[To most Cadets, it's an ordinary day. Attend morning classes, grab some lunch, go attend afternoon classes... but something feels off. Some of the native cadets look a little nervous as they receive letters from their hometowns, speaking of strange occurrences ( Read more... )

[The SeeDs and those potential candidates who believed themselves qualified to graduate are given no particularly special warning or advisement. They had received their orders during the Monday morning announcement, and had had two days to prepare, ask questions, gather advice, or do whatsoever they needed to ( Read more... )

Survival Skills Field trip: CACTUAR ISLAND

( Location specific information + Items provided by Garden )

[When cadets wake up on Monday morning, it might seem like another normal day; the wake up call resonates from the intercom to alert the students that it's time to get up and prepare for class and cadets might go through their typical wake up routine ( Read more... )

[Night has fallen on Balamb Garden; the halls of Garden are mostly deserted besides the stray student walking about, and even the usual faculty members are missing from their posts around the school. There's a certain festive energy through the air, the source coming from the happily decorated Ballroom located on the second floor ( Read more... )

[There seems to be a festive atmosphere all throughout Garden. Why? Because it's the Homecoming Carnival! The Garden Festival Committee has been hard at work all morning and when 1300 hours strikes, it's finally open for everyone to enjoy.

There's a map on the Directory which shows where everything is located:

( MAP )

[From today until next Thursday, a table will be set up in the cafeteria for cadets and SeeDs to vote for nominees for homecoming court. A ballot will be given to all voters where they will all put a nominee down for Homecoming Queen, Homecoming King, Homecoming Prince and Homecoming Princess. Happy voting!]

[MOD NOTE: For those of you who are new ( Read more... )

[Hanging Edge. An abandoned city near the edge of Cocoon, the crossroads of hundreds of roads and tracks. Long ago it was a bustling metropolis, but during the War of Transgression, it was abandoned ( Read more... )

[It's Time Compression fun again. Aang isn't really surprised to feel it happening this time, having already been through it twice. He is, however, surprised to find himself hiding behind a rock with Katara, Sokka, and Toph, staring at some Fire Nation family's drying laundry. He remembers this day; it was actually pretty good. So he grins and runs ( Read more... )

[Quite hectic it's been, this month. Katsura has had to do quite a bit of planning for future classes, and to that end had been in her classroom. But as she steps out, the air takes on a stark chill, so much so that she can see her breath as she exhales.

And it's cold.

Looking around in horror, Kat realizes that she's not in Garden any more. And ( Read more... )