[video]- A few days after Ben's speech

[hotheadwarmheart]

[A message from Lea appears on everyone's phones.]

So I was thinking... we don't know when more people are gonna turn up, but it's a pretty safe bet that eventually they will. And it's not super practical to have people walking around specifically looking for new arrivals all the time, or to throw a party and make a big speech every time new people show up.

So how about we set up a spot somewhere, like in the front entrance hall of the school, that's like an information booth? We could take turns manning it in case anyone turned up, and if anyone did, we could answer questions, hand out phones, try and explain the situation, stuff like that. We could maybe even print up some pamphlets or something that cover the information Ben went over in his speech, so we don't have to keep repeating the same basic stuff all the time. And to make sure people know where to go, we could hang a banner on the big 'Auradon Prep' sign; it's a big obvious landmark, so it'd be hard to miss, and the banner would serve double duty covering up the bottom part of the sign and making it seem less full of itself. What do you guys think?

Also, is it just me, or is everything way too... perfect, around here, appearance wise? And I mean like creepily perfect. Not just the grounds, but all the public areas, all the rooms I looked into before we were told which ones were off limits, everything.

There's nothing out of place that can't be explained by people just suddenly vanishing. No one's bed was unmade. No one's desk had just randomly accumulated stuff. The desks in the classrooms all look pretty much brand new. There's no cup rings on any of the tables, no fingerprints on the glass, no books in the library with dog-eared pages that I've seen, no random mysterious stain on the carpet that's probably been there forever, no scratches in the woodwork, nothing. What's up with that?

Comments

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeeeah, generally conversations when you're that tired aren't very informative. Funny, maybe, but not informative.

Anyway, for super late at night we might have to just have a sign to put on the booth directing people to the dorm rooms and saying to come back in the morning or something. But if you think you can do that and still get up for Aqua's training sessions every day, that'd be great.

Yeah, I'm not gonna be making any special effort to keep things super neat either. Like what's the point of making your bed every day when you just have to un-make it to use it? And I figure my desk's just gonna start accumulating random stuff if I'm here any length of time. So at least it won't last.

[cheep_soongbird_knockoff]

Then I might as well, it seems most practical if I will be awake regardless. When I do go to bed I can leave behind the sign you mentioned.

I know Aqua well enough to know I will successfully wake up each morning for training. I might be somewhat the worse for manner of waking up, but it will happen.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Hmm? How does Aqua usually get people up if they're not willing or able to do it themselves?

[cheep_soongbird_knockoff]

Thus far I have only seen her use buckets of water, but it has only come up a couple times. I do not doubt her creativity to find new and exciting methods here to avoid complacency with just the one. (And to avoid soaking the beds, for that matter.)

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeeeeah, I might have to warn her about doing that with me. It's probably not a good idea to hit me with my magical weakness when I'm half asleep.

[cheep_soongbird_knockoff]

If this earns another sort of response than it being a good reason to wake up on time, I would love to be informed.

Either that is a sign she listened or that she is working on something even more creative and I would prefer to be forewarned.

[hotheadwarmheart]

It probably wouldn't have anything to do with you, just me. If she does something that could be mistaken for an attack when I'm half asleep, I might lash out at her on reflex, and I don't want to accidentally hurt her, ya know?