The World
From Secondheaven
Second Heaven High is located in That Country, Europe. That's right. There's not really a set location - though we can say with certainty it resembles the quainter towns of Northern Europe in build, climate, and construction. The following sections will help describe the town of Schubert, where the school is located, along with brief descriptions of Strauss, Bach, and Beethoven, neighboring towns.
Minitsu would like to stress the following:
THERE ARE COBBLESTONE ROADS
And now, we continue.
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The Tisserata Monorail
The Tisserata Monorail circulates the outlying towns of Crescendo County, starting in Schubert and rounding about through Strauss, Bach, and finally Beethoven. The entire route takes about four hours, with the length between Schubert and Beethoven taking about two. The rates increase as the length of the trip increases, with Beethoven being the most expensive of the Monorail prices.
The Tisserata Monorail is owned and operated by Harold Arrowny as well, so it has discounted (though not by much) fairs for Second Heaven students.
Schubert
Schubert is a small town of no more than 50,000, located deep within a mountainous range in Northern Europe. When the locals wake up in the morning they can see the large blue mountains with snow cresting their tips, and the local plantlife is often green though shrubbish, reminiscent of tundra. Local flora and fauna are typically aspens, though the occasional oak or birch manages to sprout at this elevation.
The locals are all very familiar with each other, ranging from careers such as baker to janitor, though a lot of the locals and their families are employed at Second Heaven. As Second Heaven is a boarding school, Strauss often suffers from "college town" syndrome, with students influxing and outfluxing at the break. The tourism of Schubert is high as well - because of its quaint location, there are several tourists who come through, helping to fund the town with money.
Winters are cold and often snow, lasting from October until comfortably the middle of April. Summer is a brief flash of warm from Mid June to Late August before the chill settles again. The buildings are often pale, warm toned stones with brightly coloured roofs, window boxes, and terraces. The smallest of homes are usually no larger than a one bedroom apartment in a major city, but the largest of homes have rolling acres. Cars are disadvantageous in Strauss, and most locals who do own cars keep them parked near the highway that's cleverly hidden behind a thick brush of aspens.
Bikes and pedestrianism are popular here. There is a clocktower in the center square, with a fountain at it's root, and high-elevation birds are common. Schubert, in a lot of ways, is often just waiting for a camera to snap.
Dorming for students from Schubert is highly recommended, but optional.
In Game Locations
Here's a list of locations already preset in game! If your chars go to any other ones, please add it here!
On-Campus Locations
Etude Library
A separate building all it's own, the Etude Library is state of the art. With the finest computers and archives containing some exceptionally rare documents, the shelves go from floor to ceiling and contain books from all sorts of cultures and areas of expertise. If one's looking for a book, chances are they can find it here.
The Wagner Garden
Specializing in pink and white rhododedron, the Wagner Garden also has several species of roses. The Wagner Garden is a large, gazebo-shaped greenhouse to the north of the campus.
Off-Campus Locations
McMountain Grill
Your typical hamburger joint, it serves custom burgers in a fraction of the time of a restaurant!
Strauss
In a lot of ways Schubert's sister town, Strauss is around 50,000 as well, and can be reached one of three ways: a bike trail through the mountain passes, an hour to two hour hike, or a five minute ride on the nearby highway. Strauss has a mall, something that Schubert doesn't have - and is also a popular place for tourism and general student traveling. Due to its proximity, it can often be a weekend retreat for those few who have cars - though the school does provide bussing to Strauss on a limited basis.
Strauss contains a few sites of local interest - two statues of artistic merit created by former art student majors at Second Heaven High, along with an elegant cabin kept preserved a few miles west that dates back to the times of the Finno-Ugricks and Anglo-Saxons. It also has a local history museum, along with a Japanese temple used in the New Year celebration.
Dorming for students from Strauss is highly recommended, but optional.
