Dank Darkwick - main-hall

Yuri's other partner 1/9/2025 3:40 PM

TKDBM: Test

Alan pushes the gates and enters. He looks up at the imposing building wondering why Leo was even here in the first place. Doesn’t seem like somewhere he’d normally mess about… He walks up to the front door and knocks three times. He waits for a minute, not hearing a response. He slowly turns the door handle and tentatively walks in. The building is dimly lit, he doesn’t notice anyone around as he glances about.

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Alan

Alan pushes the gates and enters. He looks up at the imposing building wondering why Leo was even here in the first place. Doesn’t seem like somewhere he’d normally mess about… He walks up to the front door and knocks three times. He waits for a minute, not hearing a response. He slowly turns the door handle and tentatively walks in. The building is dimly lit, he doesn’t notice anyone around as he glances about.

(LMFAO.THIS IS FROSTHEIM)

(IM FJCKING CRYING)

(leo dead fs)

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(Omg whoops)

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Alan looks around… wait a minute this definitely isn’t the right place. Since when in Obscuary so cold? He turns around and immediately bolts out the door…

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Zero leads Kamiyama-as-Morgan through one the various shortcut passages he'd previously used to sneak into Frostheim. He hadn't had reason to use it in the time following his breakup with Ryu, (something about playing piano in your ex's academy house felt wrong) but he was pleased to see it was still laid out exactly as he had last seen it. Kamiyama looked. Well. Odd. Wrapped in a blanket to disguise Morgan's body from onlookers. But the passage helped minimize the visual damage that might've been done otherwise. Zero tapped an anomalous column in the passageway and it shimmered briefly before giving way to an opening displaying what was clearly the Frostheim main hall. He turned to Kamiyama. "Alright... Your turn. Which room?"

*Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Whatever. He hates this shit. He hates this whole goddamn thing, but at least this passage is good to know about. Would help him later. He looks up and scowls at whoever looks, turning on his heels to drag Zero down the hall towards his dorm. Seeing Alan with someone else is... strange. The students stare and whisper, but Tomo is honest to god too angry to care at the moment.* Fucking Kurosagi better count his goddamn fucking days, I swear to god. *To his room they go!*

mis started a thread. 1/28/2025 12:26 AM

Jo lead the way from the Galaxy Express to Frostheim, chatting to Saki all the while. About the beautiful Tokyo lights, the cultural differences she noticed between here and Australia, the food at that high end restaurant they went to, the jewels some CEO's wife was wearing at the table next to theirs. On their way through the snow, though she recalled Saki saying she didn't feel the cold, Jo gave the woman her fur coat anyway. They climbed the stairs into the main hall. Instead of heading straight up to the student dorms, Jo turned to face Saki, walking backward in another direction. "Feel like one more extra stop? You haven't been here long and, well, I wanted to show you something." She nods to the doors of the ballroom, though Saki isn't likely to know where they lead. "What do you say?"

@str8upjorkinit

"Ooh, a surprise? Whisk me away~!" Saki holds out her hand, palm down.

Jo grins and she gently takes Saki's hand to place a kiss on her knuckles before tugging her toward the doors. https://discord.com/channels/1316555770204127273/1319128618974318704

Ryu enters Frostheim, bleeding from a stab wound. But his heart bleeds more.

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7:42 PM

He can't bear the thought of staying at the school if he can't be with his love, Morgan.

7:42 PM

He turns heel and heads for the galaxy express.

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"Hmm... Where is Mr. Tohma at...? Maybe he's busy again with Jin again..." She looks at her watch "Walking around the school at this time... Wouldn't it be that bad, right?" She walks out from Frostheim and gets out to the Darkwick area.

smiles and waits, talking to classmates

Yuuna arrived, and many students bowed down when she was there. She just replied with a wave and smiled Once she walked further inside the hall, she could see a familiar figure. She smiles and walks towards her. "Airia~"

smiles and hugs Yuuna hey Yuuna!

"Hehee~" She hugs her back. "It's been a while, Airia~ how have you been?"

