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Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

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Academia Abyssus: Go (Not) to Hell, Do (Not) Collect 200 Souls

Lesson 1 | Getting Away with Murder

The weather was good in Hell on EE Day, the day of examinations and enrollment. While there wasn't a 'real' sun in the sky, Luu DeSeras, Headmistress and Rule-Maker of Everything had decided to spice things up a bit that day. For that day only, she had placed a flower-shaped sun in the sky, large 'petals' of reds and oranges trailing off the white core of the Sunflower. It gave the sky, naturally cerulean, a warm, friendly glow. As if she was trying to express just how happy she was to see that all the new students made it to the grounds of Academia Abyssus unscathed.

Fluffy clouds dotted the skyline as well, colossal structures of water vapor forming beasts of all shapes and sizes. A lion chased its tail, cartwheeling over the horizon in a surreal manner. An elephant stared down at the plebians on the ground, as if about to stomp them with a pillar-like foot...that didn't exist. A misty dragon rose up from a castle of fog, bursting out with both wings outstretched. Needless to say, the gas-King that was perched on one of the castle's spires made no attempt to hide his displeasure, to the extent that expletives showed up above his crown, a bubble of speech. That was Yu Yun's own work, the alumni and teacher-assistant more than happy to join in on the environmental manipulation that Luu DeSeras had fun with. After all, EE Day would be the first day that the freshmen would experience in Academia Abyssus. It was instrumental to make it a fun time. On one of the many 99-floor Final Boss dungeon towers, the raven-haired boy blew out more clouds, twisting them like a clown with balloons.

Around the wide school fields, short stalks of grass whispering in the slight breezes generated by Yu Yun's activities, a multitude of sports clubs were at work, trying their best to improve the chances of being noticed by the soon-to-arrive kouhai. The Full-Combat Quidditch team soared through the sky, blasting beams of matter-eater at each other, painlessly yet effectively destroying each other. From bikes to skateboards to teddy bears, they blazed around carelessly, colliding at times in their war to grab the Golden Ball. Javelins from the Battlefield Track Team were occasionally tossed at them, whenever a stray beam eradicated what could have been a record-breaking sledgehammer throw. But it was all taken with good humor. For today, if nothing else, it would be forgiven if clubs got into big fights. Fresh blood was always nice for a club or a team, but nevertheless, considering graduation from Academia Abyssus was something that was achieved through deeds, not the amount of years spent in school, no one was THAT desperate for newbies. Except for the members of the Go-Home Club. Because there was, technically, no 'Earth' home to go back to.

Music of all types was playing through the urban areas of Academia Abyssus as well, streetside musicians simultaneously serenading and torturing those who were working in the numerous cafes, restaurants, and markets that were filled with special deals and employment offers. For the less savoury businesses, this was a chance to get foolish customers or unknowing workers who weren't aware of their human rights in Hell. For the higher-end establishments, EE Day was just a pain in the ass, because new kiddies had no 'good' money, nor were they looking for workers who had zero job experience. In the end, in Luu DeSeras's Hell, EE Day was the day that the good businesses suffered, and the bad ones prospered. After the second week, the reverse should become the norm.

For some, it was a day to show off. For others, it was a day to relax. For more, it was a day to prey on the weak. For enforcers, it was a busy, rowdy day.

And for Lyss Beoch, fifty miles off from all the festivities and randomness, EE Day was simply another day at work.

Cursing that air-headed reality-warper, Lyss, wrapped up in thick winter clothes and wearing at least five different hats that were apparently meant to hide his straight, three-meter long lightning rod horns, was currently in the process of pushing his badass Viking longboat through a peaceful part of the Lemon River. There was a distinctive smell of 'sourness' and 'bitterness' in the air, no doubt due to all the disgusting tears that those human kiddies shed after the first few days spent in classes. It was a popular 'healing' spot as well, where injured students just offed themselves in the river, filling it with their sweat, urine, and whatever disgusting things humans excreted.

Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that Groundskeeper Billy always dumped two liters of lemon-scented water-purifier into the river on a bimonthly basis, it probably would have been disgusting enough that the entirety of Academia Abyssus would have a biohazard in their hands.

Well, until Luu used her powers as a god and undid it all.

If she stopped playing those silly human cell phone games.

Brushing a strand of his long purple hair out of his heterochromatic eyes, the dark-skinned demon tossed another human aboard his ship. This year's group was pretty small. Only twenty or so in total. Less work for him, which was nice.

Lately, work had gotten boring, after all. The pay was nice, if not expected from someone who was the daughter of Helly-acclaimed popstar Fallen Archangel Lu-Lu, but sometimes, it just felt like such a desk job. While it was barbaric, he still had nice memories about the days where he could go full nudist in the Lake of Hot-as-Fire-Water, spearing humans with a three-pronged trident on a ghostly battleship full of his bros and hoes.

