Lillian Private Academy for Women ([personal profile] garden_of_maidens) wrote in [community profile] lillian_academy2014-09-08 10:25 pm

Welcome to the New Year

"Gokigenyou."

"Gokigenyou."

The clear morning greeting travels through the serene, blue sky.

Today, once again, the maidens that gather in the Virgin Mary's garden smile purely to one another as they pass under the tall gateway.
Wrapping their innocent bodies and souls is a deep-coloured school uniform.

Walking slowly as to not disturb the plaits in their skirts, so as to not toss their white sailor scarves into disarray... such is the standard of modesty here. Running because one is in danger of missing class, for instance, is too undignified a sight for students to wish upon themselves here.

Lillian Private Academy for Women.

Founded in Meiji 34, this academy was originally intended for the young women of nobility, and is now a Catholic academy of prestigious tradition. Placed in downtown Tokyo, where you can still see traces of Musashi Field's greenery, it is protected by God, a garden where maidens can receive tutelage from pre-school to university.

Time passes, and even now, in Heisei, three era-names past Meiji, it is a valuable academy, where nurtured ladies raised in greenhouses are shipped out in carefully packaged boxes after 18 years of schooling - an arrangement that continues to survive.
As the last note of Maria-sama's Soul rings through the chapel, echoing into the high rafters, the Yamayurikai stands tall at the front of the procession, ready to give out the gifts of rosaries to their newest arrivals.

The respective classes of each first-year are called, and each one receives their gift from the Yamayurikai members. The second and third year students are sitting by, simply watching, perhaps commenting quietly to each other whenever a particularly interesting first-year passes by, but they are quick to silence when the stern gazes of the nuns passes over them.

A new year has come to Lillian Academy, and the students are ready to start their adventures in life, love, and everything else.

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[Open post for the welcoming ceremony and the beginning of the year! Feel free to use this for the actual ceremony, shortly thereafter, or the general first day of school. Welcome!]

green_eyed: (smile for the things I don't have)

[personal profile] green_eyed 2016-10-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
-Huh. This Sei Satou wasn't at all what she expected. There's something in the sincerity with which she said that, which from most people would be an exhausted platitude, that pinged with her, and the smile turned up even more.-

Thanks... But I still don't care about any of those clubs, so... -She still had the plan of getting back to her dorm and staring at the ceiling to get back to.-
long_live_the_queen: (are you talking about my hat)

Kaede "probably raised by wolves" (no last name) | First Year

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2016-10-07 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[A. Ceremony]

[She hadn't been plucked off the street, but a situation barely a step removed from them. Kaede was a problem, at an orphanage that was already failing. It'd be a noble story, a lost little devil made whole again through the mercy of the academy. But Kaede was a problem case in more than rumor; she'd frightened the staff at the orphanage with her silence, and again with her violence. She was difficult, with her last conflict before that orphanage closed particularly bloody. Even her age was difficult to determine. So with the first years she walked.

But here, she was given a second chance. And they'd been kind to her. Kindness, where she'd known nothing like it in her life. That astonished look when someone had touched her head in gentleness rather than a disciplinary blow was quite possibly the reason she was here at all. Why she was even walking at this ceremony.

Kaede was trying hard, honestly so, to behave. To repay that kindness. To act presentable, to act like she wasn't some half-feral animal shoved into a uniform.

But it came though anyway, though subtly. The stiffness to her legs and stride, the confrontation barely hidden in the confident way her shoulders were raised. The suspicious glances when she could get away with them. Little gestures that hinted at the rage rattling about under the lid, quelled only briefly when a nun she recognized glanced her way.
]

[B. Afterpa—Afterwards]

[Kaede didn't seem to relax after all that was over and done with. If she could even relax at all, in a strange place and surrounded by no one she knew. She'd retreated to the greenhouse, but it was difficult to be truly alone here.

In fact, she had a sneaking suspicion that she wasn't.
]

Who's there.

[It wasn't a question. It was a demand.]

[C. Choose your own adventure]

[Neither of these prompts work, have a different idea, etc? This one's for you!]

((OOC: Standard "please ignore the horns in her icons" here.))
Edited (345890 edits later) 2016-10-09 02:14 (UTC)
long_live_the_queen: (half turn)

B

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2016-10-07 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[It sure is! Someone who seems...remarkably unimpressed.

Then again, Kaede seemed unimpressed at the vast majority of things.
]

Like what?

[She was not going to go over there, and might need to be dragged.]
long_live_the_queen: (ha ha oh wait you're serious)

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2016-10-07 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Just a little?

[Uh oh. It was one of the first-year school troublemakers, if the rumors were to be believed. Though Kaede was behaving, or at least trying to.

