First Trigger Warning

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Well now, I'm glad to see everyone back at school safe and sound and ready for what has already begun to be an eventful year. I know that the first little while has been quite busy and exciting for many of you, but now is not the time to forget that you are attending this prestigious academy first and foremost to study.

Now that everyone is back for the year, I would like to take this opportunity to repeat my previous assertation which I recognize may have been overshadowed by more pressing matters in the past weeks, which is to say that for those of you who would be comfortable speaking to someone who can offer an unbiased perspective and also who can be approached much like one would a peer, I am willing and able to offer my unique and unbiased perspective as a not-quite-peer mediator. This goes for faculty and students, I remain unbiased either way and will be willing to listen to any concerns that any individual might wish to raise. I also will be willing to provide advice as to appropriate avenues to carry these concerns on, should the individuals in question wish to do so, in order to minimize offense taken by any party and, ideally, help to foster a deeper sense of camaraderie and understanding between fellow students, fellow staff, and between the faculty and the student body, as well.

I do not wish to come across as obtrusive in any way, particularly as my transcorporeal privilege can make some reticent to approach me, and I recognize and respect this, and will refrain from approaching anyone who may be triggered by my appearance. However, should anyone wish to reach me, they need only inquire into the whereabouts of Kankri Vantas, and you should find me in fairly short order. I will do my best to be readily available and approachable for students and faculty alike, but of course not in a manner that could be construed as obtrusive, obnoxious, or offensive.



Well n9w, I'm glad t9 see every9ne 6ack at sch99l safe and s9und and ready f9r what has already 6egun t9 6e an eventful year. I kn9w that the first little while has 6een quite 6usy and exciting f9r many 9f y9u, 6ut n9w is n9t the time t9 f9rget that y9u are attending this prestigi9us academy first and f9rem9st t9 study.

N9w that every9ne is 6ack f9r the year, I w9uld like t9 take this 9pp9rtunity t9 repeat my previ9us assertati9n which I rec9gnize may have 6een 9vershad9wed 6y m9re pressing matters in the past weeks, which is t9 say that f9r th9se 9f y9u wh9 w9uld 6e c9mf9rta6le speaking t9 s9me9ne wh9 can 9ffer an un6iased perspective and als9 wh9 can 6e appr9ached much like 9ne w9uld a peer, I am willing and a6le t9 9ffer my unique and un6iased perspective as a n9t-quite-peer mediat9r. This g9es f9r faculty and students, I remain un6iased either way and will 6e willing t9 listen t9 any c9ncerns that any individual might wish t9 raise. I als9 will 6e willing t9 pr9vide advice as t9 appr9priate avenues t9 carry these c9ncerns 9n, sh9uld the individuals in questi9n wish t9 d9 s9, in 9rder t9 minimize 9ffense taken 6y any party and, ideally, help t9 f9ster a deeper sense 9f camaraderie and understanding 6etween fell9w students, fell9w staff, and 6etween the faculty and the student 69dy, as well.

I d9 n9t wish t9 c9me acr9ss as 96trusive in any way, particularly as my transc9rp9real privilege can make s9me reticent t9 appr9ach me, and I rec9gnize and respect this, and will refrain fr9m appr9aching any9ne wh9 may 6e triggered 6y my appearance. H9wever, sh9uld any9ne wish t9 reach me, they need 9nly inquire int9 the wherea69uts 9f Kankri Vantas, and y9u sh9uld find me in fairly sh9rt 9rder. I will d9 my 6est t9 6e readily availa6le and appr9acha6le f9r students and faculty alike, 6ut 9f c9urse n9t in a manner that c9uld 6e c9nstrued as 96trusive, 96n9xi9us, 9r 9ffensive.

Comments

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[hairflyingheartpounding]

Kankri, I might have a perfect job for you.

[quasistellar]

Vantas, for once in your existence, you have given me a brilliant idea. I'm just going to assign my students detention with you going forward, if you don't mind.