I've been good! And you? I'm sorry I've been on a mission for so long

"Eheheh~ it's okay... I know missions have been so tough these days... I've been good, also been on missions, I just came back last night from my mission..."

yeah sighs so whats the food you wanted to have?

"Hmm~ let's go to the dining room and see what Jin has served, Shall we?"

Aiari: okay! I'm still curious but you can share later!

"Don't worry~ I will tell you what I want to eat~"

alright *she smiled(

She walks to the dining room with Airia, looking around... Seems like food has been served to the table now. So many fancy food gatherings on the tables. Yuuna looks at the foods with bored expressions. "As always...~"

would you want me to cook? I've been practicing!

"Ah? Really? That was nice of you, Airia~ you're the best!" She smiles as she clap her hands together. An idea flies to her mind "We can cook together if you want!"

oo! Ok!

"Let's go then~ ✨" Both of them walk towards the Kitchen together.

smiles and stays by her

"Is there any food that is good with tea?... hmm..." She opens her phone to see anything, but most of them are desserts. "Hmmm......"

leaves about 2hours after entering frosthime

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hm...

.. What’s keeping these girls warm in those ugly dresses?

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walks into frosthime

hello! I need help here!

hello? Are you jasmine?

finally someone! It's been a fucking hour!

“right right I’m sorry about that what can I do for you?”

you're Mairo right? From the Hivething?

upon seeing the rats message saying she’s in forsthiem, Shiro races over. He spots her, an evil grin gracing his face, staying invisible he floats up her, conjuring some toxic slime her dumps it over her head. Cackling gleefully. The disembodied laugh echos through the hall menacingly. No one knows where it’s coming from.

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“yes that’s me”

2:31 AM

oh dear

gah! What the hell!? tries to get the stuff off of herself

“oh no I’m so sorry about that a anomaly must be loose I’ll have to inform the vice captain about that”

get this crap off of me!! she keeps trying to get it off

“here let me take you to go get cleaned up” guids her out of frosthime (edited)

bitching and complaining

STINKY MF

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Ew...

4:26 PM

Wbys it look like that

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4:26 PM

Just give me a number

4:26 PM

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4:26 PM

@mis i should get a new one right

4:27 PM

This is ugly..

I used to have a dice roller discord bot

Before AWS pricing got shitty

4:27 PM

I don't mind it idk

Do they all cost money?

AWS does! Like to host the bot and keep it online cuz I'd programmed it myself

4:28 PM

I'm sure there's dice discord bots that's don't suck tho

Whys it say rolls and sum

bc you can probably roll multiple if needed like for D&D if you're rolling damage

mis

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Oh... i think we should prolly do simple like. Above 10 this happens, below 10 this happens..

mis

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ok wtf

STINKY MF

Wbys it look like that

Help

4:30 PM

WAIT

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no this bot is being weird

Erm

I can't specify which dice type to roll

My bad

Hahahaha

I can look for ne wone

sorry

Nono

4:31 PM

This one sucked

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...the die clatters across the table...

Dice Witch

...the die clatters across the table...

STINKY MF

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...the die clatters across the table...

Dice Witch

...the die clatters across the table...

ooh I like this one

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Ok better

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STINKY MF

This one sucked

A psycho made it ...probably

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god- I need a room ._.

You right... Seems like Frostheim's run out of room...~ we should ask Jin~

well can just squish him, family and all >:3

Oh? So you're saying we staying inside Jin's room?....... Sounds fun, Airi~

I know right~

Then let's go~

She “accidentally” trips a male student who ridiculed Yuri down the stairs. … ooh noo.

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AHHHHHHHHHHH

3:49 PM

YOU BIIIIIIIIIITCHHHH Falls down the stairs dramatically

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Watches the student fall, a small smile on her face. Jin would believe her over him—she was certain of that.

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His legs fall off and he begins to bleed out. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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4:36 PM

"...What happened here?"

That bitch pushed me down the stairs!!! (edited)

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push is such a strong word...

MY LEGS FUCKING FELL OFF!! *He gestures to his legs, now a foot detached away from his body.