Now, he was fishing out recently-dead teenagers with a net, on a river that smelled like lemons, before having to cart them off back to Academia Abyssus, while initiating an examination on the way there. Even though spearing them would be faster and more efficient.

Even though his former job was more engaging.

Even though he was working in a team before.

Even though he was Employee of the Year twelve times in a row there.

Even though it had been his family's job for generations.

Well...such was the price for a better Hell. And it's not like he wanted to help out Luu with her job. That idiot would probably end up doing something stupid like rewrite the laws of physics by accident while trying to beat a dungeon in that Puzzle and Dragons thing.

Stupid idiot.

He smiled, uncharacteristic for that small demon with horns half as tall as he was, before Lyss tossed the last of the lemon-scented humans onto his longboat.

“Welcome to Hell, you brats. You should be past the puberty phase by now, right?”

Academia Abyssus: Go (Not) to Hell, Do (Not) Collect 200 Souls

“Hello there, dead people! As you can tell from your totally vivid, traumatic, and obviously non-fabricated memories, you're already dead, failed to meet the criteria for going into Heaven, and have now fallen into Hell! You must think that sucks, right? Welp, lucky for you, you fell into the RIGHT part of Hell! I'm Luu DeSeras, Daughter of the Fallen Archangel Lucifer and Lady Death, and I have a proposition that you literally can't refuse~! Become a student in Academia Abyssus, the first and only School of the Dead in Hell, and train with all your soul in order to become a proud, powerful warrior of the forces of Not-Actually-Super-Evil Darkness! Now, you must be asking yourself stuff like “Oh no, how can I survive training meant for demons!” or “Aw shoot, but I'm not even that strong! I'll never pass!” Luckily for you, you're already dead! So even if you die again, you'll still be alive, and recover rather quickly! And if you don't want to be a muscular paragon of masculinity, well, you can always be a magic kiddie who hides behind brave berserkers and throws little fireballs around, hoping to hit things! Just like Lyss Beoch~

Anyways, I'd go on in detail about just how awesome the school is, but then...that's actually sorta boring. Just be polite, greet everyone that looks like they're older than you, give the janitor a nickel, and Lyss will do all the tour-guiding, alright? Have a fun and productive school life in Hell, you corpses~”

“...Yeah...I don't actually feel like giving you brats a tour as well, so just listen to the pamphlet or something.”

<<Tu tu ru~ You have received 'Speaking Pamphlet'>>

Academia Abyssus is a pretty cool place, you know? It's like...all big imposing final-boss-esque towers and buildings, constructed with black hellstones and covered with avant-garde works from our resident janitor, Laim Sleot! I would say that, roughly, school grounds cover a perimeter of ten kilometers by ten kilometers, but, you know, we have no walls, so technically, everywhere's the school, as long as you're a student! And that also means that you can never run out of school, so you might as well abandon all hope and sit through your classes like a good student!

Oh wait, actually, sorry, you won't be sitting much at all. You see, it's been scientifically proven that humans think better and learn faster when they're on their feet, doing hands-on training, so don't be surprised when most of the classrooms you see do not have the conventional chair-and-desk combination. Actually, don't be surprised if the classroom doesn't look like a classroom at all. Our Great Leader, Luu DeSeras, sorta has complete control over the school, so yea, reality is her bitch as well. While I don't really care whether your brain explodes when a door to a class leads to a desert, I'm a nice girl, so that's just a little bit of a warning~

Anyways, we don't really have an infirmary or a hospital, because if you're sick or injured, you should just jump off a building and resurrect-heal yourself, so it's a-okay~ You also don't need to eat, drink, or shit, so those are really just luxuries.

Luxuries that you won't be able to indulge in, since you only get money for those things by getting a job! Or getting loans. I wouldn't recommend loans, especially from the Rishei Hoard. They're sorta an edgy group of peeps, so make sure you never sign a contract with them! Even if they promise to make you a magical girl! So get a job, you useless bums~!

Anyways, lemme think about what else there is...

Oh yeah, right, basically, death will heal you, but it won't heal your clothes! So please, wash your clothing thoroughly every chance you get. As an alumni, I would say that detergent and a drying rack, as well as extra clothes, would actually be the most important items around. You wouldn't want to come to class stinking like a pig in bloodied, ragged human clothing, would you? Which reminds me! We have a tailor's shop, who'll fix all your clothing up for free. She's a bit of a witch though, so, you know...just so we're clear, 'free' means that she won't be asking for money. It's perfectly in her rights to ask about other things though. Just so we're clear~

Academia Abyssus functions as a city in and of itself, with most business establishments run by former students, with lots of part-timers being current students themselves. Your student card, which you'll get after you get into your dorms, will serve as your identification, dorm keys, money card, status menu, telephone, and pretty much everything else that's rad and hip. And it also has Angry Birds! Of course, if you lose it, you're fucked. Until the issue is cleared, you'll literally be able to do nothing at all. Yeah. It sucks...qq I crai every time I remember that...