[Because she figures having to listen to him prattle on is an excellent deterrent for bad behavior.]

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9h? What might that 6e, if I may 6e s9 presumptu9us as t9 ask?

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[hairflyingheartpounding]

The Headmaster gave me permission to work with some of the kids who seem to be struggling with things and getting into trouble because of it. I thought your unbiased mediating might be perfect for that!

#triggered

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Well thank y9u, C9nstance, I'm glad that f9r 9nce y9u appreciated my c9ntri6uti9

Wait. I 6elieve y9u're attempting t9 antag9nize me.

[accioleggings]

I'M SURPRISED IT'S TAKEN YOU THIS LONG TO OFFER YOUR SERVICES AS AN UNOFFICIAL COUNSELOR, KAN. IT'S BEEN OVER TWO SEEKS SINCE SCHOOL BEGAN.

#this is how she rolls #deal with it #no antagonism here #spoiler: yes there is

[quasistellar]

Not in the slightest, actually. I believe your unique perspective on things will have a positive effect on them.

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I w9uld m9st certainly 6e amena6le t9 helping with such a w9rthwhile endeav9r. I think it's quite refreshing t9 see the student 69dy taking initiative with the issues which c9me t9 their attenti9n.

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[hairflyingheartpounding]

Thanks, Kankri! I think this will really work out well!

#sarcasm isn't readable through text #dammit

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I find that quite difficult t9 swall9w, n9t least 6ecause I am n9 l9nger a6le t9 d9 s9. Aside fr9m that, I am afraid that I w9uld have a hard time actually disciplining students, given that I lack the a6ility t9 physically prevent them fr9m leaving. If y9u w9uld still like t9 assign detenti9n with me, I w9n't say n9, 6ut I 6elieve it will 6e less 9f a punishment than y9u are expecting it t9 6e.

[marshall_lee]

...so essentually you're offering to let people come talk to you about their problems?

[ficklefuckwit]

That is mighty gentlemanly of you mister vantas!
Im sure your efforts will be quite appreciated as the year goes on.
It is good to meet you as well!
Im jake english a first year gryffindor.cc

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Has it 6een tw9 weeks already? Time passes differently, I supp9se. I wanted t9 give every9ne a chance t9 get settled 6ack int9 s9mething resem6ling r9utine.

H9w have y9u 6een, Sal?

[nomorals]

...Wow, and I thought Bonnie could be a bit of a windbag.

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

N9t at all, Miss. I have n9 pressing app9intments, s9 y9u needn't w9rry a69ut giving me t99 much advance n9tice 6ef9re the first meeting.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

...Essentially, yes. N9 matter the age, h9use, race, gender identity, 9r pers9nal identificati9n.

#hahaha

[quasistellar]

I would think you would appreciate the opportunity to impart your particular brand of wisdom on more of the student body. Of course, I won't force the matter, but really, given your penchant for this kind of thing, I would think talking them through what they did wrong and why repeating it is bad would be right up your alley.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I'm glad y9u think s9, Jake. I certainly h9pe I can 6e 9f assistance t9 the current students and staff 9f the sch99l I call h9me.
I was in Gryffind9r, quite s9me time ag9. Have y9u met Sir Nich9las yet?

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

6eing a mem6er 9f the 6reathing-incapa6le, I w9uld appreciate it if y9u refrained fr9m lifeist slurs in the future.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9f c9urse I am never 9ne t9 pass up the 9pp9rtunity t9 educate the student 69dy and prevent them fr9m making the same mistakes again. I merely questi9n the true nature 9f y9ur m9tives in assigning this detenti9n.

Y9u've never liked me, C9nstance.

i have no idea where that pair of cs came from??

