#e prep

[emersonfreepress]

i swear i wouldn't even know how to describe my character creating process to someone. i was high-key dreading coming up with the personalities for all of the teachers i need to write for the school year, not because it'd be hard but because that takes time.

right now, I'm choosing classroom seating arrangements that make the most sense for the scenes and narratives I have planned for the school year. my seating arrangements are influenced by the subject of the class and which characters the player will be interacting with. but just now... i realized... it makes sense to let the classroom seating arrangements influence the personalities of the teachers, doesn't it? 😂😂

[emersonfreepress]

The kinds of decisions I struggle with in writing are so dumb... you'd think I'd have this figured out by now, but I literally cannot decide:

Does Emerson Prep have a...

principal?

dean?

results

Voting ended onAug 6, 2023

"Principal" is the most common title held by the head administrator for both private and public schools here in the US. But "dean" is a bit more pretentious, known for its use in prep schools here, and has connotations with the Roman Catholic Church...

[emersonfreepress]

Hi! I just realized I never said congrats on the update. So: congrats! The customization really knocked it out of the park. Never thought picking out a uniform would be so much fun. As someone who never had to wear one, I was wondering if you could please clarify the "flavors" of uniform New Kid can pick? Pristine/Adequate/Messy feel fairly self-explanatory, though Non-compliant and Trendy have thrown me off. I guess I'm under the impression everyone can only buy from the Official Uniform Store™

Thanks! 🥳 And omg I love calling them flavors... Generally speaking:

Pristine uniforms are not just neat, they are worn in total compliance with the dress code. (...Unless you're breaking gender-based rules like wearing the wrong tie 😆) You basically have the school's full dress code memorized. Vivian/Vincent's uniform is pristine too!

Adequate uniforms are perfectly passable. Nothing good or bad to say about them, one way or another! Jack falls in this category.

Messy uniforms are wrinkled, disheveled, even dirty at times. Kinda just thrown together. Pretty self-explanatory! Rupan/Rohan's uniform is messy!

Non-compliant uniforms are either worn incomplete or in blatant violation of the dress code. Disruptive or distracting accessories, casual clothes under school outerwear, the wrong color pants or undershirt — that sort of thing. Kile, Jessie, and Rain are non-compliant.

Trendy uniforms are often also non-compliant, but in ways that are popular among students at the moment. It changes a bit each season but usually involves trending accessories, designer brands, or slight modifications to how the uniform is worn. Popular characters like Heidi frequently set trends for the uniform. Examples: skirt-hiking, wearing the necktie instead of the cross tie, and the sudden increase in messenger bags after she switched to using one last year!

Aside from base clothing items like the dress shirt or pants, everything certainly does have to be purchased from the school's official catalog. A notable exception to this is Rain because they have access to the school's official fabric supplier and occasionally get bored enough to make themself custom uniform items.

[emersonfreepress]

I'm curious. At least in the beginning of the story, when it comes to school...

Does your MC want to be Popular?

Yes!

Yes, but only to achieve their goals.

Yes, but they would never admit it.

Nope.

No. God, no. They'd rather graduate in obscurity.

No. But they're not above making Popular allies to achieve their goals.

None of the above. (Elaborate???)

Voting ended onMay 22, 2023

[emersonfreepress]

I'm trying to write down notes into my vocabulary for my exam tomorrow (🙏🙏🙏), and this made me wonder: who, out of the cast, cheat during tests? And also, how would they react if they noticed the MC cheating (looking at you Vi)?

Gabe doesn't cheat, half because he doesn't need to and half because nothing is worth losing his scholarship — simple.

Kile cheats on occasion, though never in any social way.

Jack doesn't cheat because it's a bad, immoral thing and also Very against the rules.

Jessie doesn't cheat! She doesn't need to, want to, or like it. She'll let a struggling friend cheat off of her, though lol

Rain doesn't cheat because they just can't be bothered with the effort that takes 😆 Grade point average be damned

R cheats 😂 of course they do. Usually limited to copying a friend or acquaintance, but they're not above more illicit cheating, like copying an answer key. something you'll have to help them with in chapter 4 😊

Vi never cheats. Never has, never will.

Same for Heidi!

Curt cheats occasionally. Usually in arguably indirect ways, like gauging other people's reactions to him asking a question about a question 😆 that sorta thing

?? cheats all the time. Enough that it's a regular disciplinary problem. What?? They're at an arts school for fuck's sake — Why should it matter if they cheat in core classes??

[emersonfreepress]

Ok! Chapter 3 will publish in three updates. While update #2 is currently under way, I'm curious:

Who are you most interested to finally see/read in action? (These are the folks prominently featured in the next update!)

Your locker buddy, Vivian/Vincent

The girl that sits next to you in first, Heidi

The boy that sits next to you in first, Curtis

Your math classmate for the second year in a row, Gabe

That bat-wielding maniac from gym class, Kile

The reason you and most other scholarship students are even here, Father Gilroy

Your first period theology teacher, Mr. Cunningham (a bit weird and boring lol)

The new principal from out of town, Mr. Hansen

The student body president and self-proclaimed local celebrity, Clair Bristol

Voting ended onMay 2, 2023

[emersonfreepress]

writing these e prep descriptions is literally killing me

[emersonfreepress]

Quick poll!

Choose a name for Emerson Prep's on-campus church, please!

Divine Mercy of the Meadow Chapel

Sacred Heart of the Forest Chapel

Voting ended onMay 14, 2023