[OPEN] 4th Wall Weekend - Campus

[mansionstaff]

Who: ME AND YOU
What: 4th wall weekend shenanigans
Where: In the general vicinity of the campus WHEREVER YOU WANT
When: April 27th-29th
Warnings: shenanigans
Event Info Post: here

Welcome to Smash Academy. If you're new here, the first thing you'll probably notice is the looming clock-tower. That's the main building where animes most the classes and strangely accommodating Headmasters are. (That said, the Headmasters are a pair of giant floating hands and one is noticeably much more Crazy than the other, rambling on about oranges and other nonsense...) Around the main building are other facilities you'd expect to see at a school, and despite it being spring break, many bodies are still on campus.

The boy's dormitory wing (BE), the girl's (BW), and the teacher's dorms (TD) are still active with their inhabitants. The common rooms that join BE and BW act as central hubs; in each common room you will find a TV, video games and other such forms of entertainment, as well as some super comfortable couches and chairs about, and a small communal kitchen which may or may not be clean or occupied. There are also communal laundry rooms shared by students and faculty alike. Note: Smash Academy is not in any way, shape, or form responsible for lost or stolen articles of clothing (especially underwear).

The library is MAMMOTH and hard to miss; currently run by an easy to miss five year old albino pikmin girl. The cafeteria/dining hall is also hard to miss, with lunch lunch served daily by your friendly neighborhood Ursaring with a laser eye. If there's nothing appealing here, there are a couple of vending machines are scattered around campus. Careful, they are wily beasts. There's also a campus cafe as far as food options go.

Also found on campus is: a greenhouse, computer labs, the highly esteemed faculty lounge, not so highly esteemed detention rooms/holding cells, mailroom, weight room and a gymnasium. And, yeah, we've got a fancy heated indoor/outdoor swimming pool for all your swimming needs. The courtyard is an open, central location in the school nestled between the dorm wings. There is of course the courtyard fountain, the occasional tree or decorative shrub, and plenty of benches for you to park your 'kesters on. It should probably go without saying, but there's also scattered on campus bathrooms with strange phone numbers scrawled into the walls and janitor closets our janitor would probably not approve of you making out in.

However, the most notable building on campus is probably the gigantic Fighting Stadium. It looks and operates exactly like the Brawl stage, only more. Instead of just Pokemon areas, it can simulate any battle arena imaginable. In addition, items and other special circumstances can be controlled through a podium off to the side. Spars and brawling classes are generally held here, but it is also open to individual training sessions any time. By default, the stadium has safety protocols on by default which negate some pain and characters falling and exploding to their death, but they can be overridden and turned off which means pain and death is a definite possibility.

Since that possibility is quite the possibility at a fighting school like this, it would only make sense for Smash Academy to have an equally advanced nurse's office/infirmary. If you find yourself sick, hurt or in need of medical attention, Rhys andor NPC nurse ladies can make you feel aaaaalllll better.

If you're looking to venture a little beyond the campus, you might pass by the parking lot/hangar; if you've got a vehicle and you drove/flew/rolled/biked/trotted/rode it to school, chances are you parked it here... and your fellow students/faculty would probably greatly appreciate it if no shenanigans befall their vehicles.

Bordering Smash Academy are some grassy fields, a forest, and a misleadingly placid lake; currently home to a Gyrados named Mr. Fish, and formerly home to the (now dead) Kraken. The forest is that of a temperate deciduous forest--lush woods dominated with varying varieties of maple, oak, pine, and birch. There's probably a few other video game derivative species in there if you're very particular about your flora.

Spring is in bloom, so the forest is alive with explosions of flowers, and subsequently birds and bees. Local wildlife varies about as much, including wild Pokemon, "normal animals", and creatures of a more fantastical nature. Again, if you're particular about your fauna, they're mostly video game derivative species. Creature temperaments vary between very tame and very wild, so take caution.

[[OOC: THE NITTY GRITTY AND RULES:
- OPEN LOG AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
- Please start your threads with where your character is, so others can come in.
- If you are going to have makeouts / battles / anything kinda sketchy, PLEASE MARK IT SO ACCORDINGLY as you tag to warn the others.
- Mark your threads OPEN and CLOSED depending on your plans.
- If your character knows others (a 4th wall breakage) make sure that the other person is okay with it before going "Hey I played your game", etc. we're trusting you guys to communicate with each other for such things.
- ENJOY, AND HAVE FUN!

