Are there any other psychics at school? Am I the only one having weird splintering-of-reality headaches?

Normally I get, like, three or four random psychic flashes a day, but I've been having three or four an hour for the last two days and it's starting to get confusing and painful, dude. Like, it's just... like reality is fragmenting into little splinters and then reforming itself back into the world, but the crack-marks are still there and I can feel them grating on the tip of my tongue when I drink things.

Sometimes I think I have a beard, but then I don't have a beard.

Am I the only one? Is anyone else getting phantom beards or needles mouth or fragments of reality tearing at the corners of your eyes?

[The video feeds turns on with a very distressed Sable looking right at the screen.]

Oh, thank goodness my computer still works. So, ah, everyone knows by now about these...shadow bugs, yes? Well, I've been having trouble with them in my office. They've completely been taking over every inch of my room! Most of my electronics have stopped working, like my little television, but now look at what they've gotten into!!

[She turns the computer towards her shelves of different fabrics. There are little clusters of the purple bugs gathered around some of the fabrics, chewing through the material!]

Look at what they've done!! They're destroying my materials!! I've been trying to fight them off, but there's too many! I'm sorry to bother everyone, but can someone please come over to my office to help me take care of these pests? It would mean so much to me- oh no no NO DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT QUILT.

[Sable rushes towards the back of the room and quickly tears away a quilt on the wall that some of the shadow bugs were venturing towards. She throws the quilt off screen, picks up a book and starts wailing on the bugs with the book in a very reckless manner.]

GET OUT! OUT! OUT YOU LITTLE INGRATES, OUT!!

[...she might be going a little bit too far.]

Soooo, hey! I don't know if anyone's noticed, I only just recently found out myself, but. There's like. Ghosts, down in the basement. A lot of them!! Not to mention a lot of other weird stuff...

I don't know if anyone around here has any particular talent in getting rid of ghosts, but could someone like, take care of that maybe...? I haven't been able to get to sleep at all, because I mean. What if I try, and one of them just comes in while I'm sleeping?? Ghosts can go through walls, you know!

On Monday morning at 9am, when students are in classes, a chime goes off.

A familiar chime to any student from Hope's Peak Academy.

The voice everyone expects does not appear afterward, however. That is, perhaps, the only good thing to come from this.

( DR Spoiler Thing Happens )

How does one... celebrate a birthday?

I've never had any reason to celebrate mine. My twin sister often had these lavish things but I never really got into that.

I know presents and cake are standard, but is there a particular need for marking out the day you were born?

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mukuro's christmas list
- everyone from hope's peak academy gets a silver pin with their name engraved on it. it looks kinda worn, where they come from - no one will ever know.
- clear gets a small book on plants native to japan
- ellistree gets a handcrafted bow figurine
- snake of all people, gets an imperial japanese ration box - rice with barley, fish, vegetables, pickled vegetables, umeboshi, shoyu sauce, miso paste, and green tea.
- anybody who helped her out of her mistletoe fix also gets a small box of green tea
- blue and her team gets a large basket of poffins purchased from town (because she was told that was what they ate). plus some cupcakes for blue herself

Hey watch out it's a TWO-PART INTRODUCTION EXTRAVAGANZA

PART ONE: ACTION

[There is a new arrival on campus. She's wearing a red track jacket, carries a backpack, and looks thoroughly exhausted and/or like she hasn't showered in a month. When she finally makes it to the front gates she lets the backpack drop onto the ground and just

stands there

for a good long while

until she notices the lake.

Once she notices the lake, she scoops up the backpack again and makes a beeline for the water, peeling off her track jacket, practically jumping out of her shoes and socks, and wading in up to her knees, not caring about the clothes she's still wearing.

This graceful specimen of humanity then proceeds to spread her arms wide and belly flop her way right in. She spends the next hour or two splashing around, doing a few laps, and generally having the best damn time you've ever seen.

DARE YOU INTERRUPT??!?]

PART TWO: VIDEO

[SOMEONE seems to have forgotten to adjust the laptop's camera before she started recording. Viewers are briefly treated to the sight of a red sleeve in their view before it withdraws to reveal someone who really needs to cut back on the pep. You may have seen this girl flopping around in the lake--she appears to have cleaned up significantly since then.]

I'm here! I'm here! It took longer than I thought but I'm finally out!

[Out from where, Aoi?]

I actually got here a little while ago, but they wouldn't let me in. They told me I wasn't allowed to bring, um. What was it? Unsealed food through customs. I was detained by robots. Robots! Real ones! Can you believe that?

[She doesn't seem to be too broken up by her ordeal, at the very least, waving excitedly into the camera.]