Still, she's definitely looking at Chie with more attention than she paid to service or most tutors.
]
feminine_carnivore: (63)

[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-10-07 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is... a surprising amount of tensing up in Chie, when she sees the other girl approach her. Chie's never been popular, her strong opinions on bullying, steak, and martial arts movies in general make her a bit of an outcast. But everyone knows Minako (probably)! The fact that she came over to talk to her is a surprise, though not a negative one.

A smile still finds its way to Chie's face as she starts to rub the back of her head, plopping down to sit on the half-wall she was standin on to get attention.
]

W-Well, getting hurt sometimes is only fun when you do it to protect someone, right?
soundsofthesea: (sitting and thinking)

[personal profile] soundsofthesea 2016-10-07 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[It's either a good thing or a terrible thing when Riko finishes playing and looks up from her sheet music. She doesn't seem upset or worried at all when she spots Kumiko.]

Ah, good afternoon! I'm sorry I didn't notice you were here. You're from the wind instruments club, no? I've heard the club play.

[She closes the piano lid, getting to her feet.]

Is there something I can help with?
feminine_carnivore: (65)

[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-10-07 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ What an old lady! She'll graduate and bloom and no longer be welcome in the garden of lilies here...

Though Chie doesn't really think like that, she's just... a little overwhelmed that the Rosa Gigantea suddenly has come over to talk to her. Well, she had been loudly trying to get people's attention, she just didn't expect someone on the Yamayurikai to have any interest in her club or her.
]

H-Huh? [ Chie is quick to stiffen up just a little, looking left then right, as if trying to find help. ]

I guess it does keep you in shape, the guy who runs Aiya keeps telling me there's no way I should be in shape with how much steak I eat from there...
fantasynature: (pic#7833623)

[personal profile] fantasynature 2016-10-07 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Why does this girl approaching have the aura of a delinquent? Why is her uniform unkempt, her hair in red ribbons that are definitely not school standard, and she's got a scary looking sneer on her face. She almost looks like she might suddenly lash out if you got in her way! ]

Band? Why the hell are you telling me this? It's a pain you know, I'm not even on the council myself, I'm just a en bouton. If you want something you should go talk to that person.

[ "That person" in this case means her onee-sama, but like hell will Reimu call her that except when she actually needs something from her. Instead, she's going to continue to be rude, reaching for her cellphone already. ]
feminine_carnivore: (65)

[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-10-07 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, Chie knows who she is. She has to know because Chie knows who all the bullies in this school are. Not that Kaede might think of herself as one, but it's hard to be as prickly as she is and not have really terrified people at times. And so she puts Maki on edge a little, to have her come up to her. ]

Martial arts aren't about hurting people. It's a discipline, where you learn to harness your own body and control it. We don't want people to join who just want to learn how to beat people up!
cutiepanther: (22)

[personal profile] cutiepanther 2016-10-07 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Standing at the doorway is one redheaded girl who wears a smile on her face as well as the rest of her uniform. Maki couldn't help but peek her head in when she heard her soeur playing from down the hall. Maki's a third year after all, and given both girl's interest in piano and music in general, it was no wonder they had become friends and grown closer. Both girls had different aspirations with their music, but they had so much in common still.

For now, she waits until Riko is finished and quietly claps for her when she strikes the last note.
]
long_live_the_queen: (slightly less of a scowl)

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2016-10-07 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I already know how to do that, or I wouldn't have said anything.

[Ah, there's that arrogance. The way Kaede crossed her arms, set her shoulders and jaw.

But she was trying to be better. Trying to show that she wasn't just some violent creature straining to be let off the chain, that that wasn't all she was good for.

It was just...difficult, sometimes, not to fall into old habits.
]
truedetective: (11)

[personal profile] truedetective 2016-10-07 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful. [Naoto says in a near-perfect deadpan that might make it difficult to judge her sincerity if not for the sigh that immediately follows it.]

What do you mean when you refer to the 'noisy ghosts'?
whitequeens: (pic#9104180)

[personal profile] whitequeens 2016-10-07 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, you did. And Euphie heard you.] Ah, it isn't?

What should I have said?
soundsofthesea: (...)

[personal profile] soundsofthesea 2016-10-07 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a good thing Maki waited until the last note. Riko jumps a little when she hears the clapping, then blushes and smiles.]

Onee-sama? I didn't see you there, I'm sorry. How do I sound?
soundsofthesea: (smile for you)

[personal profile] soundsofthesea 2016-10-07 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's hard not to be a little jumpy during the ceremony, honestly. Riko gets it. She gives Minako a wave as she approaches, having heard the question.]