DON'T FORGET! ALL THE COOL DUDES ON PAGE 2! AND PAGE 3!]]

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LIBRARY - Everyday

[vianca]

Perhaps you were looking for a certain book. Perhaps you were completely lost in this monstrosity of a library. Don't worry, the five-year-old albino little girl was here to help you. If you were lost, there was the high chance that she was going to appear at your side without your noticing, as it was easy to overlook 4'3" white shadows with all the books towering above you.

At any other time you could find her at the Librarian's desk. Though she was just as easy to miss there, she was there to help you out.

Just don't expect her to say very much.

LIBRARY - 27th

[shironomusume]

Clarith was lucky enough to be able to read, and yet the sheer amount of books in the library was intimidating her. She aimlessly wandered past the shelves, trying to keep the potted sapling she was holding steady with one arm while retrieving books with the other. After some time of this, she sat down at a table, flipping through a book containing information about the city.

While some people would not have noticed the librarian's aid, once Clarith caught a glimpse of her, she could not help but stare, becoming very, very conscious of her own white hair.

[vianca]

Funny, the feature that had struck Vianca most about the other girl was her similar red eyes. The Pikmin didn't even mind that the girl was staring all the much, since she was staring right back in most instances. The only other person that she knew that had this particular combination of hair and eyes was one of her brothers, so it was very interesting to see someone new. Half of her wondered if she might have been a sister, but she could already tell this wasn't true.

So she was someone else entirely. Interesting.

At some point Vianca approached the table that the girl was sitting at. Perhaps she wanted to get a better look at this strange mirror image, and was coming around that conveniently placed pile of forgotten books on the table... Or maybe she was actually just grabbing the books. Either way. There she was.

[shironomusume]

Although Clarith had gained some confidence in the past months, the idea of possibly meeting someone else with her blood had made her nervous. She made a few attempts to speak up, although her voice died in their throat several times. Eventually, she managed to say something to the girl, her voice barely louder than a whisper. "I like your hair flower."

[vianca]

Vianca had been silently sorting through the books on the table, putting them in an order that would make them easier for her to shelve later. The quiet voice wasn't hard to miss, and Vianca glanced at her in completely unemotive surprise. The unexpected compliment was appreciated, though she didn't show it.

"Thank you," she very softly replied. Her eyes slid to the pages in front of the other girl, lingering on one of the photos of FDC that was featured amongst some of the text. "You're new." A statement, but phrased slightly like a question.

[shironomusume]

"Yes. I was walking through a doorway, but then I was suddenly stumbling out of a hole in the wall." Clarith had heard that there was an announcement denying that such an incident had taken place, and she didn't understand how anyone could attempt to cover up something that big. "...Does that happen to a lot of people here?" She watched her actions and reactions, noting that she too was a quiet person.

... 28th? that sounds like a nice day.

[notbullied]

It had taken a day to get adjusted to everything. Being in this strange place, not being in the body of a mourning dove anymore... a lot of things that he never really thought were possible until now.

Nageki tried to keep to himself the first day, but by the second he realized just how much he needed to satisfy his book craving. So he found himself in the very place that he was trapped in back home: the library.

Though he wasn't lost, he definitely was a little overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place. Seeing all the books excited him a little. So many things to read and so little time!! Where could he even begin...?

Quite

[vianca]

He might not have been lost, but he was still quite new. Vianca had almost missed him when he came through the library doors, as she had been perched up on a ladder sorting books onto one of the upper shelves of the first floor. She had cast the main doors the barest of glimpses while she worked, noting to look properly in just a little bit.

And so she did. It did not take long to find someone that didn't know where they were going. Vianca examined him from a bit far off. It was a bit odd. His reaction to the library was reminding her very strongly of the first time she had wandered amongst the shelves herself.

Vianca quietly made her way to the green haired boy's side and peered up at him.

"Do you need any assistance?" Very quiet.

[notbullied]

He definitely did not expect anyone to approach him, so he had to keep himself from jumping in surprise. The voice, though soft, was enough to get his attention, and he looked down at the girl by his side.

