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[ The 7th day comes to pass and despite knowing that things are different now, Achilles still braces for the worst - only when time doesn't reset does he finally feel like he can breathe again. Like the final confirmation that the loops are indeed over.

Though it's what he sees in the coming days as they prepare for the Underside that really excites him, to the point that he messages the group chat about it. ]

Well, well. So is this the highly anticipated "school festival" I've heard all the students speak so highly of?

[ Indeed as Achilles says, the school festival has finally come. It is the most extravagant, anime-ass Japanese school festival you can imagine, with various student run stands outside full of food and even more things going on inside... and the entirety of the student council running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to keep everything running smoothly.

This, even more so than the passing of Authority and the lack of time resets, puts him at ease. ]

I know we still have much preparation to do but I think after all of this a little bit of fun and relaxation might be good for us.

Of course if all the hustle and bustle gets to be too much for anyone you're more than welcome to make use of my office or faculty dorm, should you have difficulty finding an empty room.

[ Not that he'll be in either much, he's also in a mood to check out the ~~food~~ festival. But hey you don't need him to be present to chill in there.

You've done good work Executors. Enjoy this respite before the battle ahead. ]

((ooc: This is an open mingle post for everyone! Feel free to top level your character doing whatever you feel like doing and tagging around. :) ))

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... I guess I would be less recognizable if I became an Executor...

[ And she could just yeet away at top speed from anyone who thought they recognized her. ]

You might attract more attention for being so terribly pretty, but as others are in some fancy getups, maybe you'll get away with it.

[ Chiron being... well, Chiron is enough to get her to let out a hard breath through her nose and stop fretting quite so much. ]

Fine. Just make sure to tell me if anyone notices, okay?

[ And she's gonna just... go and transform right there in the middle of the hall. Incredible!! ]

[He's going to let her. He's just gonna let her do this thing! Innocently! He's a very proud dad. She's so pretty and adorable!

And then:] I might have suggested doing so in the restroom where others wouldn't be able to see you go through such an astonishing transformation, but to each their own!

[ . . .

See: the deeply embarrassed expression of a girl who has not even for a second considered that. ]

... I... I just thought it might be quicker to...

[ She droops. ]

I'm not very good at all this sneaking around...

[He laughs merrily. It's very Chiron of him, in spite of the Everything he's been lately.] My dear, we're Executors! We're flashy and powerful and don't, as I see it, do sneaking in general. I wouldn't worry about it overly much. If anyone tries to get you to do something you don't want to, you can quite simply say no.

[too much swagger for the dagger, as he doesn't say, but lbh it's implied]

If only it was that easy...

[ She heaves a big sigh. But she seems a little less jittery than she was a moment before, anyway. ]

Maybe I can come up with an excuse if anyone tries to drag me back there. I'll say I'm running an errand for a faculty member.

Someday we'll instill some confidence in you. Telling people with expectations of you no is... [...Hm. A bad feeling, actually, yeah.] Unfortunate, but sometimes you've simply got to put yourself first.

I guess it feels worse because it isn't as though they're asking very much... and even if they don't know it, everyone's been waiting for the festival for so long. But the idea of dressing up and serving customers...

[ She gives a full body shudder, as if what'd been asked of her was like, taking a soak in a bathtub full of spiders. ]

I don't think I'd be able to handle it.

It's too much to ask of you. And it's okay to express that! You aren't actually a student here; you should be able to enjoy this however you want.

[ For a moment, Rei just blinks at him – not quite surprised, but definitely processing a bit. Then she giggles, as if enjoying a private joke. ]

Sorry, sorry. It's just– you really do sound like a professor when you say things like that.

...Ahaha- [And though surprised himself, he has to give a little laugh himself, a hand up in his hair, pushing it back from his face (only for it to fall back into its usual mess).] Do you think so? I wasn't much of a teacher in a past life, though in some ways I tried.

You weren't still making up things out of whole cloth, were you?

[ she has sat through his history lessons ]

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