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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...
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All right, then no betting. How about I prove it anyway?

You won't be able to, I can guarantee it. That information is confidential.

Ah, but accounts from students is not and I know every Piltie who tried out and didn't make the cut. There are a lot more of us than you think.

First-hand accounts aren't as accurate as quantitative data, Ezreal.

[ Seriously, get with the program. ]

And that's why you're losing to me in History. Mankind is nothing without personal experience. Also data is very easily manipulated.

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But data is infallible! At least that's what I've always been told.

[ Please don't crush her little sheltered world, Ezreal. Her heart may not be able to take it. ]

Data is definitely not infallible. It's the story behind the data that leads to the truth.

But the story isn't nearly as important.

Why not? Data in a vacuum is useless. Without context, you can make it say anything you want it to. There's a direct correlation between drowning deaths and ice cream sales, does that mean ice cream makes people drown?

Ezreal, that's stupid, no one would think that.

And why not?

Because it makes no sense.

It's pure data though. By your assertion it should make sense since the data is all that's important.

I think you're missing a key point here. Data is infallible, if it makes sense. Obviously the situation you gave her doesn't make sense.

So data is infallible... if the story behind it makes sense.

Exactly!

[ She sees no problem with this. ]

I'm glad you agree with me then.

I never said I was agreeing with you. Stop putting words in my mouth, Ezreal.

You pretty much have to be. You asserted that pure data was all that matters. But when challenged, you admitted that the context - the story behind the data was in fact important for it to be understood.