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Jingling Island
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I go back into the hall and try the door out, but it's locked. I guess the club members need a staff member? Actually, that's kind of obvious. The clubroom table is covered in Subway wrappers. There's an obvious tendency to leave the schoolgrounds here.
According to the map, the pool is at the very end of the east wing. Normally it would be a stressful trip, but the amount of students in the hall looks like it's been cut in half, and everyone looks like they're in a rush. Looks like the leaders of 'Black Week' are really gonna crack down on them tonight. Does it have leaders? Maybe I should ask the next person I see. That isn't running around.
Of course, when I finally get to the swimming pool, the door is locked. What an enormous waste of time. From the door's window, I can see the pool is pretty much devoid of all life, and the floor looks kinda dry. Looks like no one's been here for a while.
The intercom comes on again. "Warning to all students: this year's Black Week will be initiating in one hour. Please leave the hallways immediately."
That sounds pretty serious...? The voice on the intercom seems pretty cheerful though. Some sort of initiation for the newbies?
The rush and deadline brings up an obvious issue, though. Most people won't be up to their club activities. I guess I might as well go check out my dorm room. I heard this place has some nice rooms.
The hallways are completely empty save for a few casually moving students now. One of them is swinging a baseball bat. I flinch, but he doesn't seem to realize I'm even there. He's just sort of staring at the roof. Most of them are. I dont see anything but white cieling. Probably waiting for another announcement from the intercom.
I freeze when I reach the entrance hall. A student is curled up into a ball next to a splash of vomit. Another is clapping two hunting knives together. Another is leaving the room swinging a handaxe around. They're all staring at the cieling.
"Hey, uh," I mumble half-heartedly. "Something coming?"
"Black week," the baseball bat boy says. "You new?"
"Uh, yeah. I wanted to join a club."
"Oh yeah, the only ones open during Black Week are the Student Council room, Drama club, and Science club. I'd avoid the science club if I were you. If you wanna hang back and see what's up tonight, there's a really violent sheep that hangs out around the pool. If the door hasn't been busted in, he probably hasn't started stalking anyone yet. But if you're gonna go get him, you can't hang out with us. That thing is a maniac. I heard that one time he ate a live goat. Like a bunch of kids threw a goat in the pool, and he totally ate it. There's this other crazy sheep that attacks students sometimes, but dude, a whole goat. Even the bones. That's the scariest shit I ever heard."
"Uhm?" This is starting to feel less like a student crackdown and more like Battle Royale on an island of cannibal natives. And these guys are pretty terrifying by themselves. The vomiting kid starts crying and the knife kid puts down his weapons and gives him a hug. I have never been so uncomfortable in my entire life. I want to anywhere else but this room, right now.
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