Tamiko brings out a huge box of makeup and gets to work.
Riku is extremely confused.
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Meanwhile in medieval times, Tsuke is killed by a samurai who was very shocked by the sudden appearance of a girl coming out of thin air.
RIP Tsuke-Mono
((@Libk since this is the home of your character I'll let you decide; regarding the pool/hot tub, is it the same pool for both genders with everyone wearing bathing outfits, or is it one of those where the genders are separated by a wall and they're all nude?))
Riku finally reaches the boys changing room where he starts getting ready for the hot bath. He's rather excited.
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Mr. Matsumoto is at home watching TV with his wife and daughter.
((I don't get the whole police thing rn. Is it really necessary?))
"It's so much fun though," Tamiko says and puts her index finger on her lips.
When riku hears Aiko saying she'll show them to the bathrooms he immediately follows her. Man this would be so much fun!
Upon seeing the jazz band and hearing it play Riku rushes over to them and stands one foot in front of the band, drooling with awe while admiring the musicians.
Tamiko walk in to the room. She bites her bottom lip and then smiles. "Welcome home, Aiko," she says. "I just fixed the bathtub for...
Riku's jaw, which had already dropped to the ground from seeing the mansion, made a hole in the ground and dropped even further upon witnessing the Tsuke reveal. He still hasn't been able to say a word since they arrived.
((I allow maid rolls and I think it definitely works to have the maids appear here. Just as long as they don't take too much focus from the overall high school story. :)))
Riku's jaw drops to the ground after he steps out of the limo and sees the mansion.
((Actually, as the game mod of this roleplay I'd like to limit the amount of "solo play". Because of this I'm asking Storm to stop posting unless he plans on actually interacting with other players. I just feel like those posts clutter up the thread too much as it is, and they don't add anything...
"You know, Renzo," Riku said out loud, "if I didn't know you better I'd think this new girl made you very tense for some reason." He smirks ever so slightly, feeling that he's finally beginning to ease up to his new class mates.
"I mean... since you're asking," Riku says to Aiko, "I always enjoy playing music with a group of other musicians. Though I'm not exactly counting on doing it much." He thinks. "Or just listening to good music is also nice. Oh I wish we could afford a smoother jazz band." He sighs dreamingly.
Riku feels very ashamed for being the last one to notice Mr. Evil had left.
End of episode 2.
Episode 3 begins!
A few days have passed and it's now Friday afternoon and the last class of the day just ended. Our protagonists are standing by the lockers talking. They seem interested in doing...
"Sounds pretty neat," Riku admits. "I can imagine such a play makes for cool background music." He scratches the back of his head. "I don't know anything about the movie though."
Riku thinks hard. "How about ... Romeo and Hamlet?" he proposes. "A modern day love story between Romeo and Hamlet whose homosexual love is looked down upon by their respective families. It turns out Romeo's family has arranged for Romeo to marry Juliet, but Romeo and Hamlet will find a way to...
The car casually bounces off Renzo and flies out the window.
"Splendid!" Mr. Matsumoto exclaims. "I'm leaving the rest up to you all then. I may peak in every now and then throughout the upcoming weeks, but it's primarily up to you all as a class." He walks off the stage and across the room to...
"I admire your dedication!" Mr. Matsumoto declares to Renzo from atop the stage. "Young Renzo here will be in charge of writing the script. You all have a say in the matter, but Renzo has the final word. You see, he wrote me such a powerful poem yesterday. Oh the pain I felt. I needed it. I...
(( He's just misunderstood D: ))
"Oh, are you alright Mr. Houshakuji?" Mr. Matsumoto asks Renzo after he fell off the stage.
Riku plays a romantic violin song quietly in the background. Completely unrelated to anything going on.
Mr. Matsumoto walks into the auditorium and sees the students. A wide smile appears on his face. "I am so happy to see that you're all here!" he says sounding very touched. "And you all came here before me even! I could not be prouder of you." He walks into the center of the room so everyone...
A baffled Riku accepts the armband. He puts it on and expects some Sailor Moon transformation ... but no. Still just the same Riku. Who knows? Maybe the awesome ninja powers will kick in when they're needed. "Thanks," he replies.
The classes for the day came to an end, and so it was time for...
Riku looks back at Eiko with a weirded out expression. "Mr. Mustache is a fake! And I don't know what else. But he's..." then he catches glimpse of the naked Tsuke and falls backward with a bloody nose.
"Are you serious?!" Riku explains in surprise. "I knew there was something fishy..." Riku proceeds to untie the real gym teacher. While doing that he starts wondering who that Mr. Mustache really is...
Notocing the shaking supply closet doors Riku becomes very curious about what it might be. He runs two more laps, but his curiosity gets the better of him. When he thinks Mr. Mustache isn't watching he sneaks over to the supply closet and opens the doors carefully.
Riku is totally in awe from Eiko's comments and actions. However, after having stared in amazement for a while he did start running his now relatively small share of laps.
Riku's eyes widen and his mouth forms a small o-shape. He was so surprised at Eiko's sudden rebellious stance against the intimidating gym teacher.
Mr. Matsumoto slams the book together after having finished one if the chapters. He stands up and wipes his tears out of his eyes before he starts...
Riku and the other students do as they had been told and Riku finds Eiko in his group. "Man am I glad to see you here. I though I was all alone in this living hell," he tells her, but possibly a little too loud.
Riku stands up and goes into the correct changing room this time. He was already out of breath, but he had a feeling it was nothing compared to what was to come. Once he had changed he went into the gym room. He tried to hide from Mr. Mustache behind some other students.
While the students...
Mr. Matsumoto rambles on for a while longer about tragedy. "So what I want you all to do today is to write a short story and hand it in to me before the class ends. It doesn't need to be long, just write as much as you can until the lesson is over. The stories must be tragedies in one way or...
Mr. Matsumoto stands up in front of the class with a straight back and ever proud looking posture. "Are you ready for some literature?!" he asks the class energetically. Without expecting or awaiting an answer he goes on. "Today we are going to focus on tragedy in literature!" He clears his...
Riku also had to go to gym class. Ugh how he dreaded that. He bows respectfully to Tsuke before he leaves the music room. He catches up to Eiko in time to see Aiko bump into her and continue the other way. He looks curiously after Aiko. "Do you have any idea what that was about?" he asks Eiko.
The second Renzo stops talking Riku nonchalantly opens the door to the music room and sees Tsuke playing one of his favourite tunes on the piano, so without further ado Riku joined by playing along on his violin.
The bored Riku notices that Eiko had fallen asleep. Probably because the class was so dull. "Well, I'm not gonna wait around for a reply from her," he thinks to himself. "I'm outa here." And so Riku successfully sneaks on out of the classroom. Once outside he hears the sound of a piano playing...