A Very Victorian Christmas

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i am the champ
- 12/17/2016 5:46pm

Get ready for a Very Victorian Christmas at Psychic High School!

For those students sticking around campus this holiday season, the Active Psychic Student Alliance (APSA) has hired extra-dimensional party planners extraordinaire The LIME Group to give Psyhigh its most Victorian Christmas ever! All week they'll be tweaking the levers of the Reality Machines and giving the campus that Victorian flair.

You'll also notice their staff of pneumatically controlled steam-driven automatic robots putting up the gas lights and bunting. These remarkable devices will be receiving their instructions via the Ghost Server Network administrated by @GROTTO G.S.M. INC. (which we have assurances is now fully armed and operational).

So put on your button-up boots, frock coats and corsets and get ready for a VERY Victorian Christmas at Psyhigh!

Sincerely,

The Champ
President of the Active Psychic Student Alliance (APSA)





Crispy Genie
- 12/19/2016 9:42pm

My dog has been barking at the robots. They roll around in a herky-jerky way, spitting and hissing out steam. He barks at the vacuum too, which is a weird thing for a clairvoyant to do.

The pneumatic robots are installing the gas lights and the bunting in front of the administration building:

"What's the matter boy?"

"Woof!"

"You want us to turn around?"

"Woof!"

"And dive behind that dumpster?"

"Woof! Woof!"

The gas explosion is minor, but pieces of steam-driven robots are flung for a hundred yards. Other robots swoop in and sweep them up with their built-in brooms into their built-in dust bins. I wish they spent more time cleaning up the raw sewage in the streets, or inoculating students for cholera, typhus, influenza, and malaria. Victorian Christmas is messy.










i am the champ
- 12/20/2016 10:15pm

The LIME Group has been notified about the problems with their reality settings. They claim it's due to lingering malfunctions in the wake of the Reality Accident, and are also blaming @GROTTO G.S.M. INC., but the terms of their party planning contract are clear that they bear full responsibility for "maximum customer satisfaction."

While they make their corrections, please enjoy the "Futuristic 19th Century Submarine" setting they've inadvertently produced. It's not that far off from the Very Victorian Christmas we'd asked for, but please do NOT open the hatches or the dorms will be filled with freezing cold sea water. And the occasional giant squid tentacle. Instead, just find a luxuriously upholstered velvet settee and enjoy the view out a porthole while the LIME Group twiddles the knobs.

Sincerely,

The Champ
President of the Active Psychic Student Alliance (APSA)





Dank Memes
- 12/22/2016 8:14am

What the heck is this...?





i am the champ
- 12/22/2016 11:01pm

This is the LIME Group's "Old West" programming, @Dank Memes. They're continuing to have trouble adjusting their settings for the "Very Victorian Christmas" that we ordered.

Some students have suggested firing the LIME Group on the spot and denying them access to our local reality generators, but after examining our contract more closely it seems we've given them complete control for the duration of the holidays.

So, until further notice, come enjoy meals down at the chuckwagon, roll out your bedroll and just let the horses graze for the night.

Sincerely,

The Champ
President of the Active Psychic Student Alliance (APSA)





i am the champ
- 12/24/2016 11:06pm

Quick! Go outside and you'll find the LIME Group has delivered a Very Victorian Christmas for us at Psyhigh! The snow is falling lightly on the Hansom cabs and growlers being drawn down the gas-lit streets. Put on your scarves and muffs and if you're lucky you'll experience the charm of a Victorian Christmas on campus.

There's no guarantee exactly how long the LIME Group can maintain this setting. Since this morning we've passed through the Old West Christmas, a Very Mesozoic Christmas (only a few dinosaurs remain wandering campus), a Post Singularity Christmas (please return any cybernetic implants to the administration building), and a Very Swinging London Christmas. But for the time being, the Very Victorian Christmas appears to be stable, so if you're on campus over the holiday, enjoy! Courtesy of the LIME Group and the APSA.

Sincerely,

The Champ
President of the Active Psychic Student Alliance (APSA)





GROTTO G.S.M. INC.
- 12/26/2016 11:23am

HELLO PSYCHIC HIGH STUDENTS
WE WOULD LIKE TO HOST A PARTY FOR YOUR BENEFIT.
NOT FOR ANY MALICIOUS REASON, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE JUST WANT TO THROW A PARTY FOR THE PSYCHIC HIGH STUDENTS.
@ i am the champ WE ARE WONDERING HOW WE COULD MAKE THIS PARTY HAPPEN? PLEASE CONTACT OR MENTION US ANYWHERE.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS ALLEGATIONS THAT WE MAY OR MAY HAVE NOT TAKEN PARTS FROM THE LIME GROUP MACHINE.
WE MAY OR MAY HAVE NOT TAKEN SAID PARTS, RESULTING IN A OLD WEST CHRISTMAS, A VERY MESOZOIC CHRISTMAS, A POST SINGULARITY CHRISTMAS OR A VERY SWINGING LONDON CHRISTMAS.

WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE REPLACED THOSE PARTS WITH MORE EFFICIENT PARTS THAT ARE BETTER SUITED FOR REALITY GENERATORS, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE THAT WE TOOK THE PARTS TO BUILD REPLACE ROBOT REPLICATIONS OF YOUR TEACHERS WHO MAY

OR MAY NOT BE DEAD DUE TO OUR ACTIONS.
SO AS YOU CAN TELL WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO YOUR TEACHERS, THE LIME GROUP, OR MACHINES, OR WHATEVER THING YOU THOUGHT WE DID.

MERRY WHATEVER YOU MORTALS CELEBRATE

GROTTO G.S.M.





Briar Rose
- 12/26/2016 8:08pm

A Very Victorian Christmas was so fun that it was actually possible to ignore the pestilence and disease that plagued the streets, but now that the holiday is over, things seem to be falling apart. The residual effects of the multiple reality distortions have been at best an annoyance and at worst extremely dangerous. At least three different gruff cowboys have challenged me to duals at high noon, and the girls' bathroom in the Great Hall has been closed until further notice due to a rogue velociraptor that refuses to back down.

In addition, GROTTO G.S.M. INC.'s actions and intentions are unclear and I recommend that everyone guard themselves, question any commands, and dig deeper into their history. Their attempts of comradery and weak and questionable, and they should be investigated for their manipulation of the reality machine. Stay aware and do not fall in to their trap.

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