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its just a flesh wound shrugs we could take you to Mortkraken

Fucking dies

Jin listens to the random student's claims and looks from the honor student to the now corpse. ... "... It appears there has been a suicide. I will contact Nicolas." (edited)

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ah shucks :<

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“… How awful.”

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Jin covers the inspector's eyes, or lack thereof. "You don't need to see this. You must be shaken up. I will take you back to your dorm."

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Damn, this place is cold. Sugar leaves.

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*He's actually mad. Like honest to god pissed, because he laughed too hard at Zero's stupid joke, and then Zero sent the same stupid joke again, and Tomo laughed again, and someone looked over at him, and it's all Zero's fault. He looks... fine. Honestly, he's looked worse! His hair is pulled back in its usual ponytail, his bangs still covering most of his face, his visible expression still grumpy, but he's at least had the decency to shed the hoodie in favour of just his sweater. It takes it from 'gamer who doesn't give a fuck' to 'gamer who gives the littlest fuck'. Tomo stares down at his phone as he walks and ignores whatever bozo is in front of him, at least until he's sure it's his bozo he's coming across. And it is. His bozo, with a motorcycle, which Tomosei still honestly didn't believe he had.* Holy fuck. You weren't kidding.

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"Not really the kind of thing you lie about. Besides, I've been dying to take it out for a while. Took soooo long to get the permits from Darkwick. Only just came through like 2 months ago. Anyways uh..." He holds out a second helmet and a jacket. "Not sure if they're your size. Er well. Helmet is adjustable. The jacket uh. Well I'll get one that fits better if this is gonna be a regular thing." He clears his throat. "You look nice."

Damn. Sounds like a pain in the ass to me. *He shoves his phone in his pocket and slowly takes both the helmet and the jacket, looking at them both silently. If it'll be a regular thing. If.* Bold fucking assumption, *He says, though it's neither a denial nor an endorsement. If. When. He glances back to Zero for just a moment, grateful for his hair, and shrugged, pulling the jacket over himself. It's definitely big on him. Not to the point where he's swimming in it, but definitely baggier than he's used to in general.* .... You do too. *He carefully twists his ponytail until it resembled a bun and slipped the helmet on over it, adjusting it till it fit.*

"Huuuge pain in the ass." He smiles at Tomo's comment. Their whole relationship was based on a series of assumptions. That was probably going to be the continuing trend. He's surprised a bit when Tomo returns the compliment though. Damn, what was he even wearing? A pale blue button up shirt. His usual slacks. Shit. He probably should've been a little more picky about his outfit, but he'd spent so long looking for the spare helmet he'd ran out of time to get coiffed. He clears his throat trying to ignore the way his heart always seems to hammer ceaselessly when he's with Tomo. He hops back on his motorcycle and leans forward a bit to prop his elbows up on the front and look at Tomo. "You ever been on a motorcycle before? You know the drill?"

*He looks good in blue, though there's no way in hell Tomo is going to tell him that. Not out loud, willingly, at least. He'd have to pry that from his cold dead fucking hands, and even then he'd be hard pressed to say it. Tomo grins at the question and situates himself behind Zero. He doesn't wrap his arms around him though.* Fuck yeah, I do. Gen used to ride one of these fuckers. Traded it in for some shitty ass car though. *And Tomo will hold a grudge about that until he dies and haunts Gen's ass.* You go fast on this thing, or are you one of those slow ass bitches?

He situates his own helmet on his head. It's a good thing Tomo has his own helmet on though, because if Zero had seen that grin, he'd be smug as all hell about it. "Damn ok, good for Gen, better for me." He laughs a bit at Tomo's question. "I can get us to Junmugi in ten but you'd have to hold on. Otherwise it's gonna be more like twenty. Your choice."

Yeah, yeah. I get it. If I see one smug fucking grin on your face though, I'm taking us both out. I'll lean so fucking hard into the nearest SUV. *He rolls his eyes and leans forward, wrapping his arms around Zero's waist from behind. Very casually. Super. (Motherfucker. I bet this is why you wanted to take the damn motorcycle. Holy shit. Sneaky bastard.) He huffs.* Say a goddamn word and I'll kill you, got it?

