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Post by Zen on Jun 9, 2018 23:18:38 GMT -5
Kirin
He raised his eyebrows. "Don't feel the need to wait on me, this is your area of expertise. I appreciate the thought, though."
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Post by Doodlebug on Jun 9, 2018 23:21:12 GMT -5
Hera Katsaros
"I literally just lost over half my workforce to school. I could use all the help I can get."
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Post by Zen on Jun 9, 2018 23:25:47 GMT -5
Kirin
"I'll try not to take too long, then." He went for the door and smirked. "Well, off to school."
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Post by Doodlebug on Jun 9, 2018 23:33:41 GMT -5
Hera Katsaros
Hera rolled her eyes and threw a set of keys at him. "I'll probably be working at site 3 when you get back."
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Post by Zen on Jun 9, 2018 23:41:27 GMT -5
Kirin
"I'll catch you there, then." He slipped out, a small briefcase in hand. He casually saluted to the passing workers and volunteers before mounting a well-used motorbike and riding towards the city.
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"Well that's... different," Kirin said, looking at what had happened to the Ram Rec center. He turned his eyes to a nearby guard. "What's the story?"
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Post by Iaashadow on Jun 10, 2018 0:57:24 GMT -5
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"There was an arson attempt last night. Investigators want this place tied off. Sorry buddy." The guard said.
Makalani
"You ever take a tour of the school?" Davis lined up a shot.
"No, I'm afraid this is my first time out in the desert."
"Shame." The bearded man kept his eyes focused on the cue.
"Why do you ask?" Makalani halfheartedly fired off a shot, knocking a few stripes around the table.
"It's a marvelous campus, very peaceful. Reminds one of other places, you know what I mean? They don't have cities like us outside of the country."
"I hear that often." The minister took a step back.
"The buildings could have been built yesterday, that's the beauty of it, oh, and can't forget the stunning personnel, I'm sure your suits spend a lot of time talking up the young minds here." Davis took a shot. "Good!" He realigned his cue stick.
"Certainly a close grouping of bright people universities are."
"And for the win?" Davis pushed his glasses up and took a shot. "Good game friend!"
"Good game." The minister sat down, somewhat relieved. "As entertaining as billiards is, I can't say its the reason I made it all the way out here."
"You're no fun." Davis lit a cigarette. "Alright, I'll cut to it. You wrote the memo, you know the basics. I have a couple things to show you that are... let's say for your eyes only."
The minister raised an eyebrow.
"It's not a bribe Minister, just at the moment its not the business of the Department of Protection, and once their dirty hands are on this case then we'll lose a lot of valuable insight."
Makalani nodded. "I see what you mean. Where are we headed?"
"Campus, the rec center, to be specific. We'll need to be a little inconspicuous, you especially. I'm sure you understand."
Makalani paused, then stood up. "Right right, lead the way."
Davis stood up and crossed his arms in front of him. He put out the cigarette and flicked it into the ashtray next to his chair. He turned for the door, his silver cane tapping against the wooden floor. He stopped and looked over his shoulder, as if he was going to make some quip, but he kept silent and kept walking.
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Post by Zen on Jun 10, 2018 1:01:40 GMT -5
Kirin
"Arson..." He peered over the guard's shoulder but couldn't see very far. "Anyone harmed?"
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Post by Iaashadow on Jun 10, 2018 1:06:01 GMT -5
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"Attempted, so no one injured, but it doesn't make for good safety to have someone who would do that running around, so evidence is being gathered, questions being answered, all that good stuff." The guard said. "All in all its very minor. The center should be open later today."
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Post by Zen on Jun 10, 2018 1:22:08 GMT -5
Ruby Vallance
She walked through her new school, face either open in awe of the grand architecture or buried in her map of the campus. Rick followed close behind, but was fully prepared to walk away to disassociate himself with her in the event of her doing something profoundly embarrassing. Ruby watched the other students passing by and found herself slightly intimidated, as the majority of them were a good few years her senior.
"So..." Rick kept a mental note of the building numbers. "Your first class this day of the week is..."
"Introduction to Archaeology with Professor Tillbur."
"Didn't you take that in highschool?"
"It didn't transfer... maybe I'll get some extra credit for already being part of a dig."
