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w0 saturday

[goalsides]

[post-trial seems to be the time people are out and about even though it's like 9pm. at some point though, taichi's entering the cafeteria just to see where people are and maybe grab something to snack on when he spots leo.

....come to think of it, he doesn't recall if they traded names. but it's fine, he has read some of the id cards and everything. so he nods a greeting.]

So. Definitely not what I had in mind for school. [bad jokes? we've got plenty.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ leo will at least be making a snack if there's no legit cafeteria food at 9pm. they can have food. ]

You know, school's never really been my thing, and this really isn't doing anything to change my mind. I'd take Wilderness School again over this.

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Yeah. What's the point of being on the Dean's List if the bear's not gonna give out special treatment?

[he's not even that mad (just a little mad), but still. nevertheless he will lean against whatever counter/wall is convenient even as he lifts an eyebrow.]

"Wilderness School"?

[commandertoolbelt]

You know, he seemed pretty clueless about a lot of things. You sure he even knows you're on the Dean's List?

[ he just shrugs a shoulder! ]

My last school. "Where the kids are the animals." It's where they send all the kids they don't want to deal with anymore.

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I wasn't gonna ask him in front of everybody, but now I'm thinking I might've lost my chance. [shit. but.] Supposedly he's the one who put us on that list, but you're right. Didn't he tell someone that this school's been around even longer than he has? Makes you wonder how he got to be the principal.

[he makes a face.]

What kind of world are you from that adults just treat kids that way?

[commandertoolbelt]

Maybe he did, but that doesn't mean he knows what it's supposed to be for. He could've just picked random names out of that top hat of his. [ rolls his eyes! ] Is that all that makes you wonder about it? Not that the guy's a literal bear?

[ he's both teasing and not lmao ]

I mean, technically Wilderness School is for the delinquent kids who keep getting expelled from everywhere else. So it's like a really bad last-ditch attempt at keeping us out of juvie.

[goalsides]

That would almost make me feel better if that's what it was. [it feels less purposeful and creepy that way. but there's a short grin at that.] Would you believe me if I said that him being a bear is the thing that bothers me the least about him?

[sometimes the people with the answers are animal-like beings. it's fine.]

Sounds more like a punishment than anything else. [but...he recalls their last conversation.] Does this have something to do with people blaming you for stuff you didn't even mean to do?

week 1, saturday

[commandertoolbelt]

[ why is it i always forget what locations exist the second i need to start a pc

okay i guess we're in the library! or leo is coming in, anyway, muttering to himself, but he pauses when he spots taichi. it's been a rough day!! nobody is okay!! and he honestly debates whether he should keep walking instead of making it worse somehow, but he's not that coldhearted. ]

Whatever we can do to keep someone from volunteering like that again, we should do it. So. [ a pen appears in his hand and he holds it like... a sword...? ] Fight me.

[goalsides]

[it's a bad day fam!! very bad!! but at the same time taichi seems to be kind of staring off into space before he turns his head. his expression relaxes a little when he recognizes that it's leo, and he's about to open his mouth to say he agrees, but:]

What? [hello? he is unprepared? he pats his pockets for a pen but mostly looks baffled.] Fight you for what?

[commandertoolbelt]

Just - look, just do it, okay? I'll explain some other time, but I promise it's not anything weird.

[ he doesn't look like he wants to be doing this either he's so tired and everything sucks but here we are ]

[goalsides]

[many questions! no answers! but he locates the pen he let denji borrow during the trial and holds it like a sword. or what he thinks is a sword.]

Even if it was weird I don't think I'd mind much. [but there's a nod and he immediately tries to strike leo's pen with his own. he's assuming that's what he's supposed to do here.]

[commandertoolbelt]

Look at it as a distraction, or a way to vent, maybe?

[ you're doing great, sweetie. leo strikes back! slash slash! ]

...Where do you think we went wrong?

[goalsides]

[it's actually a decent distraction, to be honest. taichi doesn't know how to use a real sword but he can use melee objects just fine. and like. a pen. slash jab, etc.]

We got way too distracted at the beginning. Last time it was a bear, this time it was about the biting thing...I feel like we might've lost some time there, but I don't know if it would've even helped.

w3 monday

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[we are in the void until we decide where they are, but regardless it doesn't matter? it doesn't matter because taichi's out wandering around when he comes across leo, and when he does greet him it's with a short nod.]

How's it goin'?

[leo's a winter, he remembers that much? so it's sort of like checking in after the events of yesterday.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ i'm saying they meet outside because someone should get to see how grumpy leo is about the cold. he's bundled up and clearly unhappy, but all the same - ]

Oh, just swell. It's cold. It's snowing. Who doesn't love a good snow day? I love snow. It's real peachy.

[goalsides]

[i'm in tears leo nooo.]

Your sarcasm truly warms my heart. [hehe.] A Winter who doesn't like the snow. Weird how this place works out.

[commandertoolbelt]

Weird, right? If it weren't for Vi, I might have switched on principle. It's kind of like a slap in the face.

Kind of a weird time to throw costumes at us, too.

[goalsides]

You like her that much? [it's more of an idle statement than anything, but it's like he told viola herself. everyone from her dorm seems like they'd go to bat for her.]

I was thinking the same thing. There's that lab, too, so try to figure that one out. I haven't made any sense of what buildings open when.

[commandertoolbelt]

What can I say? I'm a sucker for an intelligent woman.

[ okay, leo. ]

Okay, but I’m psyched about that lab! We can do so much with that stuff! Like, okay, we still can’t build a CCTV system yet, but maybe if--

[ maybe if 😳 we shared a memory? 😳 out in the snow? 😳 ]

week 4, monday

[commandertoolbelt]

[ now that class is over and they’ve been lectured about the horrors of being single for gods know how long, we are finally free! leo is laughing about it, at least - though there is something a little sad underneath the surface of his emotions. pay it no heed. ]

So, how are you planning to fight this single person epidemic? Surely you have a solution.

[ date! yamato! that’s not a leo emotion though that’s a ray emotion. ]

[goalsides]

[I'M IN TEARS. anyway, this was actually terrible because taichi kind of thinks the class is a joke, except there's homework! his own emotions are flickering between amusement and a little uncertainty that he really doesn't want to address, so he shakes his head.]

Could open a dating service. I've heard I'm an excellent wingman. [this is absolutely a lie, but it's fine.]

[commandertoolbelt]

Really, now? The professor would love that idea.

But you'd have to prove that it works - actually find someone a date.

[goalsides]

Kinda sounds like a challenge, Valdez. [haha.] I could totally get somebody a date if I knew what they were looking for.

[commandertoolbelt]

Oh, it definitely is now. And the date auction doesn't count, just for the record.

If you want a real challenge? Try Denji. That guy is kind of a mess.

[goalsides]

[there's a sudden spike of indignation.]

Seriously? [he thinks this over though.] Denji's not that bad. I can probably find him a date by the end of the week.

[he's not entirely confident suddenly but he's too stubborn to back down from it.]