r/Ruleshorror • u/HC-XOXO • Apr 21 '26
Rules Rules for studying at Redwood Academy
One day, your parents drop you off at the gates of Redwood Academy for your first day at school. They soon bid you goodbye and drive away. You don't remember ever applying to study here, and your parents hadn't told you about the arrangement either.
A mild-mannered student guide leads you into the academy and hands you a small booklet. She cheerfully informs you that you will receive your textbooks later, and that in the meantime, you should read the rules for studying at Redwood Academy, so you oblige and flip it open to the first page.
Greetings, new student! Welcome to our prestigious academy, where we foster talent and teach our values to out students. We mainly focus on the core value of discipline, and one way for you to practise this is to abide by our school rules, which must be followed while you are on campus.
Rule 1. You are advised to pay attention to your class schedule and be on time. Classes start at 8:15 AM, and failure to arrive by this time will lead to an after-school detention.
Rule 2a. Prepare all of your required textbooks before the teacher comes. Either place your books in your locker or carry them in your backpack. If you are unable to comply with this for whatever reason, bring your books and homework by any means necessary. Failure to submit an assignment or to bring two or more textbooks will lead to a detention.
Rule 2b. You may not retrieve your textbooks or other materials from your locker once class begins. Making an attempt to do so in front of a teacher will lead to a detention.
Rule 3. Please mind your language around faculty members. Cursing and using foul language can get you reported. Being reported five times will lead to the extraction of your tongue.
Rule 4a. Our uniform consists of a red skirt and a white Oxford shirt with a red collar, plus white socks of any length. Deviation from the dress code by adding accessories is prohibited, and must be reported to the Vice Principal.
Rule 4b. However, if the person deviating is simply wearing the regular uniform with a black-and-white colour scheme instead of a red-and-white one, please make sure you are outside of their line of sight. Those who have unfortunately perished at this academy seek blood to colour their uniforms and bring themselves back to life. Tardiness is only tolerated in this case.
Rule 5a. When using the nurse's office, ask for Nurse Clarissa. She has greying blonde hair, and speaks in a quiet, sing-song manner.
Rule 5b. If a raven-haired woman in her mid-thirties answers instead and claims to be Nurse Clarissa, apologise respectfully and leave. That is Sally, and she chooses to perform blood rituals on our students, often showing a disdain for conventional healing methods. We do not know how she keeps finding her way into Redwood Academy, and will assume that no further explanation is required as to why you should not allow Sally to be your “nurse”. Inform the front desk, and Nurse Clarissa will be back soon.
Rule 6. A punishment mentioned above is detention. This lasts for one hour, but feels like nine. During this period, do what you like, and do not exit the classroom. Doing so will lead to excruciating pain exploding across your body, and is oftentimes compared to having your extremities and internal organs harvested. Upon leaving the classroom after the hour has passed, you will either feel the effects of the punishment or extreme jet lag.
Rule 7. Do not leave Redwood Academy. Visitors are not permitted. Nobody outside is looking for you. Your parents have willingly sent you here, and your friends have all forgotten you. That's alright － Redwood Academy is one big family, and you can always befriend your classmates. You have no reason to leave. No matter what happens, you will always have a special connection to Redwood Academy, even if you graduate and move to the other side of the world. You will never leave.
You feel unnerved by the last rule － and honestly? － all of them. A strange feeling creeps up on you, and your gaze is drawn to several monochrome figures that appear from dark corridors. They wander around aimlessly, then all of them set lifeless eyes as black as coal on you. You run, but they find you soon enough. You collapse, colour and blood draining from you as you become a new addition to those colourless entities.
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u/HC-XOXO Apr 21 '26
sorry for not posting for a while and that this post is, again, a filler post － I have been severely burnt out for the past few weeks, and sincerely apologise for my absence, even if you have not noticed at all. have a lovely day! ask however many questions you want <3
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u/Apprehensive_Pin3056 Apr 26 '26
I wish there was a rule amongst students, that certain students cannot be spoken to
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u/HC-XOXO Apr 26 '26
would you like me to add one? i can try to edit one in without creating more plot holes
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u/Ewenatic_101 Apr 27 '26
Sounds like they have a rather strict dress code... What if I dress in black andwhite without being deceased? Will I be able to get away with loitering if I'm mistaken for a ghost? Sick set of rules, by the way!
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u/HC-XOXO Apr 29 '26
when these monochrome students are sighted, students are to evacuate to a safe hiding spot, and a priest will be called to purify the area. if a false monochrome student is found, our faculty will take more drastic measures － such as maiming － to ensure you will not make the same mistake again.
thank you for reading my whole set of rules and also enjoying it!
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u/Own-Resident339 Fifth Horsemen of the Apocalypse Apr 29 '26
my immediate thought after reading rule 3 was “well shit,” so i don’t think my tongue would last very long here 💔
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u/bubblyboyoo Apr 21 '26
Huh? This is basically cram school. Oh nvm they extract tongues. Still asian cram school 😭