In Game Locations
If you should go to a place that's not listed here, please edit it into it's own category! :3
The Strauss Mall
Full of high-end boutiques aside small-time stores. Most of their business is from Second Heaven High kids. Part-time jobs are given to anyone fifteen and over.
Stores:
- Le Purses
Handbag outlet store.
The Ayakawa Temple
Visited primarily for the New Year celebrations. A large temple with beautiful front gates and a warming atmosphere.
That Damn Cabin
As it's commonly referred to by students at Second Heaven High, this cabin is preserved from the days of YORE. We're talking pre-1000AD. Often the sight of very boring, very ritualistic Excursions.
The Local History Museum
Not as boring as the cabin, which is just a cabin, this building - squat, manila yellow, and looking more like a trailor than a museum - holds the entire history of Crescendo County. It's size can indicate how much history there really is.
Bach
Further still, inaccessible via foot but still reachable in an hour by bike, twenty minutes via monorail, and thirty minutes via car, is Bach, a little lower in elevation and the center of agriculture, what little is capable at its elevation. Primarily a bottler of honeys and jams, Bach also contains the nearest grocery store outside of the city Beethoven.
Less picturesque and more functional than Struass and Schubert, the uglier exterior hides a more relaxed interior. Home of the local movie theatre, the bowling alley, the skating rink, and other entertainments, Bach is a noted hotspot for activity once the sun goes down - including night clubs, which due to the general fair of travelers to Bach tend to be 15+. But don't expect to drink unless you're 18 or can get ahold of a fake id...
...sadly, there's a few students who could manage to make you a good one.
Bach is the third stop on the monorail, and fare is moderate there. It's not really possible to get to Bach and get back on the monorail before sundown at the dorms after 8pm - trips to Bach at night are allowed on Fridays and Saturdays so long as there is check-in upon return of those leaving.
Dorming for students from Bach is mandatory.
Beethoven
A veritable metropolis, comparitively, Beethoven is 200,000 large and contains all the amenities of the other towns and more - apartments are here, along with the nearest university, and the town is bustling with typical fair. Roads cease to be cobblestone here, and shops are open late and night clubs are even better than Bach.
However, Beethoven is several hours away via monorail and two and a half by car, and biking to Beethoven would be near impossible. A large grocery store and other such things exist here, and a lot of what the school uses is ordered from Beethoven. The school tries to plan a weekend excursion to Beethoven once to thrice a year, and holidays are often encouraged to be taken in Beethoven if the student cannot fly home - as many students are international, there are many students who partake in these activities.
Beethoven is the most expensive stop on the monorail, and takes several hours, but completes the loop. It takes roughly the same amount of time to return to Schubert.
Dorming for students from Beethoven is mandatory.
Dorming, Ecetera.
You may notice that for Strauss and Schubert, dorming is optional, but highly recommended. This is for a crucial in-game reason; there is vital CR to be missed by refusing to dorm. If your character is an introverted type, it is stressed that you have them dorm, because CR for them will already be hard to come by.
The dorm for the girl is named Beaufort, and the dorm for the boys is named Munster. Dorms are assigned randomly as applications come in, and many students are from out of country. Don't be afraid to make your student from anywhere! The locations where they come from can be real world, however, we chose to keep this countryless in order to allow for ultimate freedom in creating a culture and a world without having to learn the basics.
Assume the towns speak English, but that Japanese is well-handled due to the pre-eminence of money that Second Heaven High proports them.
What the School Looks Like
It is with 20/20 hindsight we realise we never told you this.
The doors in this school are sliding. The floors are wooden, and you must use your school slippers when indoors. Classrooms generally have blackboards and all classrooms are against a wall with large panel windows. The lockers need student-bought masterlocks on them, but the shoe-lockers come with school provided keys.
The entry way has the school lockers to the left, they are wide, beige coloured lockers with light blue trim. Every doorway in the school has this light blue trim. The courtyard is well manicured.
The library is called the Etude Library. The Wagner Garden specializes in pink and white rhododedron, and also has several species of roses.
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TADA!