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"Awww, have we already reached the double-suicide stage in our relationship? Damn. You like me more than I thought." He doesn't give Tomo a chance to respond as he peals off without warning. If Tomo's had experience with Gen, he'll be just fine. Truth be told, it was more of a sportbike than a motorcycle, but the 320cc engine had enough kick to send them zipping out of Darkwick and off campus in no time.

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By Leo's instruction, Milo is standing on the ceiling in the Frostheim halls, strategically placing hidden cameras, using a map that the vice-captain drew out for him. The second Leo found out about Milo's anti-gravity shoes, he was already making sketchy demands of him. Milo can see why this guy isn't well-liked in his personal life. It isn't any real surprise to him, though. He had seen through the cracks a long time ago. Before sending Milo off on the chore, Leo provided him with invisibility artifacts in the form of candies, and told him the time constraints on them too. Considering how big Frostheim is, fifteen minutes isn't a lot. It's annoying, but Milo will play along for now.

Jo's had enough of being cooped up in her room. Leo's replies blaming Morgan on her seeing him in Frostheim was making her restless and frustrated. Maybe she'd wander the snow a bit, spend some time in the silence to think with some fresh air. As she makes her way down the stairs from the student dorms to the main hall, Jo catches sight of someone on the ceiling and misses a step-- She just narrowly latches onto the bannister, stopping herself from falling down the stairs. Then she looks up again to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Indeed, there's a man with softly pink hair walking about the ceiling of the main hall not too far from where she stands on the staircase now. "What the..." Jo murmurs, still staring up at the guy. He didn't look like he was from Frostheim. What the hell is he doing? (edited)

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Shit, time's up. Milo hops to the closest wall and walks down until he's able to jump back onto the marble at ground level. He nearly jumps out of his skin when he finds a familiar looking blonde woman facing him with a bewildered look. ...Maybe he should have set a timer. "...Hi." The transfer student rubs the back of his neck sheepishly. Of course, he's currently out of uniform.

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Jo follows this rando's every movement with mixed bewilderment and fascination. She'd seen a lot of incredible things since becoming a ghoul. Walking on walls and ceilings? That was still a fairly new one for what looked like a mostly average guy. "...Hey," she replies, not sure if she should be alarmed or endeared. The fuck had this guy even been doing up there? Going for a walkabout? Frowning, Jo says, "Wait... don't I know you?" Her expression clears and she snaps her fingers. "Ohh, you're that guy Leo mentioned. Sorry, I don't think I caught your name." Jo doesn't actually care about his name. But she finds it within herself to be polite today.

Milo pulls out his phone and opens up his speech to text translation app. "...My name is Milo." Milo looks up at Jo and smiles. It takes a moment, but he remembers her commenting on the Instagram post with him and Leo. His face lights up. "You are Leo's friend?"

Jo's returning smile is tentative. So, this guy had worse Japanese than she did? She wonders what his native language is. It's slightly disarming how Milo's face lights up as he seems to make some sort of connection. "Uh, yeah. You could say that. I'm Leo's friend. Nice to meet you, Milo." Leo also mentioned he hated this guy. Jo wonders why. Was he just too friendly and cheery for Leo's tastes?

Milo nods. "Likewise... But you said something about hoping I trip and die?" Milo is referring the comment Jo made on the post. Despite the provocative language that seemed unprecedented, he appears amused by the recollection.

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Jo's eyebrows rise and her mouth drops open in shocked recollection. Oh God, she did say that, didn't she? Shit. She winces and offers an apologetic smile, more genuine than the one she had before. "I'm so sorry, that wasn't personal at all, I was being rude because of... Leo. Which sounds completely stupid when I say it out loud." Jo cups her cheek. Her very warm cheek. "I might have been a bit jealous. You and Leo had gone out together and he was making it sound like a date because he's Leo. Ugh. He's never taken me on a date and we..." No, no. Go on and finish that sentence, Waker. You...? Were friends? Not friends? To the left of friends? A situation bound to fail so long as you both can't figure out how to tell the other what you really want? You fucked one time? You were never that serious with each other? Get a grip, Jo Waker. "Sorry, the point I'm trying to make is I didn't mean it. Technically. I was just making a stupid joke out of jealousy. It's nothing." Maybe Jo should find somebody else to talk to about this, actually. She clearly had a lot she needed to get off her chest if she was even willing to be this honest with Milo.