Minako-san, right? It's good to meet you. I'm Riko, and we're going to be in the same class, so I hope we can be friends.

[Bright smiles!]

The volleyball club is going to be meeting up in the gym - take a left when you pass the archery range and you'll see it.
ibara_no_mori: (^^;)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-08 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
If that's what'll make you feel better tomorrow.

[She tilts her head a little. It seems as much a little game she's playing as anything else, but Sei's a weird one. Always has been, always will be.

She's sort of being encouraging in that weird way.
]
ibara_no_mori: (Wink~)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-08 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[To be honest, the sales pitch was really that pathetic that it grabbed her attention. Sorry about that, Chie.] Hm...

[Also too bad, Chie, it's just you, Rosa Gigantea, and a quickly gathering crowd of onlookers. Just like that, they're almost taking her presence as an endorsement, even if, really, she's just... sort of impressed how sad this is.]

Ah, see? But you have to spin it like a sales pitch. "Eat all you want from Aiya, if you join our club, you won't see a fraction of a kilogram put on for it!" [She is either serious or trolling. This is the hard part to figure out.]
ibara_no_mori: (That position looks uncomfortable..)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-08 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, the lost art of sarcasm. At least in this school. Everyone's very honest and earnest here, so it's also refreshing to hear that.

But as for the question, with a look that's about as curious as it is serious, she turns to the crowd of onlooking girls that seems to have gathered because gasp! Rosa Gigantea is talking to that new, popular first year!

And just like that, a titter goes through the crowd. Sei's finger just sort of remains pointing at them. Those noisy ghosts.
]
green_eyed: (not my scene)

[personal profile] green_eyed 2016-10-08 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
-Aaaand back to a look of mild distaste.-

Do you have a twitch or something?
ufonium: (013)

[personal profile] ufonium 2016-10-08 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[This is Kumiko's curse: She can't keep her foot from being jammed in her own mouth.

She jumps, slapping a hand over her mouth now that she realized she said something really careless out loud again. ... She's so bad at this.
]

Um... You used -mashita form to imply past tense when you referenced the future. The year's not over yet. [... Wait if she messed up tenses, then did she understand anything Kumiko just said?] Ah... you got that, right?
ufonium: (010)

[personal profile] ufonium 2016-10-08 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[... As much as Kumiko isn't used to how things are run here, she's rather... surprised at how Reimu refers to what should be her onee-sama. Guess not everyone at this school is totally stuck up and prim and proper...] ... Wow, you're rough-around-the-edges, aren't you?

[She shouldn't have said that out loud. She doesn't even realize she did.]

Could you at least relay the message? I don't know where to find any of the Roses at the moment.
tearitup: (to bite the bullet and spit it out)

Elizabeth Comstock | Second year

[personal profile] tearitup 2016-10-08 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
A
Hello! Welcome to the academy! I hope you'll have a wonderful time here.

[ Elizabeth looks absolutely thrilled to be starting the new year. As Rosa Chinensis en Bouton, of course she's there to lend a helping hand. She's focusing on helping the first years with whatever issues they might have, but she's also willing to speak to her fellow second- and third-years. Come say hi! ]
B
If you're looking to broaden your horizons, the Literary Club is a perfect fit for you!

[ She's promoting what's near and dear to her heart: books. Elizabeth has even made little flyers for the occasion--they're bookmarks, designed like the covers of classic literary works. ]
ufonium: (013)

[personal profile] ufonium 2016-10-08 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[... Caught staring. She stiffens, suddenly. Ooooops.] A-ah, yeah, I just joined! [Even though she kind of didn't want to, she thought she was tired of band from before, but she sort of... accidentally fell back into it, even if she didn't-

Well, whatever, her thought process is interrupted by the question.
]

A-ah, I didn't mean to listen in if you didn't want me to! You play really well. [Too many trains of thought, not enough mental filter: Kumiko Oumae.]

Er, what I mean is... is there a notebook in here?
ibara_no_mori: (Rosa Gigantea is watching you)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-08 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Here's the most frustrating thing about Sei: She doesn't answer directly, she just grins again. Yep. She doesn't, really, but it seems like it doesn't matter to her one way or the other. She said what she wanted to say.]
ibara_no_mori: (Cute little Yumi~chaan)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-08 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
We need someone to try out for the part of Juliet, of course. [She either picked the single best person to single out to recommend that to on purpose, or on accident.

Hint: She did it on purpose.

Also she motions to Kaede, which turns the crowd of people that were watching her and all but hanging on her every word toward her.

Oh yeah. This is what happens when Senpai Sei notices you: Trolled.
]

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