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Who: Sylvando, Eleven, and Mal
When: Early October, between Eleven's encounter with Mal's draconic form and the October event
Where: A little square somewhere on campus grounds
What: Sylv has arranged to introduce El and Mal to each other, unaware that they've sort of met before
Warnings: Awkwardness, possible mentions of violence that happened during Mal's original dragon transformation

And a bit of gossip )
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[personal profile] serpentinthegarden
The glowing portal shuddered before slamming shut behind them. It had seemed like a good idea at the time... go through the portal in order to close it from the other side. And it had worked! The portal was closed, the school was safe but the heroes who had worked together to close the portal were now trapped on the other side. 

[ OOC - This is the IC log for this. Consider it a freeform playground, take these prompts and run with them or come up with your own. ]


Through the Portal
( Loki, Crowley, Alec, Beetlejuice, Sho )

Silence fell as soon as the portal closed leaving the small group standing in the middle of a crossroads. The ruined archway that ran along the top of the cliffs hinted that there might once have been more of a civilization in this world but now there were only the two pathways, one that ran down the hill into the face of the brilliant red glow that hinted at a flow of magma beyond and one that curved up a hastily cobbled together set of stairs. Of course they were free to stay right where they were as well, here in this craggy passage with the imps peering down at them from every rock and crevasse.


Rescuers
( Aziraphale, Harry, Lena, Eleven, Mal )

With the battle won most begin to relax. There was the wounded to see to and the damage to the school to repair... but gradually the more tuned in students start to notice the missing. Roll calls that were taken but never completed for some were not around to answer to their names. Then one of the injured students comes to and mentions having seen the missing students disappearing through the imp summoning portal. Clearly they were trapped on the other side and it was up to their fellow students to work out a way to bring them back!
[personal profile] magicademymods

October Event Log




Visitors


    Visitors from other Magicademies aren't uncommon, of course. Diatu is home not only to the Sundered and their arrival, but also a dragon, the legacies of Anastara Diatu, Headmaster Birony, and that place that serves chili. It is uncommon for them to all show up in matching black robes like they just stalked out of a warlock convention, but then again, Diatu Magicademy has long since lost any idea of what normal behavior is.

    They bring an artifact, which apparently is draconic in nature, and to that extent, they ask to speak to Professor Ire regarding it. Naturally, the good Professor agrees, joining them on the Walk.

    Within one second of his arrival, golden chains of magic lash around his neck -- one from each of the visitors, who then begin to tighten them.



Warcry


    Ire's roar is not subtle, nor is the way it chokes off. Within moments, pandemonium reins.

    For those brave souls who wish to engage the foreign wizards, know this: they are powerful, strangely so, with an odd force behind their spells and defenses that explains how they are strong enough to corral a dragon. They show no emotion, they feel no pain, and they will not let their attack on Ire fade for a second. But this is their weakness: much of their power is bound up in that attack. Their focus is primarily on the dragon, and so they do not defend themselves by simply slaying all who oppose them. They have one mission and one mission only.

    They have assistance, though. One of them has opened a portal, allowing hordes of devilish imps to run loose, heedless of the damage they might cause. These imps are sharp-toothed, sharp-clawed, and terribly quick, and they desire only to hurt and kill. Of course, the students of Diatu Magicademy are no cowards, and no pushovers; spells fly in response, explosions fill the air and singe hair off those too close, and the battle is sudden chaos worsening every minute as more imps pour out of the portal and more students race from every corner of the campus to join the fray.


Tilt


    Where the hell is Headmaster Birony? Shouldn't she be deus ex machina-ing these situation like the absurdly-powerful wizard that she is, all evidence aside?

    That question receives a partial answer when the entire island of Ascelion drops six feet straight down.

    The drop is faster than gravity, as if something is in fact trying to pull the island down -- which means all people and all things upon it fall slower than it descends. The impact that comes when the island suddenly stops, and stops its inhabitants a moment later, is bone-jarring. Items shatter and snap across the island, canals overtop their channels and pour water onto the streets, bruises and sprains and breaks from the sudden blow are not the worst injuries inflicted.

