pot. A man in a goat suit stands next to the bush, as unobtrusively as someone who's decided to go out in public dressed like that can stand.
The ship hovers above everyone. Nothing happens for a good minute or so. And then, just as the sense of dramatic anticipation reaches its peak -
A figure in a blue velour prince costume vaults over the side of the ship, trailing purple sparkles in her wake. She lands in the direct center of the stage, having turned a somersault on her way down. And when she straightens up, she accepts the microphone the goat person offers her on a small velvet cushion, turns to the audience, and addresses them thusly: ]
Everyone, I've kept you waiting. This is Hibiki Shikyoin.
[ "Hibiki Shikyoin?" someone asks. "The mage who's also a movie star?"
"The one whose eyelashes are insured for five solid gold bars - each???"
Hibiki lets the murmurs ripple, then continues. ]
I've arrived today to reveal my noble mission. As things stand, Daybreak Academy is like a pile of muddy rocks being passed off as diamonds. Even if a true ore were buried within it, no brilliance could ever hope to shine through.
But all is not lost. [ She lifts her chin in a handsome, purposeful pose. ] Casting aside the dredge-sipping drudgery of "missions" and such, I hereby create the position of Daybreak Academy Principal and appoint myself. Unlike your facile faculty, I'll grant students of true potential the polish of refinement!
[ She snaps her fingers. Gardening tools fly upwards, set upon the rosebush. In a matter of moments, they've completed their task - and what had been an unpruned plant has become a topiary statue of Hibiki herself.
Hibiki, standing in front of "Hibiki", raises her arms above her head. ] Elation is best. Together with me - the ultimate Radiance!
[ The pirate ship's cannons "fire" illusory confetti over the crowd. It spirals down around Hibiki, her smile itself alight.
With self-satisfaction, and the secure knowledge no one could ever take umbrage with this. ]
What: A Celebrity arrives to make a Tremendous Announcement.
When: December 4
Where: Quad & courtyard, in front of the Main Hall
Warnings: Pomp. Circumstance. Flying pirate ships. Hibiki.
[ What had been a quiet day in the Daybreak Academy quad is interrupted by the sound, faint at first and then growing louder, of a trumpet fanfare. And then, possibly, some violins.
Anyone who heads outside to see exactly why the air itself is seeing fit to reverberate with a classical march will discover a rather striking aeronautical vehicle turning a slow but steady circle above campus. From over the sides of the ship, purple roses and lilies fall like shoujo rain. They are accompanied by golden calling cards.
Anyone who tries to pick up one of the flowers will discover their hand whiffing right through them - someone is seeing fit to scatter the area with illusions. The cards, however, are real. One side is emblazoned with a crown emblem. The other side reads: ]
You are cordially invited to the dawn of revolution. Gather near the Main Hall.
[ Those who ignore the cards may go about their days unimpeded. Those who heed them, however, will find the airborne ship paused over a newly-erected stage in front of the Main Hall, next to which a rosebush larger than the average human sits in an opulent pot. A man in a goat suit stands next to the bush, as unobtrusively as someone who's decided to go out in public dressed like that can stand.
The ship hovers above everyone. Nothing happens for a good minute or so. And then, just as the sense of dramatic anticipation reaches its peak -
A figure in a blue velour prince costume vaults over the side of the ship, trailing purple sparkles in her wake. She lands in the direct center of the stage, having turned a somersault on her way down. And when she straightens up, she accepts the microphone the goat person offers her on a small velvet cushion, turns to the audience, and addresses them thusly: ]
Everyone, I've kept you waiting. This is Hibiki Shikyoin.
[ "Hibiki Shikyoin?" someone asks. "The mage who's also a movie star?"
"The one whose eyelashes are insured for five solid gold bars - each???"
Hibiki lets the murmurs ripple, then continues. ]
I've arrived today to reveal my noble mission. As things stand, Daybreak Academy is like a pile of muddy rocks being passed off as diamonds. Even if a true ore were buried within it, no brilliance could ever hope to shine through.
But all is not lost. [ She lifts her chin in a handsome, purposeful pose. ] Casting aside the dredge-sipping drudgery of "missions" and such, I hereby create the position of Daybreak Academy Principal and appoint myself. Unlike your facile faculty, I'll grant students of true potential the polish of refinement!
[ She snaps her fingers. Gardening tools fly upwards, set upon the rosebush. In a matter of moments, they've completed their task - and what had been an unpruned plant has become a topiary statue of Hibiki herself.
Hibiki, standing in front of "Hibiki", raises her arms above her head. ] Elation is best. Together with me - the ultimate Radiance!
[ The pirate ship's cannons "fire" illusory confetti over the crowd. It spirals down around Hibiki, her smile itself alight.
With self-satisfaction, and the secure knowledge no one could ever take umbrage with this. ]
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[Ask a simple question, get a simple answer.]
If they haven't fired me for the shit I've pulled yet, they ain't gonna fire me for this.
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[ Hibiki points at Jail dramatically. She has the money, but the
principalprinciple of the thing is at stake now. ]I am your new employer! You'll receive your pay accordingly, but prepare my office or I'll dismiss you myself!!
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[She's almost tempted to show her into the headmistress' office personally, just for the fun of seeing how that conversation plays out. Leaning back casually against the head of the statue she's perched on, she props her feet up on the sword it's carrying.]
Oh hey, if you see Diane from HR while you're trying to fire me, tell her she still owes me five bucks, okay? Thanks.
1/2
Hibiki's teacup has gone plummeting out of her hand and met an untimely end. ]
2/2 thanks for needing to restart in the middle of my tag, laptop
Okay, technically, she's twitching a little. In revolt from realitea. ]
I'm just delighted by all the tea puns.
[With the satisfied air of cat who knows you can't actually force it to stop shredding your curtains and taunting the neighbor's dog, despite repeated attempts, Jail stretches comfortably and considers a nap.]
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"Excuse me."
Pardon him, Jail. There is tea here, near you. So now there is also a jangling bell on a collar, and a "goat" inside of it, and a cleaning cloth in one hoof.
He is nothing if not maaticulous. ]
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[She's vaguely wondering if this guy's a furry, but eh. Not her business.]
So, you gonna take her with you if she stays like this or...? [If Hibiki remains frozen, she's not cleaning it up.]
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Ando finishes his cleaning job, then looks back over at Hibiki. This particular bout must be bad, as he almost moves his eyebrows. “I shall maa-ssist her presently.”
And he produces a pair of headphones from a pocket in the stomach of his goat suit, as if he’s actually a maa-ngaroo. Faintly, Hibiki’s own voice can be heard from them, singing a cappella: “Pure amore love....!”
Ando returns to his maa-ster’s side and affixes the headphones. A second passes.
Then Hibiki pops back to life, gaping for air. Ando’s bell jingles as his shoulders (haunches?) relax in relief.
Maa-ll’s well that ends well. ]
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[Eyeing Hibiki's revival thoughtfully, she adds:]
Might wanna leave those headphones on until you're oughtta earshot, in that case. A full conversation with me might actually send her into anaphylactic shock or something.
[Given that she tends to regard elegance as an optional side bonus to her main goal of being as obnoxious as humanly possible.]
/foreshadowing
Hibiki rubs her head, testing the efficacy of her defenses. The application of something more worth listening to does assist, but these particular headphones - which, if Jail looks closely, are powered by Runes - aren't intended to be employed this way. No, there is something else they seek to ward off. Something far more terrifying.
And yet. And yet. ]
.....Faculty cutphones are required.
[ Or perhaps just Jail cutphones? ]