Superbia Intro Log

[cancrymods]

SUPERBIA

With the dragon of greed thoroughly slain, the Executors are at last free to escape the sensory hell of the Avaritia Underside and descend to the next Layer. There's still sound and chatter, of course, but compared to where you've been spending all your time until now. Welcome to Superbia. And make yourself comfortable... because now that you've arrived, the stairs that guided you down here have disappeared and you won't be leaving any time soon. Feel free to use this arrival log to chronicle your initial misadventures in the Pride Layer of Purgatory. As noted in the location page, several locations will require further investigation if you'd like to get some information on them, so get investigating! Drop a comment down to the Investigation Request subheader if you'd like to explore. Get out there and have fun!

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[crypddyd]

[Grounds (OPEN) /Investigation (CLOSED)]

[This place was so familar that his heart ached- he didn't remember everything that happened at Garreg Mach, but he remembered enough. Regardless of that memory though he was certainly not prepared to try and teach- his skill set would certainly not be appreciated in a school like this. They didn't even HAVE a combat class. But with any place like this there was always work to do, so he grabbed a uniform from a utility closet and just set to work cleaning. The buildings and the ground alike. He's easy enough to find if you looks around, either sweeping and mopping the inside or working on picking up trash and weeding the paths outside.

It's funny, when you look like you belong to a place and walk in with one of those cleaning carts... no one seems to notice you. So he goes out of his way to walk into club rooms and teacher's only areas when people are around to empty the trash or sweep up, seeing what he can listen in on]

[Library (Closed to Ruin) ]

[It didn't take long to find out where Ruin was working, so when he has a spare moment he peeks in, trying to catch him unawares, some food from the school store behind his back]

Grounds

[alchemistake]

[As Lion is passing through the campus courtyard, he might notice a boy heading his way with the intent of not exactly heading towards him, but instead making his way to the student dorms. He looks...run ragged to say the least, what with the black eye and slightly roughed up clothes. He's definitely been in some sort of fight, but fortunately that was hours ago now. He's been "disciplined" and sent on his way with more information coming out than he had going in.

Gods, he can't believe any of this is happening. He just wants to go to bed. Maybe then he'll wake up finding out this was all a bad dream.

But since Lion is making it a point to evesdrop, he'll definitely hear the kid mutter to himself as he passes.]

--f we're stuck here, what are we even supposed to do the whole time? Blend in, I get it, but for how long? Ugh...

[crypddyd]

[Oh THAT'S interesting. He should probably call out to the boy. Or maybe follow him to over hear more?

He does neither. He reaches out as Amber passes and scruffs him as easily as a kitten.]

[alchemistake]

[Ah. Well. This wouldn't be the first time he's been manhandled today. But by an adult??

Amber squawks when he feels the back of his uniform grabbed up, and before he knows it he's briefly walking on air as Lion pulls him abruptly back from the direction he'd been previously walking. Turns out, Lion is hard to miss, so it's not like Amber has to look around far to see who's grabbed him.]

W-what- hey! What do you think you're-?!

[Shit, what does he do? This guy is part of the faculty, right? So he's a Specter? And even if he tried to tell him what's going on, he wouldn't understand. But that doesn't mean he's any more prepared to deal with, uh.

This...]

[crypddyd]

...did you just say 'blend in?'

[He's supporting all of Amber's weight so easily it's... well not comfortable, but not painful even with his feet completely off the ground]

[alchemistake]

...uhhhhh.

[Oh. He heard that.]

S...so what if I did? I'm a new student, so- of course I'd want to blend in.

[crypddyd]

Hmm...

Have you met a young girl close to your age recently? With white hair?

[ sus]

[alchemistake]

[Wait

White hair?

He speaks before he can stop himself-]

Rei...?

[crypddyd]

Yes! Lady Rei!

[And as quick as the sus arrived it's gone, and he puts the boy down]

You are a new Executor?

[cancrymods]

The student Specters aren't really talking about anything more interesting than just... regular kid stuff. There's not a huge amount to learn from them, especially since most of the kids clam up and vacate the room once the weird huge new janitor starts lurking around.

The faculty members don't seem to mind though! They basically Do Not Perceive Him in that way people just look past customer service workers. Love to see it! Because of this, he gets to overhear some concerned mutterings from the staff that the principal seems to be holed up in her office and is being more ignorant than usual to attempts to communicate with her.

[crypddyd]

Welp if anyone can get into the office it's the cleaning crew. So he waits till after school to go knocking.

[cancrymods]

There's no response. If he tries the door, he'll find that it seems to be locked.

[crypddyd]

Hmmm, does his new job come equipped with staff keys?

[cancrymods]

It does!

Mysteriously, they don't work on this door.

[crypddyd]

He knocks again with a called out "housekeeping!" to make sure no one is inside, and a look around to make sure no one staying around for after school activities in the halls.

Then he will just try and twist the handle. Hard.

[cancrymods]

Lion is a big strong boy and the handle just... comes clean the fuck off in his hand. Of course it does.

The door's a bit jammed even with the handle removed but... that probably won't be a problem for Lion, right?

[crypddyd]

Not at all. He does give a mumbled: "Place is falling apart..." and write "doorknob" on his task list before shoving in.

[heir_to_ruin]

[Ruin is still familiarizing himself with the numbered sorting system used in the library, perched on a stool at the counter a shiny pair of brass reading glasses perched on his face. He glances up as the door opens, polite smile in place, and it abruptly shifts to a grin when he realizes who it is.]

Hey~ What're you doing down here, hmm?

[crypddyd]

I brought lunch.

[He eyes the glasses, pleased]

You look quite respectable.

[heir_to_ruin]

Just... trying to blend in.

[There's something strained in his smile at that comment, shrugging a little, playing it off as nothing as best he can. Who'd expect him to look respectable, right? Hah.]

Lunch? Y'know... there's no food allowed in the library.

[The willpower required not to make a joke about Lion being a snack is immense. Appreciate his self-restraint.]

[crypddyd]

It is very handsome.

[He pauses, then blushes]

Ah, I did not even consider... are you free to eat? The weather outside is lovely.

[heir_to_ruin]

I don't think most people really notice one way or the other y'know?

[He just tucks an incredibly generic scholastic bookmark into the book he's had open, sliding it behind his keyboard and closing out of the program on the computer. He knows enough about students not to let anyone have a chance to snoop. Especially since they have no idea who the authority is yet.]

C'mon, there's a door back this way...

[He takes Lion's hand, guiding him around the counter and through the copy room to a back door... one that Ruin's absolutely seen a rebel kid or three sneaking out of to smoke. There's even a scrap of wood intended to stop the door from closing.... though he supposes Lion probably has a key for everything.]

grounds

[emberserker]

[At least Lion's being productive. On the other hand, he'll walk into one of the clubrooms (pottery, apparently) while everyone is definitely supposed to be in class and not here, and come face to face with Wolfsbane lifting up a vase and hurling it onto the ground.]

That demon!

[It smashes just as she notices Lion's there and freezes.]

[crypddyd]

...

Shall I lock the door?

[Look, he gets destructive urges]

[emberserker]

...I'll leave it. [She glares at the shards on the floor.] I had another memory, that's all. What are you looking for?