April 9th

[terminalshow]

April 9th, 2012, early

It was a humid morning, and only the second week of school. A fine mist of rain clouded the sky, doing nothing against the damp heat that had invaded Eizou Academy’s campus. Beyond the misty and annoying weather, it was also irritatingly early! Students milled about from the main gates, slowly heading towards their campus buildings (it could be quite a walk, most had to arrive a wee bit early). Umbrella’s seemed to do nothing against the rain, but staff and students alike tried to use them regardless.

A scream sounded out, from the cluster of buildings that all the elementary and junior high students were headed toward. It was quite a distance away from the Highschool section, and the clouds and mist dulled the sound. Sirens, blaring through the morning air, pierced the quiet created by the mist. Where were those headed?

That exact thought filtered though Miho Tanaka’s head fifteen minutes later. She could see flashing lights of a police car, and probably an ambulance, from out of the front door’s of the Highschool building. The light filtered through the thickening mist, as the rain started to gradually turn into a downpour. The school seemed eerily quiet, and everyone’s attention seemed to be drifting out toward the elementary buildings. What happened?

Two girls entered, whispering in low fast voices to one another.

“Did you hear? A teacher jumped.”

“I heard she was pushed! The impact broke her neck.”

“I heard she splattered all over the concrete…”

“But we still have to go to class today? Jeez!”

"Mouu, I bet everyone in junior high will get the day off today. This is so unfair.."

Miho frowned slightly at the passing conversation, gaze drifting from the two gossiping girls out towards the lights in the distance. A jumper, huh…?

((NOTE: About half an hour after this initial post, the PA system comes on - everyone is informed they get the day off.))

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[seiyayamada]

Seiya stared at the gathering from under her umbrella, an officer in full uniform standing right at her side. She bowed her head, unable to look at the scene. On a day like this, the last thing on her mind was answering questions.

"I told you, I didn't see anything."

"Miss Yamada," the officer tapped his pen on the notepad in his other hand, "you know I can't let you go to class until I receive your statement."

Seiya raised a brow, but seemed mostly disinterested. She had simply been smoking behind the building one minute, and the next a teacher lay dead on the ground. She shook her head, running her fingers through her bangs with a frustrated huff. "I said I saw nothing."

[americandiplomacy]

Gregory remained, as usual, blissfully unaware of his surroundings on the walk to school. His face was buried in the phone that he always had with him, no doubt playing one of those dozens of games that he had downloaded onto the thing. He was usually pretty good at avoiding people even with his eyes on the screen, but it seemed like today seriously was bunched up in the courtyard.

He muttered an apology when bumping into one of the students, and finally looked up in time to see the flashing lights of police sirens obscured by the misty rain. What was going on, exactly..? Difficult to tell from this building, but it looked serious. Hey, maybe they'd get the day off? The boy could only hope! With a small shrug, he turned his attention back to launching multicolored birds at pigs and the structures that held them. This game was something else.

Then he was en route to his first class, paying little mind to the gossiping all around him.