[OOC] Athalia Academy

[Legion020]

Just to jump on the age train: I'm 18, 19 in 6 days (whoo hoo!!!) and in my country that means i'm legal to drink and (not at the same time!) drive (if you have drivers license...which i haven't...)

[FaithsRose]

Afternoon peoples ^^ Or morning :) Whichever you fancy :D I've just read through the OOC and wanted to thank you all for making me feel olddddd :P

[Sukui]

HylianRose said
Doesn't seem strict to me. It sounds exactly like something Maria would do. If it creates a problem, we can change it but... Merr....(They can't go out at night... -cough- The only people that would be allowed out at night are those that have been given permission from Maria herself.)The reason Maria would say pairs is because if anything should happen to them, they aren't alone. Support, yanno?but I can see where this could be a redundant rule. Crime isn't really something you can pin point and say when it's going to happen. It can happen at anytime. And at anytime outside of the walls of her school, Maria's students can be snatched/caught/maimed/mangled by all sorts. She's fully aware of the villain we have made for this RP and she knows what said villain is capable of. She's not going to send her students out there unarmed and it's better to go in pairs. So no, I won't change the rule. It stands. .-.

I see then.

But make it a bit lighter though? As in if going solo, just within a 300 meter distance so someone from within can see? Hopefully there's a few stores from that distance.

[HylianRose]

Sukui said
I see then.But make it a bit lighter though? As in if going solo, just within a 300 meter distance so someone from within can see?

I don't understand what you mean.

Hmm... I suppose so. From Maria's office at the top of the main building it's feesable that she'd be able to see the students around the area. But not much if found around the school. Just a few houses and such. You'd have to go over 300 meters away from the school to get to anything worth while. So it's almost not even worth it unless they just want to get out beyond the walls. I honestly think it's more trouble than it's worth to try and explain that on the paper. As an Education minor, it's important that rules but short and simple and easy to understand. The longer and more complex they are, the more difficult they are to understand and people won't follow them.

Honestly, going in pairs isn't that hard unless you just have an anti-social character and in that case, it's Maria's way of saying, 'Time to make friends, kiddo.'

Edit: Nope, no stores. Maybe a corner store, but no... The school is located in a housing district. (Oddly enough. I feel bad for the people around there... - cough-)

[Sukui]

HylianRose said
I don't understand what you mean.Hmm... I suppose so. From Maria's office at the top of the main building it's feesable that she'd be able to see the students around the area. But not much if found around the school. Just a few houses and such. You'd have to go over 300 meters away from the school to get to anything worth while. So it's almost not even worth it unless they just want to get out beyond the walls. I honestly think it's more trouble than it's worth to try and explain that on the paper. As an Education minor, it's important that rules but short and simple and easy to understand. The longer and more complex they are, the more difficult they are to understand and people won't follow them. Honestly, going in pairs isn't that hard unless you just have an anti-social character and in that case, it's Maria's way of saying, 'Time to make friends, kiddo.'

Seems like you're trying to keep that rule for some bit of shenanigans though, by stating the fact just now that nothing really of interest is within 300 meters.

A bit unfair, but still fine though.

Most schools here IRL has some store within a short walk away. It is unusual for a school not to have one.

[HylianRose]

FaithsRose said
Afternoon peoples ^^ Or morning :) Whichever you fancy :D I've just read through the OOC and wanted to thank you all for making me feel olddddd :P

Old is a-okay.

And afternoon to you too! I may have to leave for a bit soon as I need to finish my spanish test study guide before 4 because study group. Yay.

I have finals tomorrow btw, so I won't be on long tonight and I won't be on until later tomorrow after noon. (Not until like... 5 or 6.) I'll be around on OOC, just not much.

Btw, I'm making a post real quick like. :p

[Sukui]

Just one store....

please?~ *moe kawaii desu eyes*

So at least Anedine can show off her cooking skills.

[Ebil Bunny]

Why can't she go with someone?

[Sukui]

Ebil Bunny said
Why can't she go with someone?

I like to give her some solo time in that way. Plus, it's a bit of an embarassment when walking out with those of the opposite gender, especially since Anedine has only made one female friend so far out of three (cue possible reverse harem) and it's likely that Cortez doesn't like walking out with people for errands.

But if you really want crazy stuff like that, let that rule stay.

[Theobromine]

I think the pairs rule is quite realistic actually. One of my cousins went to a school where they weren't even allowed to go to the washroom without a 'buddy', and this was talking about WITHIN the school, lol. Going outside a school that's pretty much isolated from the rest of society seems like a big deal, I wouldn't have been surprised if you needed a faculty member to supervise an outing.

[Sukui]

Theobromine said
I think the pairs rule is quite realistic actually. One of my cousins went to a school where they weren't even allowed to go to the washroom without a 'buddy', and this was talking about WITHIN the school, lol. Going outside a school that's pretty much isolated from the rest of society seems like a big deal, I wouldn't have been surprised if you needed a faculty member to supervise an outing.

Here in our school, only one was allowed to go to the washroom.
A little strange for your cousin's school in our standards.

[HylianRose]

Sukui said
Seems like you're trying to keep that rule for some bit of shenanigans though, by stating the fact just now that nothing really of interest is within 300 meters.A bit unfair, but still fine though.Most schools here IRL has some store within a short walk away. It is unusual for a school not to have one.

Shenanigans? That's up to characters. Not really one of my aims. I'm just trying to go with what I believe my character would do and I've already explained my reasons. I also didn't 'just decide' that the school was in a housing district with almost no stores around it. I don't understand why Anedine can't go with someone, be it male or female. Character developmeeeent. ~

There is one corner store nearby but again, I'm not going to over complicate the rules. Plus, I do not believe Maria would do that. She's not always at the school and she can't always be on the look out. She wants students to be safe and she sees making them go out in pairs as better odds of them being able to defend themselves.