[ficklefuckwit]

Well it sounds a bit like youre offering therapy sessions.
Which im sure will come in handy!
Its always nice to have someone willing to listen.
Though i figure it to be a bit of a daunting task for yourself!
Youre certainly a more patient man than myself.
Were you! How wonderful.
And yes i have. What a wonderous experience.
My grandmother attended this school many years ago so i had heard stories... It was a bit like meeting a famous person!

filtered #trolltrolltroll

[nomorals]

As someone who doesn't breathe anymore either and is pretty much undead, you're triggering me.

[accioleggings]

I KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE THE SORTING WAS ONLY YESTERDAY. YOU'D THINK IT'D FEEL LIKE LONGER WITH ALL THE BEHAVIORAL HICCUPS WE'VE HAD IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

I'VE BEEN GREAT! YOU KNOW, TEACHING, GRADING THINGS, TRYING TO KEEP THE STUDENTS OUT OF TROUBLE AND NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT I THINK.

[bonafide_divinity]

Wait... You might have me a little confused, Kankri.
Is your alleged status as a "non-corporeal being" a bad thing or not?

#filtered #triggered by your triggers #triggerception

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9h, my sincerest ap9l9gies. I had n9 intenti9n 9f 9ffending y9u, and I ap9l9gize f9r my presumpti9n. May I ask which identifiers y9u prefer, s9 that I can av9id such egregi9us 9versights in the future?

#triggered

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

My C9NFIRMED status as a pers9n 9f inc9rp9real status is in fact quite pr96lematic f9r me. We've 6een 9ver this 6ef9re, and if y9u are g9ing t9 c9ntinue antag9nizing me then I reserve the right t9 6ring this c9nversati9n t9 a swift and 6rutal cl9se.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

N9w Salvad9r, I think y9u've 6een d9ing c9mmenda6ly. After all, y9u can't c9ntr9l the decisi9ns that students make, even as head 9f h9use.

Perhaps y9u need t9 meditate 9n s9me 9f the creative punishments that were d9led 9ut t9 miscreants when we were 69ys.

[quasistellar]

I'm not doing this to punish you, if that's what you're trying to imply. Nor am I doing it out of spite.

Like or dislike doesn't have a thing to do with it.

#tw: rogue letters #rouge letters

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

C9nsidering h9w many disciplinary pr96lems there have 6een in the last tw9 weeks al9ne, I have n9 d9u6t that s9mething needs t9 6e d9ne. Whether 9r n9t en9ugh pe9ple will 6e in agreement with me as t9 entertain the idea 9f using my services remains t9 6e seen.
I certainly h9pe that y9ur sch99l years c9ntinue t9 6e as w9rthwhile and fulfilling as they seem t9 6e thus far. I have n9 d9u6t that y9u have it in y9u t9 g9 quite far indeed. And if y9u t99 sh9uld need s9me9ne t9 listen t9, y9u are m9re than welc9me t9 make use 9f my 9ffer as well.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Very well then, in the spirit of pr9fessi9nalism, I graci9usly accept y9ur pr9p9sal. 9nly tell me a little ahead 9f the scheduled time, s9 that I may prepare appr9pr9ate statements f9r them.

[wwhatevver]

oh you wwere serious about the offerin bit wwoww

also i still cant get ovver howw much you can go on

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Yes, actually, I was in fact quite seri9us. I'm a little 9ffended that y9u th9ught any less 9f me, 6ut I supp9se there's n9 helping that. H9pefully y9u will 6elieve me a little m9re readily n9w that y9u kn9w that I am n9t, perhaps as y9u assumed, 9ut t9 get y9u.

#sarcasm #well only the top part

[wwhatevver]

oh dear me i offended you
wwell let me just apologize outright howw sorry i am to havve done so

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realize that this isnt my month at all and that i havvent been so particularly inclined to wwant to outright speak to people that im not directly approachin
wwhich quite honestly isnt a large amount of people if you could imagine
that said im a little less hesitant i suppose
im swwitchin the decline to an undecided
i wwont leavve it unanswwered though

fndhjfb also i'm sorry if i'm slow kankri's quirk takes me forever to decipher rofl

[ficklefuckwit]

It does seem to have been an eventful start of school!
I dont mind it overmuch i just hope that it doesnt continue to be a problem.
It cant be easy for the professors.

