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!]

feminine_carnivore: (91)

[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-10-09 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ O-Ouch.

Chie isn't afraid of the older girl per se, only the way it makes her feel to be at the center of attention of everyone around here. Was the Yamayurikai really that amazing that someone simply talking to another girl was enough to garner everyone's interest? Why did it feel like she was being judged? Chie can't help but tug a little down on her skirt to try to hide the black spandex beneath.
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I mean, weight loss is pretty helpful too, but that's not really the point of martial arts. It's about self-control, and helping others! Learning more about how to have discipline and fighting bad guys.

[ Wait that last part.... ]
ibara_no_mori: (Curious)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-10 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nnnnooowww they're getting somewhere.] See, you should say that from the beginning!

[Except...] ... Except 'fighting bad guys'? [What bad guys. Have you literally ever seen a 'bad guy' anywhere near here? The cops are probably on a .5 second timer to get down here.]
feminine_carnivore: (68)

[personal profile] feminine_carnivore 2016-10-16 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Maybe she should have. But Chie likes to do things flashily! ]

What? I mean, that's totally a part of it! Like in movies, you always see the good guy send a flying dragon kick at the bad guys to stop him from blowing up the dam or something, you know?!
ibara_no_mori: (^^;)

[personal profile] ibara_no_mori 2016-10-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder when are you ever going to see someone trying to blow up a dam around here? I don't even think there is a dam around here, unfortunately. You might be able to get someone trying to rob you? [And even that's unlikely, but...]