τάλαντον private academy

We've made it through three weeks, isn't that exciting?

Now, on your first day off since the Oni attacks, we've got a special treat! Later tonight, after sundown, you can venture out into the gardens where you'll find we've set up a little walk-in movie of our very own.

But for now, enjoy the free time; venture out into the city, maybe bring your humble headmaster back some trinkets? I enjoy things that jingle, but not jangle. Or tea. You can never go wrong with trying a new kind of tea...

Ah, one final announcement -- we have a new student joining us today! Everyone, please help us make Suzanna Moon feel welcome on campus. Daenerys Targaryen, you'll have a new roommate upon her arrival.

[ Feel free to use this post to mingle in the dorms/on campus, at meal times, playing outside, etc. You can post any announcements you would normally post to the general bulletin board. You can also visit the offices of any of the NPCs. We'll be putting up a log for the movies separately. ]

Good morning, students. In place of the Headmaster who is currently indisposed, I will be delivering your morning announcements today, the 15th day of the semester. It seems that our new residents have not decided to return to the woods as we'd hoped.

The barrier has now come fully down, and they have taken advantage of its absence to explore the city beyond. There are 5 that we know of who have escaped, and we're beginning to put teams together to go out after them.

Anyone willing to join a team, please congregate in the mess hall -- there are stations set up with staff acting as team leaders for you to sign up with in order to organize the retrieval and safe return of the oni to the campus.

Needless to say, classes for today have been suspended.

[ you may use this post to mingle in and start putting together groups, if you like. (if you'd like to post, that's totally cool too -- we just figure it might be easier to organize here.) we're going to leave it mostly up to you guys to find a group and go out and explore the city, with extra encouragement for our staff characters to take the reigns and help students get together. but, if a bunch of students head out on their own, they can escape having a chaperon if they would! it might help to remind us of your characters power in the subject so we can put effective teams together, but it's not required.

any questions, feel free to holler! ]

When; Day 7, before dinner
Rating; PG (language)
Characters; Quinn Fabray (cheerleader), Dean Winchester (here_tohelp)
Summary; Discovery of Basement Level 7
Log;
[ The enormous gears had sped up at first; an initial worrying sound that either preceded sudden death from impact or a safe but jolting grind to a halt. Whatever number that Dean or Quinn had pressed apparently didn't matter to the elevator, because it whizzed past the floor without giving a pully's wheel to stopping where it was supposed to. Maybe this one just likes to give its riders stomach-butterflies and that feeling that today's their day to die.

Then there was a shudder and the sound of metal on metal had echoed through the little elevator car and down into the bellows of the elevator shaft. The resounding thud afterward was a decisive sort of thud; if machines could be decisive, that is.

Now, duct tape that attempts to cover up the lower-half of the floor-buttons on the elevator, seems to be lit up and peeling it back will reveal that there are more buttons, for more floors. The yellow circle with a '7' in the middle glows, dull and covered in sticky residue.

The doors lurch open, or they try their best. After attaining about a foot-wide gap, they move to close again, and then bounce back open harder. Again, and again, the motion repeats. There isn't enough momentum to get them open entirely, and so the elevator is caught in an endless loop of open and closed.

Then the light cuts out -- all but that circled-7 on the button-board.

The room beyond the elevator is dimly-lit. There is a large storm-drain in the center of the room, surrounded by a dull red-orange stain 3 feet in diameter. Directly across from the elevator is a room, the door laying before it on the floor. Posted on the wall next to the open door frame is a large hazard symbol and warnings that can be made out to require HazMat suits before entering the room.

The other 4 rooms all have doors intact. Inside each is a similar set up: a long metal table in the center, with counters and shelves lining the walls.

