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01 - I'm from Krypton, New Hampshire








My parents drove me out here, but we've already said our goodbyes. I asked them to drop me off at the outskirts of the school grounds so I could walk the rest of the way on my own. I knew Dad would cry and make a fuss over me before letting me go, and I didn't want my new classmates to see me for the first time looking like that. That would be SOOOOO uncool.

Actually, I'm surprised Dad agreed. He's always been a little overprotective. Maybe he's finally recognizing that I'm not a little kid anymore. Anyways, it means I have to carry my own suitcases, which contain all that I have to my name for the next nine months. That and a five dollar bill folded in my wallet. Gee, thanks dad.

Not many clothes, because we'll be wearing school uniforms all the time, but I have some books, pictures of my friends and family, and decorations for my new room.



The campus looks more like a very posh boarding school than a home for wizards and witches. Pretty buildings, lots of trees and wide open spaces. Summer is still lingering here; the leaves haven't yet started to turn. I walk a little faster, feeling slightly too warm in this long robe and cape.




I have a letter about freshman orientation - where did I put it? I look down at my suitcases while I walk, trying to remember which pocket I stuck the letter into, when suddenly - I bumped into someone.



He's an older man in school robes with no Hall symbol on them... which means he's probably a professor. This is not a good first impression.

Sorry, sir.
A new student, I see. And what might your name be?

He has a lovely voice, dark and rich with a refined British accent, and he doesn't seem to be too angry with me. I relax a little.

RK 47, sir. I just got here, and I'm not sure where I'm supposed to be...

My voice trails off, as I notice he's no longer looking at me. Instead, he's paging through the large book he was carrying.

Miss... 47, is it? Wildseed. How unsurprising.
Wild?
More than likely, a complete waste of my time.

What?

You have no idea how much you have been given, and you will throw it all away.

That's... so... RUDE! Ugh! He scribbles something into the book, then slams it shut.

Ten demerits. Not a promising start, newfag.

WHAT? I don't believe this! Goddamn Fuhrer!



With a snap of his wrist, he wraps his cape around him and stalks away. I haven't even started school yet and already one of my teachers hates me!




Here it is, Room 3. I open the door and pick up my suitcases.



A girl who had been sitting on one of the beds stands up.




Fantastic. My mouth just flew off. I facepalmed for a moment before making a verbal recovery.

...I didn't mean that the way it sounded.
I'm RK. Are you my roommate?
One of them. I'm Ellen. That's Virginia's bed, but she went out to talk to somebody.
Nice to meet you. Where are you from?
Virginia - the state, I mean. I'm not sure where Virginia-the-girl is from.

I tilt my head.

You don't have much of a Southern accent.
It's not that far south, and my - family wasn't from there. What about you?
New Hampshire, not too far from here. Are all those books yours?
Yeah. There aren't any computers here, so I brought my old encyclopedias.

Dammit! And here I was looking forward to playing my Summer Steam Sale purchases!

And those are textbooks for the classes I would be taking this year at my other school if I hadn't left.

What a ner- I mean...

You must be a really good student!
Not really. I probably won't even open them. But I didn't know what I'd need, and I didn't want to need something and not have it.
Those books are everything I could find out about magic, the real kind, now that I know it's real.
Yeah, isn't it great? We're going to be witches, just like in the animes!
Oh, good. You're wildseed too.

That word again?

What does wild seed mean?


She holds out her hand for me to shake.

Me, my family's all magical, so I always knew I'd be a witch. I'm Virginia.

She has a pretty strong grip.

RK. RK 47.
Pleasure to meetcha.
Is it a problem, being 'wild'? I met a professor and he was sort of rude about it.
A professor? Shaggy black hair, big nose?
Yeah. I sorta bumped into him.
Oh, no! Now you'll be on Grabby's blacklist!
The professor grab girls?!
No, that's his name. Professor Grabiner.

That's too nice of a name, Smug Asshole is more fitting.

