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!]

besieger: (Default)

[personal profile] besieger 2016-11-06 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ haruki, keeping one eye shut, observes this languid pace. watches the girl slowly rise to her feet, slowly brush out her skirt... "slowly" seems to be an all-encompassing adjective, here. ]

... Sure.

[ haruki's torn between the potential for food and this perfectly alluring pace. —cue a sigh of resignation, as she presumes to take a (slow) lead. ]

You got a name?
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[personal profile] ufonium 2016-11-12 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
I hope it's not a binding contract... [She's... sort of half making a joke about equating it to marriage.]

... Um, but can I ask what? Aside from having a best friend forever, I guess.
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[personal profile] resurrection_butterfly 2016-11-13 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Saigyouji Yuyuko.

[She said softly with a small bow.]

I must apologize for not having said anything sooner. And your name?
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[personal profile] resurrection_butterfly 2016-11-13 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
I feel any friends you make that don't know who you are, probably weren't having in the first place. Sooner or later they'll see what you want to hide, and a choice will have to be made. Isn't it more comforting to not worry about those sorts of things?

[But then it might be easy for her to feel this way since she really didn't care what others thought.]

Everyone can make friends just being who they are. It just might... not be as straightforward?
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[personal profile] penthesileia 2016-11-15 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe for non-Kirijos.] I made you as a friend, didn't I? The other Yamayurikai and I are reasonably close.
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[personal profile] ofwindandarrows 2016-11-15 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Just 'reasonably close' huh? You actually gonna call 'em your friend, or...?
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[personal profile] ufonium 2016-11-15 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
... But sometimes you're not supposed to really be a certain way... [The number of funny looks she's gotten from saying things a little too bluntly...]

You're really weird. [LIKE THAT.]
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[personal profile] besieger 2016-11-16 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
... Sounds fancy. Nice to meet'cha, Yuyuko.

[ a jump to informality— she's still getting used to these sorts of things. for example, she didn't think to bow, but at yuyuko's action, she imitates it. it's clumsy. ]

Sagae Haruki, but you can just call me Haruki. I'm a third year.
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[personal profile] penthesileia 2016-11-17 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we're. [A beat.] Friendly enough.
therealrisette: (My hair can generate magical flowers!)

sorry, had keyboard/router issues, feel free to ignore if this is too delayed!

[personal profile] therealrisette 2016-11-20 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh gosh, that little gasp is adorable. The elder girl gives the smallest, polite little titter of amusement at how flustered Naoto is over being caught.]

Really? You seemed like maybe you were looking for someone.
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[personal profile] therealrisette 2016-11-20 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, come on, Yukari. Leave it to her to take a compliment and twist it around so completely.]

That's why it takes a skilled actress to make them sympathetic. Being jealous or angry doesn't make someone a bad person.
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not a problem!

[personal profile] truedetective 2016-11-20 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Naoto responds to that giggle with a frown.] No. I'm not looking for anyone, I can tell you that.

I don't know anyone here to look for. [Not strictly true.] What are the class rooms in this building, if I can ask?
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[personal profile] ofwindandarrows 2016-11-21 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[One of her many talents.]

... You gotta know fandom better. [Sigh. Oh well, walking into the room a bit further.]
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[personal profile] ofwindandarrows 2016-11-21 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ahuh. [Busted.]

Come on, isn't that the point of high school? To form connections with people?
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[personal profile] penthesileia 2016-11-21 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
And I think I've been more than successful in that. I have you, don't I?
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[personal profile] fantasynature 2016-11-21 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A look of sudden realization hits Reimu. ]

Well why didn't you say you were talking about the play?!

[ She almost looks sorry for being such a brat. But not really. Not that it stops her from suddenly snatching the score. ]

Right, I think they wanted this. I should hold onto it!
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[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-11-21 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chie might not have such deep feelings for the sisters as someone clearly does... she is at least terrified of them. No amount of kung fu training prepares you for the pain that is a sister wielding a ruler! Clearly they are masters of some kind of sealed martial art technique that can't be revealed!! ]

Kaede....san? [ She tries out the honorific, trying to be polite, but wondering if that's her first or last name. Not that it matters as Chie is already moving on. ]

So we have practices three times a week, but you can always hang out in the club room too if you want anytime! I'm usually running on our off days too if you need a partner! [ As if Kaede looked like she ever wanted a partner in anything? ]

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