... wait, there was someone shorter than him?!

"..." This was a little awkward for Nageki. He wasn't used to being the one not knowing where to find things. If anything, he was the one helping out Hiyoko with book sorting... but still, he replied in a voice almost as soft as hers. "Where can I find the fantasy section?"

[vianca]

Surprise!!

Vianca decided that as of this moment, she rather liked the soft-spoken boy. He was quiet and he seemed to enjoy being in the presence of the place. Now he was asking to find Vianca's favorite part of the library.

The little girl gave a small nod and turned slightly, indicating for Nageki to follow her. He'd already discovered that the library was quite large, so it was probably obvious that it would be a good idea to just follow her to it.

[thaddeus]

"Sister." A familiar voice had said.

He was, out of nowhere, pulled back into the school. His first instinct was for some reason to check the library and thankfully, his sister Vianca was there though he didn't made much question on why she's sitting on the librarian's desk now.

[vianca]

Very familiar indeed.

Vianca glanced up at his approach, nonplussed as usual. "Brother," she greeted softly. He might have been a different color now, but Thad was still very much Thad. She was happy to see him, though it didn't show. "When did you return?"

Re: LIBRARY - Everyday

[alleywaypatient]

Let's add to the short white-haired girls that don't talk brigade.

Stumbling through a portal was the least of Sabitsuki's worries. She had done that plenty of times before - kind of. Being dropped off in a school also didn't worry her any, she knew how to read and how to navigate one. So she found the library, and quick, to avoid the sudden crowd of people outside. It was the most comforting place.

With nothing else to do until she somehow got sucked back into her own world, Sabitsuki quietly found the library catalog and jotted down the numbers of books she wanted (and also took the paper and pencil along with her in case anyone did decide to chat her up.) However, the library was HUGE and she spent more time wandering through aisles instead of finding books (which Vianca might have seen) and FINE FINE she gave up.

So there she was at the Librarian's desk, holding out her chicken scratch notes to Vianca. Halp.

Re: LIBRARY - Everyday

[vianca]

Vianca was big pimpin in quiet, white-haired ladies. Livin' the high life.

She had indeed spied the girl wandering through the shelves. At first it seemed like she were merely exploring the library as a whole, a sort of acceptable form of being lost. Because of this, the Pikmin did not immediately go to the girl's aid.

It seemed she wouldn't have to go out of her way. She looked up when the other girl approached, and then her eyes fell to the paper in her hands. Oh. Hm. Vianca nodded and took the notes, glancing over them as she slid off her chair.

oh no here i come. [perhaps the 27th suits you.]

[iaiai]

Strange things were happening around campus! Although strange things usually happened around campus, so Ai wasn't entirely sure if that still made it strange or not.

New people were showing up, and a lot of them seemed confused about how they managed to get to the Academy. How you could accidentally stumble upon the school didn't make much sense to the purple Pikmin. The headmasters just made matters even more confusing with their network posts, and Ai was completely unsure what to make of the whole thing.

Perhaps Vianca would! According to Ai, Vianca knew everything. Soon after encountering a few confused individuals, Ai made her way to the library to find her sister. In an aisle not far from the front desk, Ai shouted.

"Vianca!"

yessss. [it does]

[vianca]

Vianca, not looking up yet, immediately raised a finger to her lips.

"Shhh."

[iaiai]

Oh, right. Library meant no shouting. Ai lowered her voice to an actually-fairly-loud whisper.

"I'm sorry! Vianca!" she paused, shuffling closer. "Hello. What are you doing?

[vianca]

This was a fairly acceptable whisper. Enough so that Vianca looked up now, setting down her pen from the notes she was taking.

"Hello, Ai. I'm going to be re-cataloguing some more of the books today..." She tipped her head slightly. The pikmin knew when the other had something she wanted to ask. "What is it?"

too many katies. [28th, afternoontime.]

[hissyfit]

Eli, quite frankly, didn't care about whatever the hell was going on. Nearly everyone annoyed the snake; what were a few more morons wandering around the academy to her? She carried on with her routine, as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening.

It was pretty common for Eli to avoid Vianca for weeks at a time, but she'd made a habit of visiting the library each Saturday since the cherry blossom festival. Often, there wasn't much of a conversation.