Kssshhhbzzzkkkhhhh...

Well, sorry for that little interruption, underclassmen and women. Well, more like boys and girls...huehuehue...there's a few school rules you'll have to follow.

First off, killing people is alright, but if you kill the same person too often, that's called griefing, and you'll get your ass kicked by the janitor or the ferryman, whoever gets a student-beating break first. Why? Because it's not nice! You kill people to get stronger, not just for the fun of it!

Second, while stealing things isn't actually banned...I will find you, and I will kill you, if you steal someone's student card. Everything else is alright, of course~! Most items are protected in one way or the other though, so be careful, future Lupins and Kaitos~!

Third, sexual offenders are bad. Don't be a creep. Just because everyone's in Hell doesn't mean that there's no standards here. It's not like doujin-Japan or something. Same thing with imprisonment and slavery. Let's all be progressive and healthy-minded individuals here, alright? Not like those sa- ah, never mind!

Fourth, don't be a little bitch. Stop whining and man the fuck up. Don't take drugs, because most of those things do damage to you on a spiritual-level. Which means you can't recover from it. Which means that you'll be scarred4lyfe if you do that! Of course, there's those really expensive procedures in which you can cleanse your soul...but those are done by fallen angels, and they're a REALLY elitist bunch. 'cept for Lu-lu though. He's oh-so perfectly dreamy~ <3

Fifth...hm...oh yeah, right, when there's a sign that tells you not to go somewhere, please don't disregard. People who are too curious die. Perma-die. Yami-Yugi mind-crushed and soul-sucked die. Not a good way to die permanently, if I say so myself. Ah, but that's the one way you can drop out of school without going into other Hells though. So I would actually recommend it if you don't want to go through eternal torment at the hands of the less civilized peeps.

But yeah! Have fun, grow up strong, eat your veggies, and send me a picture of your face! Especially if you look like an animu or mango character, like everyone else in this part of Hell!

Da Acturu Ru-lus

This is light-hearted. So please die often and have fun with the fact that you can't perma-die.
This is High Casual, so it's two paragraphs or bust.
This is my RP, so what I say, goes.
This is me trusting you not to be stoopid. You should understand all the basic rules of Rping now.
THIS IS WHERE WE FIGHT. THIS IS WHERE THEY DIE. FOR TONIGHT, WE DINE! IN HELL!

Student Application

Image: A picture, preferrably animu/mango style.
Name: Normal human name, plox. You can have your character go super edgy and rename themselves like 'Razor Blade' or 'Dragon Child' in the future.
Age of Death: How old were they when they died?
Gender:
Appearance: Describe all the things that differ from, or are not included in the picture.
Personality: One paragraph, bare minimum. Also, at start, list off three 'negative' traits about them that they exhibit the most, such as lying often or procrastinating. Doesn't need to be super insanely serious.
Biography: What was their life like before they died? How did they die? How did the people close to them react AFTER they've died?
Theme Song: You should understand what this means.

Character List
Iphigenia Tsubame, Waltz of Scattered Roses
Wendy Wayne, The Blood-Sky
Kazami Takeshi, Blank in Black
Sorella, Personacentric
Ren Mato, Sovereign of Chains
Acel Delacroix, Abstract Roulette

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

Heh. Acel's life basically sounds like a Korean drama or something. In terms of 'prefers the designing of clothes' though, does that mean he makes his own clothes? Or does that mean he drops a couple grand every season to get the latest in high-quality French fashion? Other than that, it's fine though.

IC is going to be up now. So much easier to be productive when you have no Net.

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

Contrary to poplar belief, my net's been down the past week. And it's still down. So unless Tatsua is Shaw...

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

Whee~ We got featured in the News~ Guild-senpai has finally noticed us~

6 AM...Yesterday

Think I found a gem.

There be room for another?

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

Oh.

Lol, did I forget about Zombehs? Seems like I did.

Ah well, one more, and then OOC goes up. You can join during ze RP, Theo. Should still be fine-ish.

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

She's Hell's Garden Keeper. I wouldn't put it past her.

Academia Abyssus: More Edgeyness and Despair than 13 Year Old Linkin Park Fans

Welp, guess I'll start the OOC and IC after...two more CSes are finished.