"How's that going, by the way?"
"Really really hot, but the people are cool! No pun intended. My boss is really into it, but there's a rumor going around that there's this new guy on the site."
"New guy?"
Her voice fell to a whisper. "I hear he's from the b-a-n-k."
"If the funding's legal, can't you just say bank?"
"Shh! Anyway, this isn't just some low-level representative. This is the CEO's son!"
"Touma Tahkata has a son?"
"Guess so. I don't keep track of bank people families."
"Kinda interesting that the CEO would send his own son to an archaeological dig. They seem like a pretty white-collar group to me. Maybe there's some hidden agenda... some under-the-table--"
"Ooh, ooh, look!" Ruby scrunched her map up and pointed at the building ahead. "The rec center! I bet there will be lots of cool people there!"
"What are you gonna do, walk up and assert yourself?"
"That's always worked for me in the past!"
"I'd like to say you're wrong, but... you aren't. And hey, it's shade."
Ruby and her brother jogged over, only to find it locked down and blocked on all sides. A young man with jet-black hair walked away from one of the guards stationed there and headed in the opposite direction. "Recreation's closed. Someone tried to light it on fire," he said as he passed them.
"Whaaaaat?" wailed Ruby, her arms going limp.
"They tried to light it on fire...?" Rick raised an eyebrow at the relatively decent-looking building. "What kind of school did you get us enrolled in, Ruby?"
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Post by MS on Jun 10, 2018 8:21:17 GMT -5
Lori Lockhart
Lori ran her hand through her hair as she examined its new color in the mirror. It was much... bolder than she bargained for. She didn't expect the pink to be so strong. Now I look silly on the first day of school... wait I know! She rummaged through her belongings to search for a hat, but all she found was the free cap she received with the university logo on the front. Nonetheless, she put it on. This will do I guess. She grabbed her belongings and made her way to the dorm-room's door, ready to start the new day...
... only to backtrack and pace the room slightly less than a million times.
Aaaaa I'm so nervous!
Come on Lori, get yourself together.
But I don't know anyone here...
Confidence Lori confidence!
After arguing with herself for five minutes, she finally took a deep breath and rushed out the room with false bravado and underlying panic.
As Lori made her way to class, she passed the Ram Rec center which was suspiciously taped off and surrounded by several officers. Omigod did someone die!? What happened!?! College students liked to mention they were dead inside but Lori never expected anyone to actually die at college. She walked closer to the scene, curiosity getting the best of her.
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Post by KyleTheBeast on Jun 10, 2018 10:48:28 GMT -5
Akhim Sabalani
The call of a rooster sounded inside a small room with a lumpy bed. Upon hearing the noise, the lump revealed itself to be that of a teenage boy. Akhim Sabalani groggily sat up and shut off the annoying alarm before grabbing his glasses from the bedside table. He slowly went about the business of putting his clothes on, then he checked the calendar he kept on his wall. Akhim's eyes widened and a smile crept across his face as he realized that today would be the first day of the new school year. No more helping his father in his construction work!
As Akhim got a suitable breakfast together, he mused about school. He had enjoyed his previous years, but this year could be better, he realized. This year he would be taking more advanced courses (especially in the realm of history), which would grant him more like-minded peers (he hoped). He finished his breakfast and began his preparations, smiling at what lay ahead.
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Post by Iaashadow on Jun 10, 2018 11:11:56 GMT -5
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A guard stepped near the gathering group. "I promise there's not too much to gawk at. This place'll be open before you're done with classes for the day, promise."
Makalani
Davis and Makalani had made their way through a few buildings and through an overhead bridge into Ram Rec. Davis waved away a few guards with his badge and led the minister down into the basement of the massive center.
"Impressive isn't it." Davis fiddled with his massive set of keys.
"Certainly larger than the gym I remember."
"And you didn't get to see all of it! There's all sorts of state of the art stuff here. Kind of makes me wish I was eighteen again." He looked over his shoulder at the minister and chuckled. "Although age has its benefits." He pulled out a grey key and unlocked a set of giant metal double doors.
"Is this the place?"
"Scene of the crime, where it went down, whatever you prefer to say." Davis stepped across the threshold with the minister close behind.
