[BBS] Open discussion post

[wrnpcs]

Hello SeeDs, Cadets, and staff members,

I'm sure you've all heard about the peculiar winter Trabia continues to experience. Normally the continent would be starting to warm up around this year (as much as it ever does), but this year the usual seasonal changes have not taken hold:

Temperatures remain cold

The snow and ice have not melted

Nights are still long

Plants are not showing signs of new growth or blooming

Hibernating animals are still hibernating

Migratory animals have not returned

Trabia's top scientists are beginning to suspect time compression is to blame. A scientific team from Esthar is looking into how to stop this seasonal freeze at its source, but since the prolonged winter is already affecting farming and looks set to affect the hydroelectricity grid, the Trabian government is more concerned with bringing on spring.

As we have considerable experience with the effects of time compression, as well as a number of people with from different worlds which may work differently from our own, a small delegation including a researcher from the University of Trabia's Environmental Science department and the Trabian Minister of Agriculture will be arriving in Balamb Garden on Tuesday to discuss possible solutions.

This will be a closed conference, unfortunately, to keep order and so as not to disrupt classes, but I would appreciate and will pass on any suggestions or proposals you may have. Please use this post to discuss among yourselves how Trabia might induce spring.

Best,

Headmaster Cid

(OOC: Open discussion post! Threadjack each other and don't feel like you need to wait for NPC responses. The date is an IC arrival date only rather than an OOC tagging deadline; please feel free to keep backtagging! The delegation's visit will not be logged, but all suggestions will be passed on IC.)

Comments

[curiouseyes]

That's very strange that it hasn't come back. I don't know much about witches, but would magic help?

[bunnypassingby]

What kind of magic?

And what do witches have to do with this? Do you know something the Headmaster didn't bring up?

[curiouseyes]

I don't know. Maybe something with nature?

He mentioned the time compression. Didn't a witch cause that?

[bunnypassingby]

Do you have any magic like that, or know if anyone around here does?

A sorceress caused time compression. I'm not sure witches and sorceresses are on the same scale...

[curiouseyes]

I don't have that ability unfortunately. I think there is someone here who does so she might be able to try something.

So sorceresses are stronger than witches? I only know one person called a witch, but I think Victor was joking when he called her that.

[bunnypassingby]

I hope she sees this post, then!

I think so. Was she an alien? She was probably a witch.

[curiouseyes]

I hope so too. Maybe she'll be able to do something.

No... well, she wasn't completely human, but... I don't know the best thing to call her. But she has very strong abilities.

[bunnypassingby]

If she wasn't completely human, what was she?

[curiouseyes]

Well, her father was... a demon.

[bunnypassingby]

Was she evil?

[Non-hereditary alignments, what are they?]

[curiouseyes]

No, she wasn’t. She is my friend.

[bunnypassingby]

I didn't know a demon - even a half-demon - could be friendly.

[curiouseyes]

She is. She’s a little distant, but she’s not a bad person.