On September 15, 2019, the residents of Stonewood Male Dormitory elected* to voluntarily* become magical girls. Despite the attempts at keeping the story out of the press, it became a national phenomenon - girls across america, and quite a bit of men, became enamored with the magical girl training regiment. Surprisingly, there were people that actually wanted to enroll!
The Maho Shojo ETR handbook states that the application process must be stringent, and that the largest red flag is ambition. This is why an involuntary maho shojo is trusted more than a voluntary one. As such, 'the program will not be accepting any applicants for the spring semester', but the application window for 2020-21 might start soon.
The handbook also states that newly enrolled students "are not to be allowed unsupervised leave from campus", to prevent flight risk. Keeping everyone at the dorm for Thanksgiving break was difficult, but doable. Keeping them home for all of winter break would be damn near impossible.
The week prior to winter break was taken up by two major crucibles: exams and ETR physical examinations. Many of the magical girl trainees suffered on their exams, owing largely to the ETR's workload. Thankfully, nobody fails a general physical.
Of the 874 students that were resided in Sherwood, 45 of them were "zapped girls", physically and mentally 7 year olds. Physical and mental status of the other 829 vary wildly, so the Sherwood clinic staff has selected a few broadly representative case studies
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Student idno. 431, name "Grace". Formerly "Christopher Gall", 22-year old linebacker and civil engineering major, measuring 6'2" and weighing 165 lbs. Current height is 5'6, current weight is 130 lbs. Student states weight loss is due to loss of muscles mass, which she attributes to "not working out a lot anymore." Student's hair is 9.5 inches, with new growth (4 inches) coming in a bright white.
Student shows no response to former name "Chris", and claimed to not remember that this was her birth name. This, along with student's childish vocal affectation and deference to authority are probably due to daily counselling from Professor Erlkin. Unlike most 'zapped girls', student shows wide varieties of interests, including college football, shonen anime, and rococo fashion and architecture.
Also unlike 'zapped girls', student asserts that they have maintained prior relationships with non-ETR students, including a long-term romantic relationship. Overall, student claims to be "very happy" with ETR experience, and has "no interest in stopping". Student assessed as having no flight risk.
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Student idno. 027, name "Miki". Formerly "Michael Banister", 21-year old psychology major, measuring 5'4" and weighing 122 lbs. Current height is 5'0", weighing 119 lbs. Student was born physiologically female, and had started testosterone injections at the age of 17. Student claims to appear "just like I did back in 9th grade." Student's bright blue hair is 1.5 inches, and scalp shows signs of recent shaving.
Student has shown steadfast refusal to identify as a female, stronger than most cisgender students. Student is insistent on the use of masculine pronouns. Student describes their dress - a black 'romper dress', covered by a large 'jean jacket' and wearing combat boots - as the "bare minimum to not get yellow carded"
Student has been seeing on-campus counselor [REDACTED] for the past three years. Counselor states that student is "expressing their real anxiety of losing control over their own body". Doctor Alkai Fabre, Administration-staffed psychiatrist states that these students, if their behavior does not conform by month six, should be "psychically altered".
Student assessed as a moderate flight risk - allowed to return home with occasional checkups by phone.
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Student idno. 682, name "Anacostia". Formerly "Joshua Lind", 19 year old computer sciences major, measuring 5'8 and weighing 117 lbs. Current height is 4'11, weighing 87 lbs. Student claims to have "sometimes forgot to take the pills, so I'd make them up later". Student's hair is 17 inches long, with new growth (7.5 inches) colored hot pink. Additionally, student's ears have begun to elongate and migrate toward the top of the head, resembling that of a rabbit.
Student shows an apathy towards the ETR process, and states that his desired role as a maho shojo is "cyber-systems guy". Student's claimed hygiene routine is not suitable for a proper maho shojo.
Student assessed a minimal flight risk - allowed to return home, with monitoring of social channels. Additionally, student recommended for career counselling and remedial etiquette classes.
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Erlkin was responsible for handing off the zapped kids to their parents for winter break. This turned out to be a difficult job, when parents can't recognize the child and the child's memories have been tampered with. By 3:30, there were only five children left.
Fern, denim-dressed and green mohawked, was "swordfighting" with the Amity, who had already changed into her street clothes. Leyla was hiding, reading a book on the history of magical girls. Meanwhile, Zitrona and Calce were on a bench together, both looking like they were about to cry.
"I'm gonna miss you Calcie"
"Me too... but it's gonna be only two weeks!"
"That's forever!"
"I promise it won't be. And anyways, that's my mom's phone, if you want to call you can."
"I will!" Zitrona gave her friend a rather big hug. "I'll call as often as my mom lets me."
Right then, Calce heard her name called. She gave a quick kiss to Zitrona, and ran to Erlkin-sama.
"My... I didn't know how small you'd gotten! It's adorable" A girl... Calce wracked her brain. Sister? It was her little sister! But how was she little if she was so much taller...
"Come on, mom expects me by 8, so we'll have to hit the road." Calce crawled into the back seat, and had to be buckled in.
As the car pulled off campus, Calce started talking.
"So uh. Sis? I forgot..."
"What'd you forget? Do we need to turn around?"
"No, I just forgot, like, what's your name?"
"I'm Lucy. Your younger sister. Did that magic mess with your head?"
"Yeah, I think so." She paused. "How are you my younger sister? I'm, uhh..., seven"
"Well, you are now, but it used to be that I was 17 and you were 20. Now, if you want to be an older sibling, you always have Marinie, she's only 4."
Calce blinked. How did she forget about a whole sibling? And, come to think of it, when was the last time she thought about Lucy?
"Maranie's really into that 'magical girl' stuff. She'll really like you." Calce looked down at her lap, seeing her lime hoop skirt get mangled by sitting in the car seat. Well, it would be mangled, if it weren't enchanted.
"Hey, didn't they hand you that pink paper?"
"Yeah, it's just basic stuff."
"Like what?"
"Be kind and generous and everything, you're representing Stonewood as an institution and magic as a concept, so you know what that means."
"What?"
"Be nice to mom." She chuckled. "Anyways, are ya hungry?"
"Let's stop somewhere... I want like... a milkshake..."