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!]

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[personal profile] sinisister 2016-10-09 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Yomi doesn't care much for sitting around, either – especially since she's a third year and the rosary ceremony is old hat for her. She does recognize Minako as the second year transfer who got her beads with the first years. Since it was probably kind of an odd experience, she isn't going to start off by mentioning it.]

Oh, I definitely could. But how about joining the kendo team instead?

[If her motivations aren't already clear, Yomi has a shinai balanced on her shoulder. A recruiting technique? You know, for show. Not to threaten people or anything. She certainly doesn't seem too threatening with that easy smile on her face.]
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[personal profile] complementing 2016-10-09 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)


[Minako stops short, blinking.]

Thank you for the offer, but I have my heart set on volleyball. [She smiles sheepishly.] I'm probably not the best person for kendo anyways, even if it's a beautiful sport. I'm way too-- [Ack.] Er, I mean, I'm not very good at staying still.