The room was some sort of storage closet, or at least it used to be. It had been completely upended, cabinets were on their sides, shredded plastic covered the floor, and there were hundreds of machine parts spread out anywhere Makalani looked.
"As far as I've been able to gather, all of this happened at once. There was an altercation, someone utilized the weapon in question, and all parties fled immediately. I'd guess the effect wasn't intended and the perpetrator decided to split, realizing they were certainly going to make a scene, or already had."
Makalani stepped towards the center of the room.
"Now I know what you're thinking, all at once? What weapon? Well there's the kicker. That's the 'anomaly' I told you about for the memo, and according to the witness reports we got, there's more than one, and they can manage more than a small explosion." Davis produced a manila folder from his jacket. "Everything I've told you so far is going to be turned over to protection tomorrow, and this room is to be cleaned up by five today. All anyone else knows is what was in the memo I had you release."
"So what's the purpose then? Of bringing me out here I mean. I see any information that moves within the ministry."
"Well," He handed over the folder. "I thought you should handle this bit personally. That folder contains a key piece of testimony that has been wiped from the digital record. It concerns an anomaly that it is best protection or any higher ups remain unaware of. You can decide what to make of that information, but it should be fairly obvious once you read it."
Makalani's face hardened. "I can hazard a guess. Very well then, is there anything else?"
Davis paused, "Yes actually, I have another favor to ask of you....."
Red
Helen Bacovich slapped her keys against the table. She had been waiting for nine-o-clock for gods know how long now. She had tried napping, tried journaling, and tried just reading her schedule until she knew it like her own name but she was too anxious to calm down and too tired to get up and do anything. She threw her head back and grabbed the sides of her chair. The student center was bustling with new freshmen, which just made things worse, and like usual, they all seemed either in awe of the open-air main room or just completely, hopelessly lost. Red relaxed her grip and looked around, then checked her watch. She shoved her keys in her pocket and stood up. Perhaps there were a few minds to mold before her first class of the semester.
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Post by muhtheepic on Jun 10, 2018 15:20:21 GMT -5
Zeek
Wincing as he forced his way through the crowd, Zeek made his way to the front of the pavillion with a megaphone in hand. He still felt quite uneasy at the stares of young students as he passed; he'd just received his deep purple professor's robe the previous week, and hadn't gotten used to the attention just yet.
Well, here goes nothing...
Turning to the crowd, Zeek pulled the megaphone up to his lips and held the button down, releasing a burst of static that echoed across the courtyard.
"May I have your attention, please? Thank you."
Now with everyone's eyes on him, he took another deep breath and continued.
"Please disregard the current state of the rec center. It should be reopened for your use by the end of the day... With that said, welcome to the University, everyone!"
A vague scattering of quiet applause ensued.
Wow, I'm bad at this...
"Ehrm, yes, well... anyway, first-year students, please follow me to the Moghadim Auditorium for your orientation. Everyone else, if you haven't picked up your schedules already, do that now! Let's hope for a great year ahead of us."
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Malisahra
Jun 10, 2018 15:47:23 GMT -5
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Post by Zen on Jun 10, 2018 15:47:23 GMT -5
Ruby Vallance
“Ooh, ooh, orientation!” She shook Rick by his sleeves.
“Can’t wait...”
A small crowd of students gathered around the young professor. Ruby stood on the tips of her toes to try and peek over the shoulders of the other students. There wasn’t much to see, but she did spot a bright pink head of hair partially hidden under a U.A. hat. “What did I tell you, Rick? I knew college would be full of people with dyed hair!”
“Great, so we won’t be the weird looking ones...”
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Post by muhtheepic on Jun 10, 2018 15:57:21 GMT -5
Zeek
As the upper-classmen dispersed and the first years drew closer, Zeek could finally put down the bulky megaphone and address the students normally.
"Right, hello, everyone. Since there's such a large cohort entering this year, we're going to break you up into groups of about 20 to make this more manageable. My colleagues and I are each going to accompany a group for the orientation and campus tour. Go ahead and sort yourselves out, quickly now!"
Many of the students looked somewhat bewildered, feeling out of place and being asked to group up with people they'd never met. Zeek sighed and stepped forward, gesturing to a cluster that included a pink-haired girl and an albino one. "You all, with me. Let's get started. You can call me Dr. King."
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