Just trust me. Under the protection of the school, the students are a lot safer than outside. Once they go outside, our villain can more easily attack them. (Even just pairs is pushing it.) Plus, if you really want your character to have solo time, let them break the rule. Lulz.

I never said the character had to follow it. I just put it there.

[Ebil Bunny]

-Gah ninja'd-

[Sukui]

HylianRose said
Shenanigans? That's up to characters. Not really one of my aims. I'm just trying to go with what I believe my character would do and I've already explained my reasons. I also didn't 'just decide' that the school was in a housing district with almost no stores around it. I don't understand why Anedine can't go with someone, be it male or female. Character developmeeeent. ~There is one corner store nearby but again, I'm not going to over complicate the rules. Plus, I do not believe Maria would do that. She's not always at the school and she can't always be on the look out. She wants students to be safe and she sees making them go out in pairs as better odds of them being able to defend themselves. Just trust me. Under the protection of the school, the students are a lot safer than outside. Once they go outside, our villain can more easily attack them. (Even just pairs is pushing it.) Plus, if you really want your character to have solo time, let them break the rule. Lulz.I never said the character had to follow it. I just put it there.

There's a villain? Interesting.

Or maybe just some exaggeration, but whatever.

Maybe i'll just let this go. no, you don't have ice powers. don't sing.

[NaraK]

HylianRose said I don't understand what you mean.Hmm... I suppose so. From Maria's office at the top of the main building it's feesable that she'd be able to see the students around the area. But not much if found around the school. Just a few houses and such. You'd have to go over 300 meters away from the school to get to anything worth while. So it's almost not even worth it unless they just want to get out beyond the walls. I honestly think it's more trouble than it's worth to try and explain that on the paper. As an Education minor, it's important that rules but short and simple and easy to understand. The longer and more complex they are, the more difficult they are to understand and people won't follow them. Honestly, going in pairs isn't that hard unless you just have an anti-social character and in that case, it's Maria's way of saying, 'Time to make friends, kiddo.'Edit: Nope, no stores. Maybe a corner store, but no... The school is located in a housing district. (Oddly enough. I feel bad for the people around there... - cough-)

Theobromine said
I think the pairs rule is quite realistic actually. One of my cousins went to a school where they weren't even allowed to go to the washroom without a 'buddy', and this was talking about WITHIN the school, lol. Going outside a school that's pretty much isolated from the rest of society seems like a big deal, I wouldn't have been surprised if you needed a faculty member to supervise an outing.

Am I the only who thinks that a "Hall Pass" system actually makes more sense than anything here?

On another note, I can see where this is going. What I'm confused on, however, is the fact that some students do have the option of leaving to their homes (unless that was changed recently), yet they can't take a quick trip to a store (at most) several hundred meters away from it. Or if the entire "going outside" is a problem, you could just have a store located INSIDE the boundaries of the Academy so that this kind of problem would not even arise in the first place.

EDIT: You go outside, you might as well get assassinated by one of dem villains.

[HylianRose]

Sukui said
There's a villain? Interesting.Or maybe just some exaggeration, but whatever.Maybe i'll just let this go.

And yes. We have quite an arsenal. Trust me, this RP won't be boring. And no... Not an exaggeration. It's been mostly said in IC so I don't feel bad revealing it here...

The big baddie? Yeah, he's Satan. Lucifer, Devil, big cahoona and he's not some push over. You can think want you want, I'll only reveal his CS when he appears in IC. But uh... yeah. :D

[Theobromine]

NarayanK said
Am I the only who thinks that a "Hall Pass" system actually makes more sense than anything here?On another note, I can see where this is going. What I'm confused on, however, is the fact that some students do have the option of leaving to their homes (unless that was changed recently), yet they can't take a quick trip to a store (at most) several hundred meters away from it. Or if the entire "going outside" is a problem, you could just have a store located the boundaries of the Academy so that this kind of problem would not even arise in the first place.EDIT: You go outside, you might as well get assassinated by one of dem villains.

Granted I think they had a problem with a stabbing incident in the community or something, but my point was basically that if there's danger then people usually don't want students going around on their own. ^^;

[FaithsRose]

Why doesn't Anedine just go to the store with Zivon? -.- they both seem to want to leave the school for similar reasons...

[HylianRose]

NarayanK said
Am I the only who thinks that a "Hall Pass" system actually makes more sense than anything here?On another note, I can see where this is going. What I'm confused on, however, is the fact that some students do have the option of leaving to their homes (unless that was changed recently), yet they can't take a quick trip to a store (at most) several hundred meters away from it. Or if the entire "going outside" is a problem, you could just have a store located the boundaries of the Academy so that this kind of problem would not even arise in the first place.EDIT: You go outside, you might as well get assassinated by one of dem villains.

This is why I have you.

Sure. There's a small grocery located within the walls of the school so that Anedine can go solo.
Let's go ahead and put a small clothing store as well. It won't sell much however. Just school affiliated things Like shirts, sweat pants, hoodies, etc.

Going home is different, however. When a student goes home, they are no longer under the care of the school. They have to sign out and then they are allowed to go home. Once they sign, the school is no longer obligated. When they go out of the school to do or get something, however, they are still under the protection of the school. If anything happens, Maria is legally responsible.

And 'Hall Pass'? So only one group of students can leave at a time and they can only have a minimum of two students in the group?

[Sukui]

Anedine doesn't know Zivon. Socialize with her if you like.