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drewthetower) wrote2023-05-10 12:12 pm
drewthetower) wrote2023-05-10 12:12 pm
Cygnus Academy and the PICHU Program
Cygnus Academy
So someone (read: the Professor) decided it was a good idea to corner Waver Velvet and August Villareal, a tired isekai'd mage from the Fate universe and a local half-demon tailor witch, to take over what was once the ENKI building and turn into an actual place of education. Why the hell did anyone think this was a good idea?
The retooled Cygnus Academy serves a wide-ranging purpose, offering courses on a manifold of skills and abilities. From the magical to mundane, academic to life skills, whatever the residents of Kaisou are capable and willing to teach is offered. Additionally, POKEGO inhabits a wing where they offer their PICHU program instructing in safety and exploration skills for Spirit Realm journeys as well as training courses for the organization itself.
The retooled Cygnus Academy serves a wide-ranging purpose, offering courses on a manifold of skills and abilities. From the magical to mundane, academic to life skills, whatever the residents of Kaisou are capable and willing to teach is offered. Additionally, POKEGO inhabits a wing where they offer their PICHU program instructing in safety and exploration skills for Spirit Realm journeys as well as training courses for the organization itself.
Administration
A (short) list of the ones in charge of Cygnus Academy
August Villareal
The one with the business degree and local connections. August has lived in Kaisou for the last few years and is a fairly active member of the supernatural community, meaning he knows people who know people if they need something and no one on the app can handle it. He's also the only one who can make spreadsheets do what he wants them to do and vaguely understands things like tax codes. (He understands them enough to know he does not want to even think about dealing with them.)
Waver Velvet
A reluctant aristocrat with actual teaching credentials, Waver is an isekai from a realm of cutthroat mages and a little prickly as a result. The only patience he has seems reserved for his students (most of the time) and he is extremely invested in ensuring their success. An expert in quickly understanding magical concepts and harboring a wide range of knowledge from alchemy to mythology, he teaches Modern Magecraft Theory as a harsh but fair instructor. Just as long as you remember to get his name right.
The Professor
A professor of history that came to Kaisou after being thrown into a dinosaur realm by his traitorus friend Beef Boy (who he misses). The Professor believes strongly in the value of education and is in deeply in love with learning history. Any genies who speak ill of him should be ignored because they are jerks. Also, he's a puppet.
Classes
Cygnus Acadamey and POKEGO both have come together to offer many different classes. For a list (or to add your own!), see here
The PICHU Program
PICHU, or People's Initiative of Clarifying Hermetical Understanding, is an outreach program founded by Kaisou's POKEGO members to foster goodwill and reestablish community ties after the Willow incident. Not only are some of the POKEGO members offering classes, but they have also established some additional facilities to better aid with POKEGO-led research. These facilities are open to staff and students who are registered with PICHU or involved in their activities.
POKEGO also sent a few (NPC) Professors to help things run more smoothly. Rowan oversees the research library, Juniper is investigating the Spirit Realm contamination, and Sycamore is pursuing research on the monster transformations.
PICHU's budget is rather barebones at the moment, but with money and effort the facilities can be upgraded. Of note is the Pokemon Daycare Room, the POKEGO Research Library, the computer lab, study hall, the mental wellness room, and the photography lab.
For a complete list of what is available, please see the spreadsheet
POKEGO also sent a few (NPC) Professors to help things run more smoothly. Rowan oversees the research library, Juniper is investigating the Spirit Realm contamination, and Sycamore is pursuing research on the monster transformations.
PICHU's budget is rather barebones at the moment, but with money and effort the facilities can be upgraded. Of note is the Pokemon Daycare Room, the POKEGO Research Library, the computer lab, study hall, the mental wellness room, and the photography lab.
For a complete list of what is available, please see the spreadsheet
Funding
A zebra centaur absolutely no educational background at all. Zulius is the academy's funder, who's vast amount of green keeps the place from going belly-up every time someone causes accidental property damage during a lecture. He teaches no classes in the academy but can sometimes be seen clopping around the halls, checking up on the "fabulousness" of the place. He will never actually explain what the fabulous barometer is nor how he measures it. He just likes to remind people they should be grateful he exists.
CLASSES
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Teacher: The (Puppet) Professor, maybe relation to Professor Waver who knows.
Description: Study history with the Professor! This course covers strange events in history (not always supernatural, just strange). Honestly there's not a cohesive narrative to it and more just about whatever weird history story the Professor wanted to talk about. He frequently engages the class by making quiz games and crowning people "History Master" if they get the most points. He has frequent guest speakers which are just other puppets who sing - don't ask too many questions here
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Teacher: Elliot Craig
Description: A thorough seminar course that covers the different ways music can be used to enhance your magical ability. This is a great course for folks who find it easier to use music to channel their magical abilities.
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Teacher: Shio Takahata
Description: While this class is mainly targeted at isekais, anyone can join--Shio will be teaching basic cooking skills, what various kitchen equipment is for, and kitchen safety for the sake of minimizing potential explosions and making sure nobody horribly injures themselves when left unattended in a kitchen.
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Teacher: Professor Waver Velvet
Description: Designed for both those with experience in magic and those new to their abilities, this is a thorough class intended to teach methods to utilize magic in the current era. The subject matter starts with basics (healing spells and simple alchemy) and moves to broader skills (object reinforcement, magic-based self-defense). Additionally, he makes a point to offer tutoring in any specific abilities one may find they have trouble mastering.
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Teacher: Takame Kesi
Description: General courses in learning how to fight and defend one's self both in and out of the Spirit Realm against those who wish them harm. Classes accommodate for all levels of experience, teaching basic evasive techniques and non-magical first-aid to advanced full on close quarters combat as well as specialized classes focusing on the art of swordplay and shielding.
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Teacher: August Villareal
Description: Some people get visions. August is here to help you understand them and have a safe place to complain about the headaches. He'll also go over why you don't just tell every random person you meet you had a vision about them.
Course Name: Sewing Basics
Teacher: August Villareal
Description: August hates fast fashion. Let him teach you how to alter and maybe even make your own clothes.
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Teacher: Yusuke Kitagawa
Description: A mundane series painting and sketching classes, whenever Yusuke has time and the desire to teach people who aren't his high school students.
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Teacher: Rean Schwarzer
Description: Exactly what it says on the tin: an overview of various types of combat throughout the ages, and how each contributed to the warfare of their times. It's not impossible that similar things might pop up in other worlds, and knowledge is the best defense, after all!
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Teacher: Mikleo
Description: Mikleo, also known as Assistant Wisteria, uses his breadth of experience with POKEGO to talk about the many mythologies present around the world and how they are still relevant today. Occasionally goes over myths and legends encountered through Spirit Gates. This is a class that not only covers the history of folklore and mythology, but also examines how they are studied academically.
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