It's been a while since I've been to school, but I didn't think there were robots, usually. Real ones. Is that normal here? [She tilts her head slightly and touches her index finger to her bottom lip, pondering.] I think I saw Justice Robo? But maybe they just had the same paint job.

Anyway! I came here with a friend! Or I was supposed to come here with a friend, but I got stuck, so I'm not sure if he's still here. If anyone knows Byakuya Togami--glasses, blonde hair, really snooty--you can't miss him. I owe him a punch in the face.

[And with a biiiiiiiig smile, she's off.]

[Byakuya actually found himself adjusting well to the day to day here at Smash so far, all things considered. Starting when the nasty welt on his face thankfully didn't stick around long, all the way through returning back to the dorms one night to discover that his belongings had all been moved into a different room where the other decorations were just as classy and three times as gaudy. Upon further investigation, he came to realize that he was now the room mate of Seth Richardson, the boy he had met at prom, and he was surprised to find that he didn't mind it at all.

So things had been moving forward without incident. Until the morning after the bake sale. Byakuya had sampled a few different things, just to see what caliber the cooks were in this school (inconclusive). He felt fine going to bed, but woke up with a raging headache, aching limbs and a bad taste in his mouth.

A look in the mirror provided him with a nice view of his face framed by a brand new pair of black and tan cat ears.

This deserved a double take. Wait. What?! He wished he could see clearer-- it felt like a bullet was being shoved into the center of his forehead, and like someone was tugging ferociously on his tailbone. Crap. Everything hurt. And...

The ears twitched.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHHHHHH!!!!

[The scream reverberated through the dorm halls.]

[There is Blue. Blue is on the video. She has her chin in her hands sitting in front of a bed, and its really obvious she's not in her usual room. The bed is super messy and there are chew toys and bones balancing off the side. What.

Yeah she was still in Jock's room, don't freak out, Blaze. SHE... PROBABLY TOLD YOU...

Probably she could touch on some of the more serious current events, but she can only take so much thinking on those on her own before the desire to talk about something more uplifting took over.]

Graduation is coming up, isn't it? How many are you are graduating? Do you have plans yet? It must be really exciting to be hitting that milestone!

I think I saw something about a dance too...? Is that right? I thought those sorts of things were usually separate!

Yo, listen up.

With how late my class started, and the end'a the year comin' up quick, it don't make a whole lot'a sense to make you guys sit through some bullshit final when it's only gonna cover two months of material. Congrats, guys, you get mine off. Sure you're psyched.

Still, I gotta come up with something for next year, an' I might as well make it as easy an' entertaining for me as I can. Guess I could just ask what you need me to cover, but that is boring as shit, and we got better things to do with our time.

[Nyx brightens up, grinning wide and speaking like this is the best news she could possibly deliver.]

Like beat the shit outta each other! Am I right? 'Course I am.

Nothin' too fancy, just some basic sparrin' matches so I can get an idea where everyone's at, what they need, shit like that. This is s'posed to help my students, but I don't give a fuck if you're a student or teacher or what, bring a rioter in off the streets for all I care. I'd love to show 'em what the stadium can make 'em bounce back from. I got signup sheets all around the school, you guys oughta be able to figure out what to do with that. You got until the start of June, then I'm postin' the matchups.

Have fun.

A casual Monday outing turned tragic when two men were brutally gunned down in front of Malo's Gun and Ammunition mart. The victims; Kaplan Stridehr and Marple Dethrris were found dead with a single Aperture-Brand Resolution Pellet to the head. A third victim, Hendorff Ditherrs, was found at the scene asphyxiated to death. All three of the victims regularly donated community service hours to the FLUDD orphanage and were cherished by their grieving families.

The murder suspects, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Vivan Johnson, and Rick Johnson, all attend Smash Academy and have been interrogated at least once by the FDCPD. Rick has been hospitalized for the time being with life-threatening injuries, though his condition is stable. He will be questioned when he regains consciousness. It's unclear if his injuries were inflicted in self-defense, or by the other two Smash Academy students in the middle of the attack.

The Smash Academy students claim they were the ones who acted in self defense, but FDCPD has not reached a clear verdict yet to a very messy and terrible situation.

"It's not completely clear this was in self defense." says the police chief. "If you're not looking to kill, you don't put a bullet in someone's head."

Several eye witnesses to the attack also claim the smaller student, Vivian, was the one who open fired and murdered the victims, unprovoked. All three are on juvenile preemptive probation until further investigations are finished. It should be worth noting, again, these were non-human students of Smash Academy, a fighting school that accepts many different kinds of unnatural, humanoid creatures. They could still be considered dangerous despite the probation. Aperture Science is also being questioned for product deficiency, but has not returned any of our calls.

[Lakitu, an unnatural, humanoid turtle man, shuffles the papers on his desk and prepares for the next, possibly vaguely related news story.]