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Milo is actively reading the translator on his phone as she talks. Mostly because he's a little surprised at the information dump, so it takes him longer to register what she's telling him. After Jo finishes her explanation, Milo nods in understanding and offers a sympathetic smile. "... I understand. Kurosagi does seem to... flirt a lot. I can see why people may think he is..." Milo tents his eyebrows and pulls up his browser on his phone to find the word he's looking for. When he doesn't find it right away, he decides to give up as to not keep Jo waiting. "An asshole." Milo finishes.

Jo sighs and crosses her arms. "He's... not all bad," she says, stilted. Just now she's realising she's said a lot more than she wants to. And Jo doesn't want to talk about Leo like this. The only thing he did wrong was not care as much, and she couldn't really blame him for that. It's Jo's fault for losing her damn mind again and seeing something there that isn't. "I need to make a call," Jo mutters, moving around Milo to descend the rest of the stairs as she takes her phone out. She calls back over her shoulder, "Thanks for chatting, it was nice meeting you, Milo."

A naked man with only a scarf and a beanie, shockingly pale with albinism, strolls in through the grand doors into the main hall. Luckily, the camera from which the reader views this spectacle has strategically placed objects always covering sensitive areas of the man's form. No pervs allowed, sorry. He glances around at the other staring people, then looks down at himself. Ah. They all wore coverings. Perhaps he should too? "Must be laundry day," someone mutters. "Did his mommy forget to dress him?" someone else snickers. Where did one find clothes? Was it a mother? Laurent had one of those. He should go find her and ask for some. With an unnerving smile to the people watching, Laurent the naked man continues on his way through Frostheim in search of his mother.

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An anomalous something or rather creeps along the floor but stays perfectly aligned with Laurent's Shadow.

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Laurent stops suddenly in his tracks as he watches a beautiful blonde woman carry a bleeding man through the main hall. "Mother?"

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Jo has, like, zero awareness of her surroundings, she needs to get Seiya to the infirmary.

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Intrigued by the messages on Wickhive, Akari comes to investigate. He looks around before spotting the pale man. How odd. He's never seen a man more pale than himself before. First time for everything he supposes. "Hello, I am Akari, I am a student in Mortkranken. And you are?" He holds out a stack of folded hospital scrubs--The best he could do on short notice and no knowledge of the size of the man he was coming to see.

Laurent turns and seems to light up at the sight of Akari and the offered clothing items. "I am Laurent, son of Josephine Waker," he declares happily. With little concept of personal space, he leans in close to the other man. "Say, you look a little bit like me! Is she your mother too?"

............. "....What the fuck is going on..." The random student leaves the scene.

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Akari startles. He doesn't have trouble with the physical closeness. Doctors often had to get in close proximity with their patients. The question however... "Wh-No.. I... I... I..."

"I don't remember my mother! I don't think I've met Josephine Waker either. But she's probably not our mother." He looks Laurent up and down. "Your physical condition seems to be fine. Social convention dictates that you need to wear clothes though." He continues to hold out the scrubs.

Laurent does not seem to notice anything amiss when the person fronting shifts in the body. He's not even one bit self-conscious about being looked up and down either. Granted, this person had not done anything to make him uncomfortable. He decides he likes them. "Oh, I noticed that. Everyone seems to wear clothes here. What a funny thing." Laurent takes the scrubs and dresses himself in them right there in the Frostheim main hall. No time like the present. "It is a shame you don't remember your mother. My mother is very good, I think you would like her, because I like her. Do you know where she went? I saw her carry a bleeding man out of here not too long ago."

