[Open] Reality Slips Far Away

[moraloutrage]

Who: Kiyotaka Ishimaru and you!
Where: A classroom in the fantasy Wonderland, and then zombieland!
When: Throughout the event!
Rating: Rated Z for Zombie - but for real there may be mentions of death/murder.
Summary: Find Ishimaru in his ideal habitat! And/or help him to fend off zombies.
The Story:

A.

[Somewhere among the various living fantasies there is one bright and lively classroom.. One that is filled with a class of students studying intensely! Specifically, these students (minus the bear), who are all wearing uniforms looking like the brown ones in this picture. They are all hunched over their desks, working hard on assignments, or reading, or having some sort of intellectually stimulating conversations! There are countless textbooks and notebooks to work with!

And in the center of it all is Kiyotaka Ishimaru himself, who overlooks this all with a proud smile. The moment the door opens to let someone else in, Ishimaru stands up and greets them with a salute.]

Ah, good afternoon and welcome to study hall! Please, have a seat and join us!

B.

[Oh god, zombies again. Ishimaru's on the run, in the dilipadated ruins of what once was an ideal version of Hope's Peak Academy! He wields a confetti cannon, managing to use it to blast some of them back, but he's running out of options here!}

C. Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt or hit me up for further plotting!]

Comments

A

[testcase]

...there's a study hall here?

[Ryoko really had no idea, but apparently there is! Then again, it's not that weird, this place seems to have everything. Or at least everything good, she hasn't seen anything here that she hasn't liked, or if she has, she forgot all about it.

Still, she's not sure if she has time for studying. But her notebook says this is one of her friends, so she can be polite before looking up what she was supposed to be doing instead.]

Um, so these people are your...

[Friends? Classmates?]

Are they part of your study group?

[moraloutrage]

Of course! What sort of a place would this be without a proper studying area? I am glad that you have come here, Otonashi-kun!

[He gestures towards the rest of her class, some of whom acknowledge her with polite nods.]

While we are acting as a study group right now, these are actually my classmates from Hope's Peak Academy! I am glad that you can finally meet them!

[He's sure that Ryoko will fit in well!

She'd practically be a sixteenth member of the class!]

[testcase]

Oh! These are your classmates?

[Back into her notes she goes and yup, there's Maizono and Mondo right there.]

Um, I know these two. Who are the other ones?

[Because she has no idea who the rest of these guys are.]

That way when I run into them again, I'll know who they are!

[moraloutrage]

That is correct! I will be sure to give you the rundown about each and every one of them! Everyone, let us take part in roll call!

[And so, everyone stands up obediently, and they begin to recite their names in alphabetical order as well as their talents. One of them, a fashionable girl with some freckles on her face, flashes a peace sign as she declares herself to be Junko Enoshima.]

[testcase]

[She writes each one of them down, even the uninteresting ones (SORRY NAEGI), and checks the other pages of her book, so she doesn't duplicate information. And that goes fairly well until she gets to that last one. Ryoko goes pale, and her grip on the pen tightens. She's doing her best to not start screaming, but that's a name and a face she hasn't seen since she arrived in Wonderland. And if she could remember it, it'd be someone she'd hope to never see again.]

...um, she's not...I mean they're not really here, right?

[This is very important.]

[moraloutrage]

[The room seems to tremble slightly at the idea of them not really being here, and Ishimaru sweats slightly as he looks towards her.]

Ah... What do you mean, Otonashi-kun? They are right here in front of you! Through a miracle, Wonderland has saved all of them from the killing game. Isn't that great?

[testcase]

[She can see that.

And she definitely has some questions, she's just trying to think of the right way to phrase them.]

So...all of them were in a killing game?

[This is important, she knows it's important as she writes it down, but there's way more important questions she could be asking, she's just not sure if she really should.]

A

[shslliar]

... Study hall? Really?

[Kokichi just stares in disbelief at Ishimaru's class, who are behaving so well they hardly count as actual teenagers anymore. This must be the World's Most Boring Fantasy.]

Who are all these guys?

[moraloutrage]

That's correct! [Ishimaru nods eagerly, and then he gestures towards his classmates.]

These people happen to be my classmates from Hope's Peak Academy! I'm glad that they've agreed with my suggestion that they should step up their studies!

[shslliar]

Uh huh.

