afterlogs | SCHOOL FESTIVAL

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: School Festival / Arriving in the Afterlife!
WHEN: 9/30/2012. Morning through evening.
WHERE: All around! Mostly at the school, since it is a school festival!
WARNINGS: Potential violence, but since everyone's already dead it's not like it matters, BUT FOR THE MOST PART HUNKY DORY PG! So PG+V? That works.
SUMMARY: A school festival! Details here!

No matter where it is you woke up, if it's near buildings the sounds of merriment are all around. The shouts of people rooting for the winner of a game, students trying to pull in attention for their booths, adults laughing as they trip over themselves during a sport or someone screaming at the haunted house...

It's then that you realize you're at some kind of festival, everyone's invited, and no one seems to be bothering with money.

Then the realization that you're not even in your clothes. What the hell is this outfit? A school uniform? A janitor? A store clerk? Waitress?

No, no, the bigger question is deinitely "What the hell is going on and where am I?" With nothing but forest and mountains visible in the distance, it's kind of--

POP POP!

..Are those fireworks?

If your character isn't at one of the events and are elsewhere in the town/forest/school/dorms/exploring the buildings/wherever, feel free to just comment with their own thread at the bottom.

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School is optional if you're truly alone. Like me. I don't have to go to school. Never did. I don't even have a uniform on, see? Ha.

It's illegal to not go to school where I come from, at least until you're a certain age and by that time, you're almost finished so why wouldn't you? Anyway, just because I was alone doesn't mean I was going to drop off the face of the planet and not make something of myself. When you do something like that, it's just like giving up on trying to improve things or make up for your mistakes.

What so nobody got taught at home? [ playing around on the bass since he's holding it. saaaaad depressing jingles. awww yeah. ] It's not giving up on trying to improve things if the improvement would be you not being around. ...Not that that would apply for you but just an example. It's not always the case.

Edited 2012-10-22 16:57 (UTC)

Not generally a good option if you want to get into a decent school. Anyway, improving yourself works a lot better than disappearing, idiot.

Why would you need to get into a decent school if you already learned everything at home? [ waves hand ] You can't improve if you die while attempting improvement. Yeah.

In case you actually want to use what you learned? Parents aren't great teachers, they only teach you the things they understand and unless they're geniuses in every subject, you're screwed. Getting into good schools is how you get good jobs, too. [ Yuri rolls eyes. ] You're still here which means you're still capable.

My mom taught me and I started and ran a trillion dollar company. [ head. tilt. ] ... buuuuut I guess you're the expert in knowledge and how to get great jobs, right? [ shrug ] I don't think I can improve what I needed to though. It kind of requires being alive.

That was probably a lot of luck and hardwork and you were your own boss, if you want jobs that you have to have legitimate education to even get hired for you have to have a diploma to show for it nowadays. [ Shrugs. ] Improve yourself as a person, not the world around you.

I mean sure you want a doctor with a diploma but- eh. Whatever. We're not getting jobs here. It's irrelevant. [ slouches ] Not the world, huh? Hmph.

Well yeah, that's one of many reasons why it's stupid to go. [ Yuri nods. ] Work hard to become the kind of person who wouldn't make those kinds of mistakes.