NOVEMBER

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WEATHER

November proves to be unusually cold this year, with a heavy frost setting in around the second day of the month and lingering throughout. Temperatures during the day are brisk, leading toward positively cold nights, and some begin to wonder whether the school will see an early snowfall this year. Flurries will begin to set in around the 28th of the month.

ONGOING THROUGH NOVEMBER

GIVE THANKS! November ushers in the last of the harvest festivals, and with them, people are encouraged to come together and give thanks for the bountiful harvest for the year. What does this entail? Festivals around the area, usually with livestock and produce, and, of course, parties with lots and lots of food!
EXAMS! The dreaded mid-terms. You knew this time was coming. Did you study for your tests? Do your tests even matter to you? Teachers, are you a sadist? Or will you show your poor students a bit of mercy (the answer is no, you should never show them mercy)? Heaven or Hell, let's rock these tests!
WATCH OUT! The campus has become a dangerous place lately, and we don't just mean the monster attacks! With temperatures dipping below freezing, frost and ice will begin to spread at a surprising rate. It seems a bit suspicious, actually...
OPEN HOUSE! This time of year is notorious for family members to stop by and visit, and, as such, Valoran Institute will be hosting an open house during the early part of the month. Catch up with your dear aunts and uncles, pester your kid siblings, or maybe just try to avoid getting embarrassed by your parents. Good luck, it never works.
WILD CARD! Come up with your own prompt!

MONSTERS OF THE MONTH!
Things seem to be relatively quiet around the campus, surprisingly enough. It seems that those valorous vigilantes have been gaining a bit of notoriety, judging by how the student body has begun talking about them. But don't get too complacent. Rumor has it that strange robed figures have been spotted around the campus, late at night.

MINI EVENT!

MID-TERM STRETCH! With mid-terms over around the 13th, the faculty have gotten together to play a game. In line with their tradition of nurturing young, strong and tactical minds, they have concocted what they call the Mid-Term Stretch! Students will be pitted against each other in a competition. The sport? To be determined. Although rumor has it that it may have something to do with paint...
(This log will be posted on July 15th)

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[ladyofluminosity]

Ah?

[ Lux tried to hold a reassuring smile as much as she could, but confusion set in, molding it into something completely different. ]

Are you sure you're okay? I mean, you dropped your sandwich, and now you're talking to yourself.

[ She was grasping at straws here. ]

I know midterms are stressful, but you seem really high-strung right now. I mean--no, that's not what I mean. Something is obviously bothering you, and it's okay that you don't remember something silly like the chair's name. I really only remember because he's from Noxus and, well... yeah, that doesn't sound right either...

[ She rubbed her temple a bit. The cold was really messing with her head. ]

Anyway, don't worry about it, okay? It's not like it's the end of the world. You'll be fine! Everything will work out, I promise!

[extraseconds]

...

[Can't babble about time travelers right now, in front of normals. What was it she had said? Was it time for midterms right now? People actually still worried about things like that right now. Ekko looked away, something tightening in his chest.]

...Yeah. Just stress. All those tests, right?

[ladyofluminosity]

[ She smiles warmly, likely something he hasn't seen in a long time. It practically brightens the entirely loading area. ]

Stressing out about them that like will just make things worse. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think you're going to fail, then you'll most certainly fail. So you have to tell yourself, "I'm going to succeed. I have to succeed, no matter what!"

Studying helps too, of course, but a lot of exams are a mind game.

[extraseconds]

I do have to succeed.

[He rubbed his face while his mind furiously tried to process everything he had just learned. Also: how could he make Lux go away before his head exploded?]

Thanks. I've been here before, but a long time ago. Nothing is quite how I remember it, and some things are REALLY different. But your little pep talk helped.

[Telling her she had successfully helped would satisfy her, right?]

[ladyofluminosity]

That's the spirit!

[ Any hidden meaning or intensity seems to be lost on her. She's just happy to help! ]

Oh? Where did you go? What brought you back to Valoran Academy?

[ Things Ekko didn't account for: Lux being nosy. ]

[extraseconds]

Zaun. I had to stop coming for financial reasons. This school ain't cheap.

Buuuut now I have a scholarship, so it's back into the lap of ridiculous luxury for me.

[The lie was smooth. It should be. He had worked it out ages ago and practiced it.]

[ladyofluminosity]

[ A scholarship student, huh? That was pretty impressive. The fact that he was from Zaun was interesting as well, she wasn't sure she knew too many students, and the ones she did weren't nearly as genial. It was really refreshing. ]

Oh really? What kind of scholarship?

[extraseconds]

Well it was the OH look at the time gotta run!

[Note to self: come up with which scholarship it was before anyone else asks you.]