He hates me.
He hates everybody so it doesn't make much difference! Don't worry about it. Nobody cares if you're born witch or not, not really. And everyone's scared of Grabby, he's a monster. William warned me about him.
Who's William?
My big brother - bigger brother. He's a senior. Donald's a freshman, like us. They're in Wolf Hall. But enough about boys! What sports do you play? What do you like?
Uh- I only play comp-
I like softball, but I'm better at volleyball.
Good strong arms. Me, I prefer soccer. What about you, RK?

Shit. I can't tell them I play computer games.

Um... I guess I'm mostly best at track. Yeah, I like to run.
Your legs, her arms, and my fighting spirit. We're the complete package! Go Horses!
Yeah! Go-

The fuck am I doing?

Are there sports teams for wizards here?
Not exactly. There's bounders, but that's not a real sport.

I don't even have the faintest idea what 'bounders' would entail.

But there is a gym, and we can start our own sports team if we have to! Right, RK?

Fuck no.

I... guess?
Sorry, sorry. I'm rolling you over, aren't I? I'll let you unpack. C'mon, Ellen - I'll introduce you to my brothers.
Huh? Okay...

Hmm. Should I go with them? Or stay behind and unpack?

Yeah, when I saw you "playing" that on Steam I kinda knew what was coming. So PS:T *was* too much for you?

Also

I want to meet them too!

RK47 confirmed as a rogue israeli AI.

Unless this have Lesbian romance I am out.

Edit:

Well I be ... it have.

You can thank me later, Arkay.

Right now, the only thing about this game that makes me curious is why J.K. Rowling hasn't sued its developers.

Well, that's it, RK.exe has gone full retard. This AI experiment proved to be a failure, perhaps CrookedBee.exe and BlackCat.exe will be more succesful

PS: A game about witches and Sukeban has not shown up yet?? Strange...
PPS: I vote to stay and loot the room.

I am a man trapped in a 16 year old girl's body.
You're right, I should stay and update my journal.
Off to bed.

Go for maximum weird. That, or I won't follow this LP.

Can't fap to this HP knockoff.

From N'Hampshuh? Did they pick a state out of a hat? Is Franklin Pierce the immortal headmaster?



Too bad the filename can't be man?.jpg; I can't be the only one who thought it was an old woman at first.

Also, go with the roomies.

I'm with you there, they all look female to me too!

I hope there's some yuri...

Anyway, we're not into guys, so STAY

02 - I think I'll Stay

I think I have enough socializing for a day. It's time to unpack my junk.


Don't forget, RK, orientation is tomorrow, and you'll get to see old Grabby again!
Great.

They leave. I guess I'd better start putting things away. Everything moves quickly here, and I don't intend to get left behind. Tomorrow I'll start learning magic!

Monday

It's 9 AM, all the freshmen are gathered in the gymnasium, wearing capes and robes, just like me. But that's where the similarity ends...



AHAHHAAHA! Oh gawd



This is just weird.



Well, maybe she's just pale or something. Her skin doesn't sparkle in the sunlight. Is that what it means to be a born witch? Being something other than human? Virginia looks normal, but she could be hiding something under robes... No, wait.. what the fuck am I talking about? I better cut down my Codex reading time.

The muttering and shuffling of students drops off as someone steps up to the podium.




I start to applaud, but freeze as I realize that no one else is. Then Virginia, beside me, picks up the clapping, loudly. Soon the whole room is cheering. The witch holds up her hands, and the room settles back into silence.

My name is Professor Potsdam, and I will be one of your instructors in the ways of magic. For some of you, this is the beginning of an adventure such as you never imagined. For others, this is only the next step in a journey you have been expecting all of your lives.

Gee, this could be better than Skyrim. Maybe I get to summon a familiar later on.

At Iris Academy, we teach spelling using the pentachromatic system.

Penta-what?

Red magic is forceful, but not necessarily violent. Blue is the color of transformation and change. Green is the color of life, and the world of plants and animals.

