Oct 22, 2024 2:45 pm
[Early Morning - April 1, Monday]
The crisp morning air greeted the arriving students at Yokai Academy, as the first day of the new school year began. Those punctual enough to get inside the bus and neither came on the day before, would find themselves in an old school bus in faded yellow, filled with strange kids, all (or mostly) wearing a bluish sea-green jacket, and olive green pants/plaid skirt, red tie or ribbon, and plain shoes; some wearing a sweater vest in place of the jacket. The bus' interior hazy by the fumes of the driver's cigar, which he smoked haphazardly (it seems monster laws aren't quite up to date with human ones...), while entering full speed through a tortuous dark tunnel.
Quickly the bright sky of early-spring morning, with its rosy hues, vanished. The headlights being the only light-source now...
Finally, after some five minutes inside that tunnel, it ends, revealing a totally different environment: the sky had a sinister gleam, the sunlight filtered to a pale lilac, while the clouds stood at differing grades of purple. The terrain was of a dusty, dry, soil, and alas, the road give in to a huge cliffside, from where a vast sea spread! The driver drove a bit forward, and promptly dropped the students the so-called stop, marked by a crooked dead tree and a scarecrow.
Up ahead, the cliff bends inwards, like a gulf and, on the other extremity, over the weird sun, a silhouette of a huge building could be seen; it gave an ominous feeling.
Not a minute after everyone got off the bus, the driver swiftly departed, with a creepy grin on his face. The students were left to in there on the cliffside, greeted by the crows atop that awry tree.
The scarecrow stood 5'9'' (1.75m) high; it had a pumpkin head, carved into a smile, it wore a russet cape or cassock, and a dark purple, almost black, long robe, that reached the ground, and white gloves as hands; finally, a white sigh hanged over its "chest". Overall, the robe seemed well fit, revealing a good volume to it, it certainly weren't made of poles... maybe a mannequin?
The sigh that hanged on it said: "Yokai Academy", but there were also tiny letters inscribes around it; though who came closer to check on then, was in for a surprise!
As anyone came closer, the scarecrow suddenly moved to greet them!! A laugh was heard from inside the pumpkin. "gwahahaha!! Gotcha!" Said a not-to-high, yet feminine voice. "How do you guys like my costume, huh?!" She presently introduced herself: "I'm the Academy's official greeter and concierge" With emphasis on the French word, "Pleased to meet you, young boys and girls, now students of this prestigious institution!"
"In thirty minutes, you're all expected at the auditorium, for the commencement ceremony, where you will be introduced to your classrooms, teachers and faculty, as well as receive the numbers of your dorms..."
To anyone who falters in the cliffside, maybe flabbergasted and bamboozled, she says: "Well then, go forth, go! Shoo, shoo!! Go!" She then disappears in a puff of blue smoke.
The students then scatter, some go down the road by the cliffside, some others decide to explore the forest, going uphill: a buzz of a shortcut by it is herd. Finally, some decide to stay a while on the cliffside.
The crisp morning air greeted the arriving students at Yokai Academy, as the first day of the new school year began. Those punctual enough to get inside the bus and neither came on the day before, would find themselves in an old school bus in faded yellow, filled with strange kids, all (or mostly) wearing a bluish sea-green jacket, and olive green pants/plaid skirt, red tie or ribbon, and plain shoes; some wearing a sweater vest in place of the jacket. The bus' interior hazy by the fumes of the driver's cigar, which he smoked haphazardly (it seems monster laws aren't quite up to date with human ones...), while entering full speed through a tortuous dark tunnel.
Quickly the bright sky of early-spring morning, with its rosy hues, vanished. The headlights being the only light-source now...
Finally, after some five minutes inside that tunnel, it ends, revealing a totally different environment: the sky had a sinister gleam, the sunlight filtered to a pale lilac, while the clouds stood at differing grades of purple. The terrain was of a dusty, dry, soil, and alas, the road give in to a huge cliffside, from where a vast sea spread! The driver drove a bit forward, and promptly dropped the students the so-called stop, marked by a crooked dead tree and a scarecrow.
Up ahead, the cliff bends inwards, like a gulf and, on the other extremity, over the weird sun, a silhouette of a huge building could be seen; it gave an ominous feeling.
Not a minute after everyone got off the bus, the driver swiftly departed, with a creepy grin on his face. The students were left to in there on the cliffside, greeted by the crows atop that awry tree.
The scarecrow stood 5'9'' (1.75m) high; it had a pumpkin head, carved into a smile, it wore a russet cape or cassock, and a dark purple, almost black, long robe, that reached the ground, and white gloves as hands; finally, a white sigh hanged over its "chest". Overall, the robe seemed well fit, revealing a good volume to it, it certainly weren't made of poles... maybe a mannequin?
The sigh that hanged on it said: "Yokai Academy", but there were also tiny letters inscribes around it; though who came closer to check on then, was in for a surprise!
As anyone came closer, the scarecrow suddenly moved to greet them!! A laugh was heard from inside the pumpkin. "gwahahaha!! Gotcha!" Said a not-to-high, yet feminine voice. "How do you guys like my costume, huh?!" She presently introduced herself: "I'm the Academy's official greeter and concierge" With emphasis on the French word, "Pleased to meet you, young boys and girls, now students of this prestigious institution!"
"In thirty minutes, you're all expected at the auditorium, for the commencement ceremony, where you will be introduced to your classrooms, teachers and faculty, as well as receive the numbers of your dorms..."
To anyone who falters in the cliffside, maybe flabbergasted and bamboozled, she says: "Well then, go forth, go! Shoo, shoo!! Go!" She then disappears in a puff of blue smoke.
The students then scatter, some go down the road by the cliffside, some others decide to explore the forest, going uphill: a buzz of a shortcut by it is herd. Finally, some decide to stay a while on the cliffside.
OOC:
Now it is time for you guys to describe what your PCs are going to do, what path they will take and also anything else you feel like it.