[wwistful]

[My god he talks a lot. Did he always talk this much?]

Always a pleasure, Vantas. Nice to see you're making use of youself.

[givesyouaboner]

How do you really know you're being unbiased? That seems really impossible.
Also, may I'm not up to day on my tumblr lingo but.
"Transcorporeal privilege" ?
Are you dead?

light trolling

[marshall_lee]

I see.
Well, it's kind of interesting to see more of the dead here taking an interest in the living.

[dormitus]

oh
merlin
i hope it would not be a bother if i talked to you some time
but gosh so much candy red here
how are you related to karkat, kankri?

[moirailcompass]

:33 < hi uncle kankri!
:33 < its good to s33 you around the network more
:33 < how are you doing? x33

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[hairflyingheartpounding]

☺ That's excellent! Oh, I'm so excited!

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[c9rp9realn9rmative]

I can usually 6e f9und in the Divinati9n T9wer, when I am n9t r9aming the halls. It can 6e quite private when n9t in use.
If, that is, y9u decide t9 take me up 9n my 9ffer. It will stand f9r as l9ng as y9u need it t9.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

[Yes, Murdoc, yes he did.]

The same t9 y9u, D9n9ghue. I merely th9ught that perhaps a listening ear c9uld d9 every9ne s9me g99d.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Pers9nally, I may n9t 6e entirely un6iased, y9u are right, 6ut in a situati9n where I am 6eing c9nfided in, I can certainly make a c9ncentrated eff9rt t9 6e.

Indeed I am. Y9u're quite sharp, aren't y9u? I am 9ne 9f the many c9rp9really-challenged pers9ns wh9 have the pr9ud pleasure 9f inha6iting these hall9wed halls. Which is n9t t9 say that I am s9 far rem9ved fr9m the living that I can't still 9ffer help and advice, given that my disc9rp9rati9n is still recent en9ugh t9 6e a fresh w9und.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

9f c9urse it w9uldn't 6e a 69ther. I w9uld 6e m9re than happy t9 listen t9 whatever c9ncerns are tr9u6ling y9u.
I'm his uncle, and Pr9fess9r Vantas' 6r9ther. I'm afraid I d9n't kn9w my nephew that well, h9wever, as my disc9rp9rati9n t99k place years 6ef9re he was 69rn.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

Hell9, dear. I can't c9mplain, h9nestly. It's refreshing t9 6e 6ack 9n the netw9rk.

H9w have y9u 6een? Have y9ur classes 6een g9ing well?

fdsjklfd would you rather me not use it? I can type normally if that would make it easier.

[c9rp9realn9rmative]

That's definitely true. And in fact, it's my h9pe that in 9ffering my services as c9unsel9r, I can d9 my part t9 help quell the simmering pr96lems that seem t9 6e manifesting in the sch99l year thus far. Which is n9t t9 say that I will 6e attempting t9 discipline any students. Far fr9m it, particularly given my unique unprivileged transc9rp9real privilege makes it nearly imp9ssi6le f9r me t9 enf9rce any limits I c9uld attempt t9 enact. 6ut 6y pr9viding a means thr9ugh which students can v9ice their c9ncerns with9ut fear 9f punishment 9r retri6uti9n, I h9pe t9 9pen the avenues 9f reas9na6le disc9urse within the sch99l.

[givesyouaboner]

In that case, that makes more sense. I can imagine that's difficult at times.

I would just only say I am decent at engaging in deductive reasoning.

_{[Suddenly Dirk has so many questions he wants to ask, but he doesn't even know where to start.]}

Do many people become ghosts? Or is that left to a specific group?

[wwistful]

For some people, perhaps.