An abandoned church on the east side of the city was mysteriously engulfed in flames last night. Fire accelerants were noted in the area, suggesting that this was no accident. It's uncertain if this incident is related to the gun attack, but non-human terrorists are suspected given the target. If you have any important clues or tips to report, please call the FDCPD immediately.

It's truly terrible this historic building has been reduced to tinder and ashes. Residents are outraged and are calling for Martial law. Mayor Tabuu is taking this into consideration with rising rates of violence and crime, but states he is not likely to come to a decision or see any action result for a least a month, especially given the complicated nature of FDC. Martial law would necessitate the need for an outsourced, contracted military, and the Mayor wants to ensure he has the best for the job.

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[video]

[Seth appears on video, close up and fiddling with the camera before settling in his seat, a grim expression on his face.]

In case you weren't aware about a certain fiasco that happened between Mary and Vianca a while ago, a new development has recently come to my attention, and I for one am ashamed. Shame on you!

Honestly, she's just a child and didn't know any better. That's no reason for anyone to go antagonize and bully her! I want to think better of our student body.

You're all so quick to turn a blind eye when that murderous swordsman returned to campus. You hardly bat an eyelash at knowing there's at least three new and different murder suspects residing right here! Have any of you even seen the news lately? They're right here, living amongst you all--murderers as your very neighbors. But the moment a naive little girl does something she didn't even know was wrong you ostracize her unfairly. I don't want to name names but you know who you are.

Everyone's double standards here are truly unsettling. You should all think on your sins.

[Ahem. He clears his throat and adjusts his collar, as if to clear out all that ~undignified emotional outpouring~]

Anyway, I apologize if any of that came across as harsh or blunt, and Mary's poor name shouldn't be dragged through the mud any longer. Mary has all my condolences, I wish her the best and above all that this doesn't happen again. That was a while ago anyway--old news. She should know better by now.

I'll see to it personally.

[Ishimaru sure has had a lot going on for him lately, it's probably time to address the network and sort out his personal feelings, open up and connect with people, and-- YEAH no, it's straight to business as soon as the feed turns on. That's what the network is for, right?

At least technically this is more personal business than usual.]

...I have a request for the women here, students and faculty alike.

My co-hall monitor, Vivian, has been carelessly abandoned by her caretaker. Something like that is bad enough on its own, but it seems she was not taught anything about taking care of herself! So I will need at least one volunteer to assist with washing and grooming her! As I am her partner, I am taking most of the responsibility for her, of course. There are many things I will be able to take care of, but something like that... is far from being one of them...

[For reasons he hopes would be obvious, but then again, this school...]

It is not enough to simply do these things for her! She must be taught how to do them on her own! Everyone, let us do what we can to help set Vivian on the path to independence!

[He looks like he wants to add something else for a moment, but... nah. END VIDEO.]

Oha!

[There's a p. cute girl waving a peace sign happily at the camera. Love and peace, is what she seems to be espousing. At the very least, she's offering.]

My name's Junko Enoshima. Pleased to meet you!

[Mukuro's smile never wavers as she introduces herself to the network, though she does drop her peace sign in favour of addressing the camera properly.]

So like, I'm totally new here. I know nothing about this school. Zilch. Nada. And I hate being lost 'cause as much as my old school was totally weird, this school is weird in a different way.

[Tactfully not talking about the school life of mutual killing, nope.]

I don't wanna be lost or whatever. It's just too troublesome. Got any tips for a girl like me? Like anything! Stuff that's totally good to go are "This room has a hidden room inside it!" or "Avoid person xx because they're a liar aside from being the janitor." You get the idea.

[That comes out in one rapid fire speech and Mukuro takes a moment to catch her breath.]

Or you can tell me nothing. But that would make me sad. Then I can go after you for harassment. You wouldn't want that, would you?

[So with one last pout, she closes the feed.]

Hoooooooo!



Dearest Smash Academy babes, Michel would like to remind all of you once again that this school is a place of love and sharing! As stipulated in the Bro Code; Respect others as much as you respect yourself! If you need help with your work, Michel will help you! After all, even his good looks should be shared, he'd even be willing to help you look as handsome as he does!

[No Eikichi, the world does not need that thank you very much.]

Now! As you all know, this February 14th is Valentine's day. [He dramatically sighs.] Ahh yes...the time where you can freely proclaim your love in the open! To shower your other with affection and goods! Personally, Michel thinks that there should not be a single day, but that every day should be cause for celebration. [It's also his friend's Jun's birthday. He kinda wish he was here too..]

However, since there IS one, perhaps we should all follow Ms. Flurrie's wonderful idea!

Come on Smash Academy, Michel knows you can do it! ♫♥