[OPEN]

[reprizesal]

Who: Sayo & you!
When: IC: January 16th | OOC: June 6th
Where: School
What: After pondering about it, Sayo decided to go to school! Of course, his first day doesn’t… quite end that well.
Rating/Warning: None so far.

► A: Class begin!
[It’s Sayo’s first day at school and he’s… nervous? Anxious? He don’t know how to describe this feeling, as he stood at the front of the classroom. The children in front of him - they’re children to him, since he’s so old - stared at him in curiosity. He gave a bow when it’s time for him to introduce himself.]

...I’m Sayo Samonji. I hope we can work together.

[Sayo, this is school, not work or the army.

After his introduction, sparse it might be, the teacher told him to sit at an empty desk. And as luck would have it, that desk was right next to yours! Greet your new neighbour as the teacher starts the lesson? Help him out with classwork?]

► B: Lunch!
[Lunch time. For many students, it’s a wonderful break from school work. It’s a time of eating delicious food, either from the school cafeteria or homemade, and to socialise with their peers. It’s a time to play with their friends, catching up on life or do some light studying.

For Sayo, he found himself being approached by curious classmates who wish to get to know him better. When you approached him, he looked up from his lunchbox and gave you a look.]

...Yes?

[Are you hear to talk to him? Or hoping to grab some food off his delicious looking lunchbox?]

► C: Confiscation
[Word got out. Sayo Samonji was carrying a sword and the staff got alerted to it. That might be why Sayo can be seen trying to keep his sheathed tantou from being taken away from a concerned teacher. But one way or another, since Sayo didn’t want to draw his blade - they’re not worthy of being cut - that they managed to pry his vessel from his hands.]

Give me back!

[“Give me back”? How curious. But whatever that means, Sayo clearly looked uncomfortable as he try to reach for his sword. He didn’t want to hurt the teacher, but if it means getting it back...]

Comments

c!

[junebound]

[ It just so happens that Rika is nearby when she hears about a kid getting his sword taken away, and she makes her way over to check it out.

She's a little confused by the kid asking for himself back, but for now she's not going to dwell on it. He does look familiar though, and that's when Rika realizes she recognizes him from the network.

So she goes over to the teacher, giving them her best pout. ]

Mii... Please give it back. I promise he won't do anything with it. I'll make sure of it.

[ This sort of thing works back home, hopefully it'll work here too? ]

Re: c!

[reprizesal]

[The teacher looks down at Rika and frowns. Due to his height advantages, it's simple for him to keep Sayo's vessel out of his reach.]

Really? This is a real sword and it's dangerous to leave it in a child's hands.

[Sayo shakes his head, trying to reach up and grab the teacher's arm.]

No! I won't cut anyone at school!

[junebound]

[ Looks like this teacher is going to be harder to convince than the elders back home. She lets out a tiny sigh. ]

Wouldn't he have cut someone by now if he wanted to?

...At least let him take it back home.

[reprizesal]

[He frowns.]

And let him bring a dangerous weapon home? It's better if I put it away and no one can use it.

[That seems to alarm Sayo. He try to jump higher and there we go, he grabbed the sleeves.]

If you do that... I can't go home...

[junebound]

[ Rika looks over at Sayo. ]

...You can't?

[ Because as much as she'd like to get back that sword, it doesn't seem likely, not today at least. ]

[reprizesal]

[He's quiet for a moment, before he answers softly. While clutching the teacher's sleeves.]

...I'm a sword spirit. That sword...is my true form. I can't go very far from it.

[Whether they believe him or not is another thing. But it's why he carries his vessel with him. He can walk around without being tied to one spot.]

[junebound]

[ Rika believes him. It would be a strange thing to lie about, after all. And after everything she's seen here, she has no reason not to.

The teacher, on the other hand, doesn't seem as convinced. ]

I believe you. [ She looks up to the teacher. ] Please give him a chance.

[reprizesal]

[The teacher looks down at them, before they finally relents and speaks.]

I'll have to talk with your teacher and your guardians about this.

[Sayo blinks before he slowly nods. If they bring Haru or his brothers in, they can backed up his story. And his teacher... should know about his situation, to allow him to keep his sword in the classroom.]

[junebound]

[ Rika turns to Sayo. ]

You have friends here that will support you, right?

[reprizesal]

[He blinks at her question. Friends, huh?]

I... have people who knows about me.

[Unless she's referring to fellow swords.]

[junebound]

Mii. Good. they should be able to convince the teacher.

[reprizesal]

[With a nod, he looks up at the teacher.]

...Can I have my sword back?

[If the teacher starts walking off with it, Sayo doesn't want to follow him by force.]

...Very well. But you still have to come with me.

[He doesn't care, Sayo just want his vessel back.]

[junebound]

[ Rika looks up at the teacher. She probably won't be allowed to come along. ]

Mii... Good luck.

[reprizesal]

[Sayo nods at her. Before he leaves with the teacher, he pause and speak.
]
...Thank you for your help.

[junebound]

[ She smiles, watching him go. ]

You don't have to thank me. It's what friends do.

[reprizesal]

[He looks a little surprised by that.]

Friends? [They're already friends? Since... when? Since they start talking, or attend this school? Or when she came up to help him?] I... guess so?

[The teacher calls out to him, getting Sayo's for a moment. Looking over at the teacher, and the back at Rika.]

...Bye.

[He'll be walking off with the teacher. Rika might see him again later or another day, after they settle the sword issue.]

[zombiedude]

[Nico doesn't think school is pointless, but he thinks that him going to school is pointless, because he's so far behind everyone else in his age group. He hasn't made any friends at the school but he's not really surprised about that. People mostly leave him alone, and his already grumpy expression at having to be here isn't a friend magnet whatsoever.

It's lunchtime and Nico's looking around to try and find some spot to sequester himself away in that'll be more or less private when he spots someone he's seen before.

He's surprised to see the sword spirit here of all places, so he makes his way over out of curiosity.] I didn't expect to see you here.

[reprizesal]

[Sayo looks up from his lunchbox to see a familiar boy. He blinks in surprise. The few children near them looks up at Nico curiously.]

...Hello. That's because I decided to come...and today is my first day.

[zombiedude]

What made you decide to want to come to school?

[reprizesal]

I thought going to school might be useful. There's a lot I don't know... so maybe I can try learning them.

[zombiedude]

Doesn't it feel weird learning alongside people who... aren't the same?

[reprizesal]

...A little. But it's almost nice, I think. [The children are so young and more pure than the adults. His classmates' desires are more simple and less dark.] These people aren't like... adults.

[Human adults.]