un: werther

[imitationsoul]

This school boasts about forming a last bastion against Nightfall, but all I truly hear are tales of student-on-student violence and poor prevention measures for such incidents. I was brought here under the pretenses of 'channeling my talents more productively', but I can't help wondering if this isn't just a quarantine zone for those who are deemed potentially troublesome. Let them cause trouble for each other, rather than for those in power.

Not that I mind. I've never once considered using my talents 'productively'. That is just synonymous with 'for other people'. I hold no interest in becoming a tool for anyone.

in person option

[ Miach's been going to this school since the start of the semester, and she's spoken to exactly nobody since. She's just... around. A silent new presence on campus, always with a book in hand, never greeting anybody. If that's the kind of person you'd approach, you can find her anywhere, but most commonly in the library.

Note for faculty: Miach got transferred away from her last school for summoning a demon and getting students injured. Faculty would likely be informed of this ahead of time. ]

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un: jaybird

[nor_iron_bars]

depends on whether we win.
if the school stops nightfall, then it was all a brilliant long-shot strategy carried out by heroic visionaries.
if it fails, then it was a deranged mistake foolishly indulged by those who should have known better than to blah blah blah.
you get the picture.

tl;dr hedge your bets.

[imitationsoul]

That is how history is written, it's true. Though history can only ascribe intent in hindsight, rather than accurately reproduce it.

I remain a little curious about how the people truly high up in the shadows think of us. Right now, at this very moment. We could go there and find out, if we really put our minds to it.

[nor_iron_bars]

odds are?
they don't.

["Paranoia is a comforting state of mind. If you think they're out to get you, it means you think you matter to them."]

they got their own goals.
might be relevant to us, might not.
fuck if i know.
but hey- you could always just ask.
your chances of getting an honest answer aren't that much worse than any other question.
still not great, but whatevs.

[imitationsoul]

Maybe I might, if the whim strikes. It's not like it's impossible. They say that one person alone can't do anything against the powers that be, but that's just to make it sound too daunting to even try.

In truth, everything is a matter of good planning and attacking the right weak points. Society leaves a lot of open holes and the only thing stopping people from exploiting them is the simple thought that they 'can't'.

They may not be thinking of us, or of anybody, but it'd be smart of them to do so.

[nor_iron_bars]

preaching to the choir, kid.
how do you think i made a living, before this place offered me a paycheck?
half the time if somebody shouts "stop, thief!" and you don't slow down, they get confused as fuck.
it's hilarious.

[Forget delinquent students- what Daybreak has a real problem with is delinquent teachers.]

[imitationsoul]

You're doing them a favor by alerting them sooner rather than later that rules really aren't binding anywhere but in the mind.

They likely won't learn from it, but that is their own fault only.

[nor_iron_bars]

well, mostly the mind.
also helps to be good at picking locks.
like, rules are metaphorical locks, i guess? but also literally the ability to crack a safe or two, that comes in handy.

[imitationsoul]

Well, as long as you let go of the rule in your mind, you can learn lockpicking. It's not like it's a skill that you have to be genetically wired to attain.

[nor_iron_bars]

i'd offer lessons but that ain't what they're paying me to teach
and i'm not real big on doing things for free.

[Unless it would be funny.]

[imitationsoul]

It's the era of abundant free information flow, classes aren't needed if one is determined.

[nor_iron_bars]

[A pause, of thoughtful contemplation.]

wonder how long i could keep a youtube tutorial vid up before it got demonetized.

[Well, sort of thoughtful. Never let it be said that Jail isn't open to new and interesting moneymaking schemes.]

[imitationsoul]

One way to find out!!

[ She is so down for a teacher getting in trouble doing this shit. ]