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Alex woke up stiff as a board. It was 5:45am, light barely leaking over the horizon sun not yet visible. I’m going to be in so much trouble if I don’t get out of here! hoping to escape the area before the morning staff made it Alex snuck out the way he came in, through a side door. Locking it behind him Alex made it back to his dorm room.

A fresh outfit was needed after sleeping on a hardwood floor in the previous day’s uniform. As he took off his jacket the remote to the auditorium sound booth fell out of his pocket.
As it sat on the carpeted floor, Alex was confused Wait... why is that here? the oddness of the situation seemed to stop Alex's train of thought. If the remote is here... that means my music player is still hooked up in the sound booth... realising it was too late to do anything about it now and the fact that he was too exhausted to actually care, Alex hung up his coat on the edge of a chair, put the remote back in the pocket and decided to have a shower as hot as he could possibly bare.

After the scalding shower Alex grabbed some fresh clothes and got redressed. Looking at the clock it was just past 7 so he had plenty of time to get to class. Grabbing his jacket Alex wandered down to the Academy and joined the sea of arriving students.
It feels so weird to not have headphones on. the lack of headphones, for the first time in almost two years, meant he had to listen to what other people were saying. There was nowhere to really wait for classes to start, except for the ‘Arena’ so like most of the students he made his way there.

As he entered the fray Alex was extremely glad that this wasn’t DGO, if it was some song would start blaring out, announcing his presence and all eyes would be on him. He couldn’t stand that, sure it was fine in DGO, but no one knew who he was. Alex went to great pains to ensure that no one would be able to tell he was. Alex found his way to a relatively empty area and sat down, a combination of exhaustion and nerves finally caught up with him and he lent back in his seat looking straight up to the sky hoping for the grating babble to fade away.

As he was hoping, Alex’s hand brushed his pocket holding the sound booth remote I could, but it would be pointless. It’s has to be out of range. Also there would be no point if no one can hear it... taking the remote out On the other hand... if no one else can hear it, what’s the harm? as he thought this an oddly Unrelenting Jukebox smile made its way onto his face and he hit play.
Despite expecting it, Alex was a bit disappointed that nothing happened he studied the remote more closely. Fiddling with the parts of the remote he was unfamiliar with Alex hit one a button here, a volume slider there and next thing he knew,



Wait, what?! How did I... what! Why is the auditorium linked to the PA system?! a panicked Alex scrambled and shoved the remote back into his pocket. It was only after he heard the familiar opening guitar riff he started enjoying himself, relaxing and listening to the music instead of the people.
I'm currently brainstorming a feasible way for Alex to bring a little bit of Jukebox out of DGO (not literally, that would be weird, personality and stuff). Y'know for a self esteem boost. Plus it creates a little something for reactions >:D

EDIT: Contrived circumstances and willful ignorance of how a PA system works has allowed Alex to have a little Jukebox in his life without the immediate attention. (If this is a problem, please let me know)

I am a bit worried about my IC post frequency, although I would have simply had the previous bit as a flashback if I hadn't posted before the "next day" part.
I was always an imperial at heart
Nah, I was thinking of him becoming well adjusted after reading Great Expectations :P
Now that all the next day posts are happening I have no idea what to have Alex do... I need to plan ahead better :/
Hey @Lord Santa Looks like you were quoted on that! :P

EDIT: Also @TheWindel I can't remember how it worked last time, but how do classes work? In school ones at Purple Crown I mean. How are the year levels divided? Should we just assume that all the characters that are the same age are in the same class?
I don't plan on Alex having any more pity parties. (Sure, I didn't plan the first one, but let's forget that shall we?) :P
When I was writing I didn't realise I was creating such an angst-y tirade. Sorry about that. Tried to write a somewhat unique character and mixed in a JRPG stereotype by mistake :T
Alex had just jogged down to the main auditorium of Purple Academy and was happy to find he wasn't out of breath. Reaching into his pocket Alex retrieved a small key to the side entrance and let himself in. A combination of being friendly with the Academy's night staff and being asked to stay late to clean up after school rehearsals for productions had allowed Alex some small privileges.

His four month DGO hiatus was actually put to good use, learning some things, helping others, things good for the soul. DGO had actually left Alex a bit broken, realising every time he 'killed' someone in DGO that he was ruining their future prospects and everytime he 'died' his own prospects were being ruined. This cycle rolled around Alex's head for months before he took his break. Eventually he came to the conclusion that he wasn't helping anyone by moping in the real world and decided to suck it up and do what he could.

As Alex was in the sound booth attaching his music player, he received a reply from his King.

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To: Unrelenting Jukebox
From: Your King (Who Else?)
Subject: Good Work Buddy!
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Hey what’s up buddy? Yeah, I heard about the massive lag that took place. Forced me to log out too you know. Though I gotta say, it puts us Fanged Rangers in quite the position don’t you think? Anyway, given the lack of logging in taking place, I’ll be hosting a special meeting in Purple Crown’s Recreational Center tomorrow afternoon. Green Guild only. You didn’t forget my real life face, right? Heh, course you didn’t. I’ll catch you later right as school let’s up.

As always,
Still Your King

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Real life in the Rec Center? Well at least I'm just a face in the crowd.
Sighing Alex finished hooking up his player to the auditorium speaker system and took a remote so he could opperate the booth from the stage. Walking to center stage Alex laughed at himself My first time on stage in real life and there is no audience. Well here it goes: Lights The lights turn on Music



and... Action! With that Alex sprang into a bit of swing, dancing with an invisible partner. As he moved he couldn't help thinking If I hadn't been forcibly ejected from DGO a sharp spin movement with the imaginary partner I would have died anyway and have achieved a grand total of NOTHING! the imaginary partner span back into Alex's chest. I wanted to be good, build up my levels, help who I could. metaphorically kicking up his heels Alex and his imaginary partner got more energetic BUT I AM SO WEAK! abandoning any pretense of dancing Alex silently fell to his knees and punched the stage and silently screamed. WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING!

Turning off the music and killing the lights by remote Alex lied down, tears in his eyes, and just let it out on the empty stage...
I think I'll post to, just to stay sharp. Might have Alex have a little dance.

EDIT: No need to wait if the day changing collab post is ready before I am though. Flashbacks exist if I really want to keep it :)

EDIT 2.0: There we go. An insight into the mind of Alex. Feedback is appreciated.
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