W5 🛸 PLAYER CYOA : A BADD EDDUCATION 🚀 SCIEN, NERO, SORA

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[barriermaddened]

...what...?

[Hm. Sora looks back at the STILL UNNAMED TIEFLING BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO ASK THE NAME DANG IT and she attempts to approach to ask:]

Who is the Sister Weaver?

[Is she even allowed to, though? Guess if she's not allowed, her turn here was used in attempting and failing to ask]

[perfectdistance]

I've never heard of a Sister Weaver.

[Maybe it's a goddess, but he really doesn't know anything about that.]

I guess if you're invited "swan" makes the most sense.

[murdergate]

[ unnamed tiefling boy cocks his head, surprise at the question fairly obvious. ]

She's a goddess? Like, from the pantheon.

[ duh. how could you have forgotten something like that? ]

But you're fine, anyway. Just be careful about what you say, the grading system is sensitive--

CORRECT!

[ the mannequin lifts both of its arms. congratulations!! ]

The swan is the best choice!

QUESTION TWoo. You have spilled expensive wine oon a rug you find out is an ancient family heirloom of your host. Do you:

a: leave immediately
b: ask to learn more about your host's family history
c: call the constable on yourself
d: pour wine on everything else so it will match

[egodist]

Oh, I've done this.

[but no one should follow scien's example because he absolutely would've done the fourth one because he hates nobles and royals so much]

Are we supposed to be obedient or well-groomed? Perhaps B or C.

[he'll continue to just throw out options and make the other two pick]

[barriermaddened]

[Sora turns her head around when it turns out the swan answer worked out. Well alright!]

Thanks.

[She says that to their half-demon friendo just to be polite, and she returns to Scien and Nero, having heard the new question]

Be careful when saying options. We might accidentally go for one of those by accident.

This school is meant to be for rehabilitating...troublesome kids, no? Then I suppose all the answers that are exceedingly polite will be the ones to aim for.

[So with that in mind...yeah, looks like pouring wine all over the place won't do]

With that in mind, I guess... [She raises three fingers at Scien and Nero, indicating C] ...for "taking accountability."

[Although it's pretty excessive to make yourself go to jail because of a wine stain]

[perfectdistance]

[Nero knows very little of gods and mostly those are cults around wizards back home.

He absolutely thinks that the correct answer is to just leave with the rug and never return, but that's not what the quiz wants out of them.]

I... guess? It seems kinda excessive to me but...

[This entire place is excessive.]

Let's go with that one.

[murdergate]

Oof. Forgot Sister Weave and you don't know an Are You Ready? This is day one, stuff, guys.

[ before any of you geniuses can respond to the unasked for criticism, you are zapped. the source? the broach attached to the front of each of your uniforms. the ones you are not allowed to swap.

ouchies! you all take -2 school spirit damage. ]

INCORRECT! You don't want to involved law enforcement before trying to charismatically smooth over relations!

Q-estion THREE: your guardians have come to visit to check on how your rehabilitation and FUN is going! You tell them:

a: help me, I am not having fun!
b: bonding with my peers has been easy, I've reflected on my actions
c: here is the birdhouse I made in woodshop
d: this cannot happen

[egodist]

[scien tenses slightly with the zap, surprised by it. and then he's reflecting on why he's surprised by it... right, this teenaged body hasn't gone through The Horrors.

he frowns faintly.]

Aren't we all orphans...? Why else would we be at this hellpit?

[his vote is D]

[barriermaddened]

[Good grief, getting zapped! Sora winces, by reflex trying to take the brooch off, and of course, it doesn't work.

Okay, focus, hmmmmm...]

We have...guardians...I suppose parents are included in that word.

[So maybe not orphans?]

Seems to me the second one might fit those rules we saw...

[Looks like tiebreaker might be up to you, Nero. B or D?]

[perfectdistance]

[ He doesn't flinch when he gets zapped. It's definitely not as bad as getting stabbed.

This is a lot of pressure to put on him. ]

I think it's D?

[ He doesn't have any guardians, but he also doesn't know what's up with this AU version of himself that had a roommate that's... dead?

D is getting locked in. ]

[murdergate]

[ everyone waits with baited breath as the mannequin's insides audibly whir. are you right? wrong? will you be zapped once more? this is what school is like. this is why we all hate it.








your quizzmaster raises its arms again! ]

CORRECT! Guardian visitation is ill-advised as it will interrupt our process here at Sir Friendmore's.

Question four: what is your greatest fear?

a: failing my classes
b: failing society
c: failing my guardians
d: all of the above!

[egodist]

None of this matters.

[that's not an answer, scien,

but he'll hold up four fingers to indicate that he thinks that it wants to hear the last one,,]

[barriermaddened]

Yes, I agree.

[Both with the statement and the proposed answer. D, yes]

[perfectdistance]

All of the above.

[His greatest fear is not on the list.]

[murdergate]

[ think you're SO smart, don't ya? guess what, you ARE! arms up a third time. ]

Correct! You are on a ro....ro. Ro. Ro. Ro. Roooooooooooooo.......




ooooll! One question left! Perseverance is key!

Question five: hug one another

a:
b:
c:
d:

[egodist]

[he

startles and doesn't move an inch oh god he hates this]

[barriermaddened]

This school needs a change of dean.

[Move aside, Mr. Friendmore, let her take over. It's bound to be an improvement, despite everything Sora was a good dean.

Still, she does put an arm over Scien's shoulders and pulls him closer in some kind of sideways hug]

Nero?

[Come and hug. She's not against hugging others, really, but truthfully she's not in any mood to do this, so she's not very happy about it. You try to get zapped when you're still soaked from swimming four laps in a pool when you don't know how to swim, and see how your mood is like afterwards]

[perfectdistance]

[ Most of Nero's hugs go to teenagers, but he usually doesn't look like a teenager at the same time.

At least nobody's been through a near death experience over here.

Fine.

He'll join the hug. ]

[murdergate]

[ your hug is at 66.67% power. it's looking grim. you hear some buzzing, some contemplation from the mannequin. quick. you have another round to fix your behavior.

tiefling boy has come around the side of this act of solidarity and friendship.

I'd go along with it. Two questions wrong and they make you restart the quiz.

[egodist]

[ugggGGGHHHH

scien makes such a face but forces his arms around... the other two.... fine. in the name of efficiency]

[barriermaddened]

[This better work, she thinks to herself, staring straight at the mannequin with that typical smile Sora has when she's inwardly screaming]

[perfectdistance]

[ Thinking about how awkward, wet and cold this hug is. ]

[murdergate]

[ whoa. the sacrifice. the cyoa will remember this. you've done well today. you may stand with pride, shrimpback.

with all three of you co-operating for the friendliest hug that the academy has ever seen, its arms raise ceiling ward one last time.

confetti blasts out of the mannequin's mouth, covering the three of you unless you pass a dex check 15. or take it. that's between you and your sister weaver.

anyway, the door parts--turns out it was two with an invisible seam betwixt!--and opens out to another stairwell, this one much wider than the last, but only descending (so no more fussy choices to make). ]

YOUUUU DID IT! You truly were ready! You may now access lunch!

[egodist]

[he hates it here]

As long as there's bread.

[scien you are going to the principal's office you naughty trouble child maybe

but he's covered in confetti and will be walking forward....]

[barriermaddened]

[When the confetti bursts Sora in a hurry lets go of Scien and Nero, stepping back like she's trying to avoid, like, lava instead of tiny pieces of shredded paper.

She turns her head towards the tiefling]

You...we still have to talk. Your name eludes me for now, though. You should start with that.

[Finally a chance for him to say his name!]