[He's not buying it. He quickly scans the room for the most rebellious looking teenager in the room and settles on walking up to the redheaded punk with the peircings.]

Even this guy? [Poking this guy in the side of the head for emphasis.]

[moraloutrage]

Kuwata-kun? Yes, that is correct! [That red-headed guy flashes him a sheepish smile and asks him not to touch his hair before he gets back to studying.]

He could be quite the troublemaker in the past! But he's decided to buckle down and focus on his studies for the time being! We could all learn from his example! [He may have some bad memories of him, but those feel like a whole lifetime ago. Ishimaru focuses on how he is right now.]

[shslliar]

[Kokichi gives Ishimaru this look like he's completely lost his mind.]

[That sounds so wrong...]

[But now Kokichi wants to test the limits on this hive mind that's going on over here.]

Hey, mind if I start a class discussion? Like a Socratic dialogue, maybe?

[moraloutrage]

Of course! Please feel free to! Discussion and dialogue are key parts of learning!

A!

[voidfished]

[Lucretia blinks, surprised as she views this scene- out of all of them, Ishimaru's the only one she recognizes, due to their conversation soon after her arrival. She remembers he was quite taken with study, but this is... a little out of her depth.]

Oh, I... my apologies. I didn't realize this was a school.

[moraloutrage]

[Ishimaru greets her with a polite bow.]

That's quite alright! There's nothing to be sorry about. You happen to have found this educational area, and you are more than welcome to join us!

[voidfished]

[Well, she doesn't want to be rude, so she shuts the door behind her, moving towards the crowd. It's been a long time since she was in a school like this; more than fifty years, she thinks almost morosely. Even if she looks much too old to be anything but a teacher, she sits nearby, peering over to his work.]

What is it you're working on here?

[moraloutrage]

[How polite of her! Of course, Ishimaru won't turn someone away even if they're older. Anyone of any age could benefit from studies.]

Well, we are in the thick of an intense study jam! Everyone is drilling themselves on their worst subjects, while I am alternating between studying several different ones! As for you, the choice is in your hands!

[voidfished]

[Lucretia hums a bit as she looks around, the students conversing, Ishimaru's sureness.]

It's certainly a well-constructed fantasy, to say the least. Is this based off your school at home?

[moraloutrage]

[He balks at the word 'fantasy', and everything around them seems to dim, off only for a moment. Ishimaru then responds with a nervous sweat.]

A-ah... Yes, this happens to be a perfect replica of the school that I attended back home! And to think, even the remainder of my beloved class is now here with me! Isn't that just splendid?!

A

[entreats]

[ Now this is the true nightmare this place could think up even in the middle of all the fantasy going on. School. Ange's new enough that she doesn't even really question yet whether the classroom is real or not - for all she knows, there could just be one around this place she hasn't found out about yet.

But.. of course this guy of all people is in the classroom. She sure recognizes that voice right away, and she looks exasperated even while still standing in the doorway. ]

We're studying? [ Please don't make her study. ]

[moraloutrage]

[Ishimaru bears a bright smile on his face as he greets his new friend!]

That is correct, Ushiromiya-kun! [His smile only falters a little at her tone, though.] Is there something wrong with that? You have to be careful not to fall behind on your studies while you are away from home, and that is exactly what we shall accomplish here!

[There's some murmurs of agreement from some of the other random classmates.]

[entreats]

I actually just finished high school back home.

[ Not that you'd be able to tell, with her childish hair decorations making her look a bit younger than she really is. ]

And I doubt I'd be able to match your.. enthusiasm for this. [ Understatement of the year. ]

[moraloutrage]

You did? [He gasps and then claps his hands.] Congratulations!

[In fact, the rest of the class smiles and joins him in applauding her. CONGRATULATIONS!]

Even so, there is always something new that can be learned! It is a shame that you do not share this enthusiasm, but that is still okay! You are quite welcome to sit in on our study session!

[entreats]

[ Ange isn't entirely sure whether this is worse or better than the bullying she's used to at school. Better, probably, but.. way creepier at the same time. ]

.. What are you studying at the moment? [ With this weird study cult going on here!! It feels weird, so there's definitely something a little more hesitant about her tone than usually. ]

[moraloutrage]

I am glad that you asked! [He beams at her question.] We were just about to get knee-deeps into a session of studying algebra. It is the perfect time to join us!