That's... so interesting. Why can't they just call it.. Elemental, Alteration and Nature?

White magic affects the mind and spirit, and black magic is contained within physical objects.

Now that last description is vague. What does she mean by that?

Your palette should contain at least a few dabs of every magical color, but a beautiful painting doesn't need every shade. It's style that matters.

Nice analogy there.

You all have different strengths, different talents. Here at Iris Academy, we embrace that diversity and tailor your education to your needs.

Then why is Grabby being such an asshole?

Choose your schedule to focus your personal talents. Don't try to become a reflection of your classmates. Follow your own star, wherever it may lead you. That is the way in which you are all alike. You each have your own future, and I know you'll make us proud.

Gee, her starry-eyed way of speaking reminds me a little bit of my old schools' counselor. Background work, RK. It's suitable for an indoors person like you. Ha! If only he can see me now! But she certainly seems nicer than Professor Grabiner. I wonder which classes she teaches?

You have been divided into Halls to help you make friends with classmates who share similar interests. For the girls, we have the adventurous Horses, the charming Butterflies, and the mysterious Snakes.

I still don't like the names. Why can't they name us after horoscope or mythical creatures or something? Horses are so... dull.

For the boys, we have the daring Wolves, the elegant Falcons, and the eldritch Toads.

I'm not sure what 'eldritch' means, but Toads sounds even worse than Snakes! That must be where all the nerds gather. Fucking Alpha Wolves and Wingman Falcons.

I hope you will all become good friends, not just in each Hall, and not just in your year, but throughout the whole Academy.

Fat chance, with the Hall division, competition is more than likely.

But most importantly I hope you'll get to know and trust your roommates, so that by the end of the year, you're able to work as a team for your final exams And I know you're all looking forward to your exams. Yes?

The audience, predictably, groans.

For testing purposes, your instructors will regularly set you practical challenges in the school dungeons.

!!! This school has DUNGEONS?!

Each task has many possible solutions. You will need to make creative use of the spells you have chosen to learn. So think ahead about what might be useful and how!

Mmmm. I guess I'll be red mage for max DPS. Just like World of Warcraft.

Okay! Are you all ready for magic? Open up your diaries and begin penciling in your schedule!

I flip open the complimentary school diary they issued me and pondered my options.



I need to choose which classes to attend this week. There are classes for each kind of magic, plus general studying, which sounds boring, and gym class, which I've...uh pretend that I.. always liked. I can also schedule free time to relax and unwind. That makes a total of eight choices per day. Hoo boy. I suck at making decisions.

For most of my life, my classes have been planned out for me by my school. It wasn't until last year that I got ot make any choices at all. Still, everyone had to have the same number of classes and they all started and ended at the same time. You couldn't get out of it.

If I can choose whatever to schedule I want, here - what would happen if I never went to class at all? Would they really let me get away with that? Hmm... I'll decide tomorrow.

It literally means 5 colours. I said this much on steam yesterday!


Choices... Let's go

Blue
Red
Triple Black

(in that order)

EDIT: Adjusted choices

So Chromatic Orb is ... Colourful Orb?

4X BLACK
1X RED

C'mon guys, don''t you want to do blue magic first for one-time boost to weirdness? :3

I doubt the developers would've exposed such an option.
But if blue allows you to change/alter stuff, yeah, sure, why not.

EDIT: but the thing is, that event is only available on the first day

I am an Otome gamer, remember? I did play it, and cleared it, several times already, and I actually hope they go and make the other two female Halls (butterflies and snakes) as planned. It is actually quite fun, and with a better art style and more EMOtional writing it would be close to some similar Japanese only games I count among my favorites. The art sucks big time when compared to Japanese doujins with the same theme, though, and the writing is not nearly EMOtional enough to sate my need for emotional pornography.

Also, either ErKei intentionally made the ugliest and most tomboyish girl he managed to come up with or he has no taste.

I wouldn't know. I stoped reading once I noticed I would probably enjoy the game myself, so as to not spoil it.