Chapter 10.5 — Meirin Confessions (Anonymous, Definitely Not Traceable)

[Class 1-B group chat, 47 unread messages]

Kenji: does anyone know why the old locker room got turned into storage. like genuinely. i asked my sister who graduated 2 years ago and she said "don't ask"

Kenji: that's not an answer that's a warning

Yui: my brother said something about a flood back when the school first got the new gym built and they just never fixed the old lockers after

Kenji: a FLOOD???????

Yui: allegedly

Kenji: so it's not even haunted it's just wet

Yui: it was wet three years ago Kenji it's dry now

Kenji: the DAMAGE remains

[Meirin Academy Confessions — Anonymous Board, Top Posts This Week]

#412 — posted by sleepy_udon_fan
does anyone else think Godai-sensei used to have a completely different job before teaching. he does not talk like a teacher. he talks like someone who's seen things.

↳ 34 replies

vending_machine_veteran: my cousin said he used to work for some kind of company downtown, like a real corporate job, and just quit one day with no explanation
notasnitch04: I heard he used to be a chef
konpeito_enjoyer: I heard he used to be in a BAND
realist_but_tired: guys he's a homeroom teacher who drinks convenience store coffee, I think we're overthinking this
konpeito_enjoyer: you don't KNOW that
realist_but_tired: neither do you

#419 — posted by 2C_survivor
class 2-C's festival booth theme got rejected TWICE and I need everyone to know it was a full-size cardboard rollercoaster and the safety committee said absolutely not

↳ 51 replies

glue_stick_addict: as they should have
2C_survivor: it would have SLAPPED though
glue_stick_addict: it would have KILLED SOMEBODY
2C_survivor: slapped AND killed somebody, both things can be true

#423 — posted by anon_hallway_lurker
ok this is random but does anyone know that girl from 1-A who's always writing in a little notebook by the vending machines? she looked at me for like four full seconds yesterday and I still think about it

↳ 22 replies

notasnitch04: Erika? she does that to everyone, don't take it personal
anon_hallway_lurker: wait does she actually WRITE stuff about people in there or is that a rumor
vending_machine_veteran: I asked her once what she was working on and she just said "a case" and walked away
anon_hallway_lurker: A CASE
vending_machine_veteran: she said that with a completely straight face too, no explanation, nothing
glue_stick_addict: honestly kind of iconic behavior
sleepy_udon_fan: I want to know what the case IS though
notasnitch04: we all do. she won't tell anyone. it's been going on for like a month

#430 — posted by robbed_again_fr
PSA the vending machine by the gym ate my money again. this is the third time. I'm starting to think it's sentient and hates me specifically

↳ 12 replies

realist_but_tired: kick it, it usually works
glue_stick_addict: don't kick it, last time someone kicked it a teacher heard and thought there was a fight
robbed_again_fr: what teacher
glue_stick_addict: Godai-sensei. he didn't even come check. he just yelled "resolve it peacefully" from down the hall without looking up from his coffee

#437 — posted by 1B_witness
did something happen during 1-B's PE class today?? I heard some guy in a suit showed up in the middle of dodgeball and everyone just froze

↳ 63 replies

kenji_official: yeah that happened, no idea what it was about though, he just left after talking to someone for a sec
sleepy_udon_fan: did he get hit with a dodgeball though. this is the important detail. I need confirmation
kenji_official: CONFIRMED. direct hit. he just adjusted his glasses and said "I'll wait"
vending_machine_veteran: I need this man's whole life story after that reaction
realist_but_tired: he's probably fine, some parent thing probably, businessmen show up sometimes
1B_witness: in a full suit? with a BRIEFCASE? during dodgeball?
realist_but_tired: ok when you say it like that it does sound weird
notasnitch04: everything about this school is weird, remember the locker room ghost
1B_witness: don't bring that up again I'm still not over that

#441 — posted by bamboo_enjoyer
genuine question does anyone know if the festival committee ever finalized the tanabata booth layout or is it still just vibes and a bamboo branch

↳ 8 replies

kenji_official: I heard the two people running it got into a whole thing about penguins
bamboo_enjoyer: PENGUINS
glue_stick_addict: apparently there's a strong pro-penguin faction and I respect that
bamboo_enjoyer: we're a WEEK out and the booth committee is fighting about PENGUINS
kenji_official: priorities, people, priorities

[Class 1-B group chat, later that evening]

Yui: ok so update on the locker room, my brother just texted back and said it might not have been a flood, it might have been a pipe that burst during a school festival years ago and they just never repaired the lockers properly after

Kenji: so which is it. flood or pipe

Yui: he wasn't sure. he said and I quote "it's kind of a legend at this point, nobody actually knows"

Kenji: so we've built an entire ghost mythology on top of a maybe-pipe

Yui: basically yes

Kenji: I respect that more than I probably should