Induction.

[antitrust]

You've all had some time to get to know each other; whether or not you're all getting along is another matter. Either way, one thought pattern seems to be pretty prevalent, no matter what you think of this entire situation – Where, exactly, is the Conductor? That question isn't going to be answered in full, even now; if you were hoping to work out exactly who the Conductor is...well, that's not going to be readily answered, either. What you are going to get, however, is the sound of that public address box mounted into the wall somewhere above your heads crackling to life; it's staticky and a little grating at first, like someone's fiddling with the volume control somewhere, but eventually it clears up. "Ah, is it..?" It's a little uncertain at first, but that, too, clears up soon enough; it's a male voice, at least that much is discernible. "Greetings to the lot of you, the new class at Graceside Academy; I trust you've familiarized yourself with the rules. "You can call me the Conductor."

[OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask any questions your little heart desires; brackets are fine, you don't need to use prose!]

Comments

[blazeit]

New class? What happened to the old classes.

[ ...

... ... ... ]

Also, are you the fucker assigning arbitrary adjectives to us.

[antitrust]

I don't know; I wasn't the one overseeing any former classes that may have been held.

Did you find your title unsatisfactory...? Because I can assure you that they aren't arbitrary.

[blazeit]

[ screaming internally at that answer

ALSO SCREAMING EXTERNALLY FOR THAT MATTER: ]

Okay, then, explain this. Why the fuck does everybody get nice-sounding shit like "ascendant" and "unbreakable" and "adroit" or whatever and then there's just two of us stuck in the shitty ass descriptor club with fucking "VOLATILE" and "contrary".

[ Priorities, oh my god. The priorities here. ]

[nankurunaisa]

[This is the second time she's heard him like this. Maybe she should try to calm him down?]

Hey...maybe he picked it just to make you angry, y'know? If you keep it up, you're just lettin' him win!

( one/two )

[blazeit]

[ BUT

HIS PRIDE!!!!! ]

[blazeit]

[ ... Still, he has to admit, she has a compelling point. After several moments of gritting his teeth and looking like he is physically in pain trying to rein it in, he exhales sharply. ]

Yeah. You're probably right about that. 'Sides, all this guy is giving us is a bunch of non-answers...

[nankurunaisa]

[She knew he could do it. She also thought phrasing it like that would help calm him down, but. Details.]

Hehe! Of course I'm right! He's just tryin' to upset us!

[blazeit]

Yeah, and he doesn't even have to try that hard, I think we're doing a damn great job of upsetting each other.

[ staring hard at Rick over there... ]

[nankurunaisa]

[Yeah. Pointing at Rick? That sure kills Hibiki's smile. She heard what he said. She has no intention of being killed, thanks.]

Y-yeah. But he's probably just jokin'...there's no way anyone would try that, right?

[blazeit]

I dunno if anybody really will try, but after hearing that bullshit? I don't think I'm gonna let my guard down.

[ Aaaand now he's going off-track a bit, but: ] Seriously, though, either he's crazy overconfident or he's got some kinda trick, 'cause he just made a buncha enemies there.

[nankurunaisa]

He's probably just worried about his grandson, right? That's what he said.

[But even as she says that, she still looks uncomfortable. She lowers her voice so that Rick can't hear her.]

That kinda thing isn't okay, though. To say somethin' like that when we're all gathered here...whether he meant it or not, that's sick. I don't like people like him at all.

[blazeit]

[ Bakugou's natural state is to be noisy, but even he knows to keep it down while shittalking. ]

The fact that he thinks even considering killing 28 people to save 2 is okay pretty much says it all. [ ... ] And there's another thing. He just made a target outta himself, too.

[antitrust]

...Well, if nothing else, both of you are proving that I wasn't wrong.

[announcemyvictory]

[sorry, she's covering a laugh over here because really]

[blazeit]

[ Bakugou's current state: constantly screaming internally, quietly but intensely, a steady buzz of aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhfuckthis. ]

Can you at least do that behind my back, holy shit.

[announcemyvictory]

Do what? I believe you're seeing things.

[blazeit]

Don't play coy with me, princess, does it look like I'm in the mood right now.

[ Spoilers:



He's never in the mood... ]

[announcemyvictory]

Nor am I in the mood for your ridiculous raving. We've got things to deal with, you know.

[blazeit]

[ The icon sums the tag up, because... he looks like he wants to strangle himself for saying it, but. ]

.... Yeah. I know, princess, you can go and chastise some other fucker now.

[blazeit]

[ OKAY, now that he's making an attempt to rein it in... ]

Fine, whatever. Moving on. What's the point of giving us adjectives?

[antitrust]

Identification purposes, among other things.

[blazeit]

[ Deep breathes, Bakugou, you can do this. You're a big kid! ]

Among... other things... like what, exactly?!

[antitrust]

Are you that offended by their existence? I hardly see why it matters.

[blazeit]

Yeah, I'm offended that you think I'm so fucking volatile that I don't recognize deflection when I hear it.

[antitrust]

I never said that, did I?

As I told Ardent, I'm willing to be exactly as helpful as you deserve.