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"I don't really do attachments. But it's curious to me that you think your affection for your mother would extend to me." He looks around the main hall and sees some blood being cleaned by an objectively attractive Janitor. Hm. "I do not know where she went, however I believe I can try and contact her for you if you like. Please stay with me. He holds his hand out to Laurent." If Laurent, who looks to be a fully grown man, thinks that a student is his mother... he is either an anomaly or a very ill man. Raku decides it may be prudent to keep Laurent in Frostheim until he can apprise Josephine Waker of the situation.

While the funny pale man named Akari who does not share a mother starts typing out messages, Laurent holds his spare hand happily enough. He hopes to see his mother soon. Why was she ignoring him? (edited)

He looks up from his phone. "Laurent, may I please see your beanie for a moment?"

Laurent's snowy white eyebrows rise. "Beanie? Oh, yes, of course." He pulls the beanie off from his head of blindingly white hair and offers it out to Akari. Indeed, on the tag inside the woollen hat is a very English 'WAKER' in permanent marker.

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He glances at the beanie and notes the name. "Thank you Laurent, that is all I needed. Allow me another moment to message Josephine Waker."

"Okay!" Laurent says cheerfully. "Oh, can you tell her I miss her? Please?"

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He looks up from his phone at Laurent. He's still holding his hand. "She's kinda rude you know. Called me a nerd. And all I'm tryna do is help you. Tch. You're lucky I like you Laurent."

Laurent appears conflicted. "I like you too. But I would never speak poorly of my mother. Did she say she misses me too?" He's looking at Wagi with very big, very glossy ice-blue eyes.

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"She says she misses you and she loves you. But She might forget by the time she gets back, so don't blame her for that, ok?" He is lying. Jo left him on read. But Laurent... how do you break that guys heart? You DON'T.

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In a flurry of snowflakes and fur, Jo bursts into the main hall. Blood speckles the ends of white tufts on her coat and her boots resound over the marble floor in a quick, echoing stride. Her opal gaze flits around at the straggling students still ogling the man in scrubs. She glares at them before she comes to a stop by the scrubbed-up man wearing her scarf and holding her beanie. Jo glances at the other man by him. "Akari, I'm assuming?" She looks to the odd man who stands precisely as tall as the snowman she made with Seiya. He's beaming at her. Jo tries very hard not to wrinkle her nose. "And you... must be Laurent."

Laurent could sing and dance with joy. He manages to contain himself to a very excitable grin. "Mother! I knew you would come back."

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"Oh, look who decided to show." He does not try to hide his disdain as he keeps hold of Laurent's hand.

Jo's gaze drops to where the Mortkranken student is holding her son-- holding Laurent's hand. Her eyes are locked there as she speaks. "My friend was bleeding out from a head injury. I'm sure you understand." She tears her gaze away and shuffles back a step to appraise Laurent. He was quite willowy. Maybe that had to do with the sticks she gave him for arms? Also looked like he had albinism. Jo's not sure she's ever seen someone so utterly lacking colour in person before. "How on earth..." she murmurs as she starts circling the pair. There's a flash of something like humour when her eyes land on who she assumes is Akari. "Anybody tell you that you two almost look alike?" Jo sighs and comes to a stop in front again, crossing her arms. "I'm not your mother, Laurent. My name is Jo."

Laurent cranes his neck this way and that when Jo circles him. He keeps his hand in Wagi's. Even despite Jo's lackluster reaction, Laurent seems to thrum with barely contained joy. "Mother Jo!" he says in response to her. Smiling happily, he does not mind how she frustratedly pinches her brow one bit. (edited)

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His obvious dislike for Jo is tempered by witnessing Laurent's joy. "Actually your son said he thinks we resemble each other as well." He's using the word pointedly to annoy her. But he's not a complete asshole... -# "I hope your friend is ok..."

Jo takes a very deep breath in through her nose as she shuts her eyes for a moment. Mentally, she's counting to ten. "Okay. All right. That is not my son," she says, pointing at Laurent. "He's a snowman I built outside with said injured friend from before. I named him Laurent, gave him my scarf and beanie, and then I left him there thinking that a snowman would stay a goddamn snowman. He must be some kind of anomaly." She makes a quiet grumble. "Gotta figure out which damn professor I try to go to about this."