She carried a book on ancient Hylian with her, very similar to the one she'd given to Vianca for Christmas. She'd had it checked out since early December and had almost forgotten about it. With a quient whump, Eli dropped the book onto the Librarian's desk and gave Vianca an expectant- but soft- stare. There was undoubtedly going to be a late fee for this...

the right amount of katies

[vianca]

There was absolutely no way that the pikmin had not noticed the increase in the snake's routine visits. They curiously pleased the pikmin. Curioser still, she found herself looking forward to her Saturdays. Vianca took care to never acknowledge the feeling, thinking that once she did, Eli would stop appearing. Things would go right back to the way they usually were.

While she could accept that, it still wasn't anything that Vianca actually wanted.

When the book hit the desk, there were several thoughts that occurred in Vianca's brain. One was the quiet happiness that this was another Saturday in the trend. Another was a vague, warm sort of sensation when she registered what the book was. When she wordlessly took the book to match it to its card, there was a bit of a conflict within her. On one hand, her christmas present had appeared much less random now. On the other, that inspiration had happened quite a long time ago.

There was undoubtedly going to be a late fee for this.

Vianca stared evenly back up at Eli as she firmly informed her, "... You have a fine of twenty five dollars for this return."

or is it

[hissyfit]

Silently and without even a nod of acknowledgement, Eli pulled a few crumpled up bills from her pocket. Twenty three dollars. She straightened them out and passed them to Vianca.

"That's all I have," she replied, sounding a little irritated.

correct

[vianca]

Vianca gave a very subtle glance between the wrinkly bills placed into her hands and the girl who had given them to her. Twenty three. That was two dollars too little. All right. She nodded curtly in Eli's place, removing herself from the small stack of books that were placed upon the desk chair.

Without a word, she moved to where she kept her small bag. Two crisper bills were obtained and added to the weathered ones. The money was taken to the desk and properly filed away. There. Business managed.

plot twist. [28th, later.]

[punchwaves]

Marie had stepped foot in the library all of two times. The first time, he'd walked out with a copy of Twilight, which had been returned only 2 days later via-the bookdrop out front. The second time had been for a class project, and Marie had been surprised to find how many books there were on some place he'd never even heard of. Or how many books there were on pretty much any subject, actually. Couldn't you just look all this stuff up on the internet?

Maybe it was worth wondering what Marie had wandered into the library for that Saturday. Maybe it wasn't, considering the reasoning had simply been to find a comfortable place to sit for a while without being bothered. The library was monstrous, and it was easy to get lost in it. A perfect hideout. Marie was a little disappointed he hadn't thought of it sooner.

There was an armchair on the second story of the library with Marie's name on it. Once he had deemed it suitably out-of-the-way and difficult to happen upon, he curled into it with a book about Wartortles.

holy shit

[vianca]

but what about gold's skateboards

Marie had been another person that Vianca had taken note of entering the library. More often than not, these notes remained just notes unless the person in question seemed like they needed her assistance in someway. This was not the case with Marie.

She had recognized him, and had made the firm decision to locate him once she was done with her current task. With all the business that had come with switching around her schedule to better handle the library and the very few hours she still retained at the nurse's office, along with everything else, Vianca had not been able to follow up on the Squirtle's visit there. She had wondered how things had gone.

It did not take her terribly long to find him within the expanse of the library. The spot he had chosen had been one of the ones that Vianca liked to frequent. It was, in fact, suitably out-of-the-way and difficult to happen upon, and that was why she also enjoyed it.

Vianca put forth a bit of effort to make her footsteps a bit more pronounced so that maybe it would not be a complete surprise when she came up near him.

[punchwaves]

the library is not the correct venue for a skateboard

Marie wasn't actually reading the book he held. It was opened to a random page, nestled in his lap, but he was more occupied with looking at his hands than at the text on the pages.

As soon as he heard the sound of footsteps, Marie looked up. Sasha's weird, pale, quiet roommate. The girl who had treated him immediately after his fight with Char. For a split-second he couldn't remember her name. It started with a V... Vianca. Right.

To be honest, Marie really didn't want to see her. She'd seen him in a very fragile condition, and it was pretty embarrassing to see her again. He acknowledged her presence only by looking at her a little too long to be just a glance. Looking down again, he pulled his hood up.