Clunk-bump. Shut. Whirrrr-clunk. Open. ]

( map and key below cut. )

When; Day 6
Rating; PG
Characters; Rachel Berry and you!
Summary; Glee Club sign-up's! And general other things.
Log; ( Confessions of a drama queen )

When; During Ability & Self Defense Class - Fifth Day
Rating; PG-13
Characters; Ruby + everyone ever
Summary; There is class. It's classy.
Log;

( It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. )

When; Tuesday evening
Rating; G
Characters; OPEN
Summary; Rachel is out hanging about. Feel free to bump into her since she's singing rather loudly.
Log; ( Confessions of a drama queen )

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.
Harry Emerson Fosdick


Students who have braved the abandoned warehouse and received their pendants from a silent, bald, blue man (was he...?) find themselves in a possibly underwhelming landscape of a typical boarding school campus; green sports fields, low brown stables and what seemed to be a giant bath bubble emerging from the ground.

Ah, so! Not so underwhelming.

Approaching the bubble, perhaps new students will pass each other; they're all, of course, free to roam and explore at will. When they are drawn to the bubble in the ground (which by now you may have inferred is not truly a bubble, though smaller ones in bath tubs are likely to be found within their designated bathing areas), they will discover that there are partitions in the surface; windows. This is their new school. Not a stuffy old stone building, but a spiral filled with rooms on the way up and open space through the center. The building doesn't hum, it crackles with anticipation.

You might have met your dormmate briefly as you approached, or the boy down the hall. Maybe you arrived with people from your hometown going through the same thing, and now you're surrounded by people just like you. As nerve-wracking as the situation may be, you might find that it's the most relaxing, too.

The acceptance letter detailed that students should pick up dormmate assignments and class schedules upon arrival -- the more normal-looking building closest to the school building. On each of the two desks at the ends of two beds in each dorm room is a welcome package; a list of rules, a student handbook that explains everything you'd need to know to function at Talanton, a few maps (of the surrounding area, of the campus, of the class sections within the school) and encouragement to customize your side of the dorm room as you see fit. There is also a letter from the headmaster:

Hello, New Arrival!

Welcome to Talanton Academy. We're excited to have you all here. Hopefully you've found your room mate and your dorm room without any trouble. Remember, you may have a mini 'fridge', microwave and coffee maker in your room, but no 'hot plates'. Take care with any open flames such as candles. (We would very much prefer not to have the dorms burn down, especially smelling of brussels sprouts and sausage soup, even though it is my personal favorite!) Here are a few other rules that you need to remember:

• During classes we expect you to be in class. If you do find yourself sick, make a visit to the medical office. The nurse will be able to excuse you from classes.
• Curfew is 10:00 PM on weekdays. On off nights, curfew is midnight. You may speak to the headmaster if you've a special circumstance and need a pass for a particular event. Otherwise, you are to be in your room, lights off.
• Pendants must be worn at all times, even when not on school grounds. They will allow you to return to Talanton grounds. If you've ever any problem returning to school grounds, there is a phone located in the street front building you may use to request someone to retrieve you.
• We do not allow alcohol or drugs on school grounds. If caught with them you will be faced with consequences.
• Boys and girls are not allowed in each others rooms after curfew. There are public areas that you may congregate like the library and common rooms.
• Please pick up after yourself. If this is a problem, you may be required to assist the janitors until it's been determined you understand this rule.
• Please take care when using your powers so that you do not harm others. Many of you have come here to learn control and we understand that in order to do that, you must use your powers. If it is found out you are abusing your powers, they will be removed for a period of time to be decided by the Headmaster.
• Have respect for your fellow students, your room mates, team mates and your teachers.
• Enjoy yourselves, take advantage of all the opportunities afforded you and learn something.

A mandatory welcoming ceremony dinner will be held at 18:00 in the dining hall of this, the dormitory building tonight. Class will begin the day after tomorrow, on Monday. If you have any questions, you should flag down a member of staff to assist you. And if you happen to notice a bonfire out by the lake after supper, bring along some marshmallows. I do enjoy a good s'more.

Headmaster Reginhard

[ ooc: this is the opening game post! this is it! any questions, check out this post -- otherwise, have at it! If you haven't seen it yet, room mate roster is here ]