Laurent blinks widely. "I'm... an anomaly?" he asks, voice trembling.

He glares at Jo and holds Laurent's hand to his heart. Fuck. He was way too attached to this thing. "You're anomalous, but so am I. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just an odd condition to live with." He looks back at Jo and sighs. "Wish I could tell you. I barely know the staff myself. They're all probably useless though."

Jo rubs tiredly at her eye with the heel of her palm. "Good fucking grief. Least I don't need anybody to pay child support. Actually..." A dangerous glint enters her eye as she looks between Wagi and Laurent. "You seem to want to adopt him. Why don't you take care of my-- of Laurent here? Study him or whatever you Mortkranken students do."

Laurent whimpers softly. "Mother Jo... why don't you want me to be your son?"

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He wrinkles his nose at her phrase 'you Mortkranken students,' as though they were beneath her. Tch. "Adopt-? I don't think we're equip-"

"We would be delighted to care for Laurent. And Laurent, we could visit your mother.. er. Jo! Whenever you like." He gives Jo a wry smile. "You really wouldn't miss such a sweet thing?"

Jo's brows give a slight twitch as who she thinks is Akari seems to interrupt himself and speak ever so slightly differently. Maybe he'd just changed his mind halfway through as an idea came to him. Whatever the case, Jo finds that while she couldn't care less about this random anomaly, being faced with the reality of having him taken away caused a possessive urge to take over. Like a dragon with its treasure. "...actually, I think you better give me my son. He should stay in his natural environment, not some stuffy lab."

Instantly, all sorrows seem to lift when Jo calls him her son. He looks to Raku. "Oh, please, please, don't take me away from Mother Jo. You can come visit me here, can't you?"

Akari blinks. He is conflicted. He wants to say several things at once. None of which are very productive. He seems to be frozen, like a computer stuck trying to change between processes. He lets go of Laurent's hand. Eventually he takes a breath. We have to breathe, remember? We have to breathe. And we need to speak. "Laurent should stay wherever he pleases, if that is with you, then so be it." He looks emotionless. He nods once at Jo. Nods again at Laurent. "We will leave you be. You have our contact if needed." He turns on his heel and makes for the exit.

Laurent waves enthusiastically after Akari. "Goodbye! Hope I see you again soon! Thank you for the clothes!"

Jo watches Akari go, feeling a strange mix of suspicion against him, possessiveness over Laurent, and a slight appreciation that this was handled rather smoothly, all things considered. She still has Seiya's blood on her coat though. With a deep sigh, Jo reaches for Laurent's elbow and starts leading him up to the student dorms. "Come on, I'll get you some real clothes."

He stands awkwardly in the main hall with some freshly gathered snow. He realizes he has no idea where Waker's room is.

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Jo appears at the top of the stairs leading to the student dorms. She stares at the sad cowboy for a second before she breaks into a smile. Then she quickly descends the steps, fur coat billowing around her. She comes to a stop by Sterling in a waft of sweet perfume. Her pale eyes drink in his appearance. In one hand, she's holding a thermos. "...okay, ninety-nine percent sure that you're real," Jo says.

He's moderately bundled up. He's trying to be a show-off. "Ninety-nine? Miss Waker, I need that hundred desperately. How do I earn that other one percent?" Lord have mercy, that perfume might just kill him. What a scent.

Jo holds up her thermos with a grin. "By coming outside to have a drink with me. The air's biting but the hot chocolate will help warm you from the inside-out." She takes Sterling's hand in her mittened one and guides him out into the snow. https://discord.com/channels/1316555770204127273/1349159043968798823

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9:10 AM

who are you?

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He skips Frostheim checking rooms for Tsubaki's name. He knows these nameplates fairly well.

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sniffle....cold... ):

Ah, Chihiro. Are you cold? Here. Chiyuki takes off her blazer and wraps it around the cold kitty's shoulders "This way, please. My room isn't too far."

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3:39 PM

Seiya carried Laurent all the way to Frostheim. They take a break outside so Laurent can eat some snow before proceeding to the main hall.

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