    Then the island begins to lurch about like a Valhudor student after five straight days of partying, spinning and twisting and jerking around in midair. Students tumble to the ground in droves, exposing themselves to the imps as the tide of battle suddenly shifts. And shifts somewhat back, as the Professors arrive on scene, their powerful magics making up for the loss of support from the students.

    Tumbling, pitching, tilting, whirling, but the battle rages on still. Run away or fight, or simply try to help however you can...


Slow and Steady Victory


    The dragon wizard Grieve accounted for almost everything. His magic, which humans would call Dictation, has rendered his human puppets strong and powerful. His scheme to unleash imps on the grounds has kept the students and faculty from focusing on freeing his victim. His assault on Ascelion itself keeps that meddling Headmaster occupied. Yes, the resistance has proven stronger than expected, but he is certain he will win!

    Grieve did not account for two things. First, Diatu is a ridiculous place. And second, he forgot that the Magicademy has one more sets of defenders.

    First one imp dies, cut in half by a sword stroke too swift for the eye. Then another, impaled by a spear which withdraws like the flick of an eyelash. Then a third, smashed ruthlessly as if by a giant's fist.

    Three allies arrive, to turn the tide: Ballet the Land Whale, wielding her sword; Tango the Land Dolphin, master of the spear; and Waltz the Land Wholphin, coming into her own as a student of the warhammer. With their ability to swim through the ground effortlessly, the cetaceans can strike at the imps from surprise and safety, which is all the forces of Diatu Magicademy need to begin pushing back! If you want to take out a wizard, close the portal, or sever the spells that bind Ire, now is the time to do it!


Recovery


    The battle is won. Not without cost.

    The wizards have been taken into custody, though it's probably futile; when the dragon's magic released their minds, they were only confused and baffled at their situations. They likely remember nothing.

    Ire is all right. Despite the pain of the attack, he's honestly touched that the school rallied to his defense.

    But the students, the Magicademy, the city -- all of them have suffered from being shaken like the fruit pieces inside a gelatin getting slapped. Injuries, some critical, and property damage, often extensive, spread out in waves.

    That was a pretty rough time of it. But at least now you can breathe.

    Right?

    RIGHT?!


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[personal profile] creepyoldguy
 Who: Beetlejuice and OTA
Where: All around campus
When: October 1st
What: A clean demon is a grumpy demon

Beeteljuice wants advice.... )  
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[personal profile] grim_heaper
Who: Sho Minamimoto and whomever is unfortunate enough to cross his path
What: late adventure, whee!!!!
Where: All around campus
When: end of the month, ongoing.
Warnings: bad math puns, angst, violence mentions, icon with a gun in it. Casual cruelty.


So Zetta H2O )

Set It Off

Sep. 28th, 2021 12:43 am
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[personal profile] mal_contented
Who: Mal, an angry mob, El, and Kaiba (if you want a locked TL feel free to poke me to plot!)
What: Chased by a mob, Mal will discover a power she never knew she had
When: late one night near the end of September (Because RL ate me; this was my august adventure prompt.)
Where: The streets several blocks from the school
Warnings: violence, angst, drunkenness mentions, angry mobs.

Break the spell, we were born this way )

Reunited

Sep. 13th, 2021 10:00 pm
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[personal profile] smilingarmor
Who: Sylvando and Mal
Where: A less frequented walkway between two campus buildings
When: A few days after the Festival of the Gods, late afternoon/early evenging
What: Sylv finally runs into Mal again for the first time since the Magic Kingdoms. Awkwardness and emotions are likely.
Warnings: Maybe some stuff from Mal's backstory? But otherwise probably none.

...and it feels so good? )
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[personal profile] serpentinthegarden
Who: Beetlejuice, Crowley, and anyone who wants to party demon-style. OTA
Where: The Third Ring
When: September 10th, Evening - Dawn
What: Demontoberfest
Warnings: PG13 - for demons and their antics

[Prompts in the comments. Make your own starters if you want. This Demontoberfest is a direct reaction to Eleven's much more Holy event.]
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[personal profile] bearshermark
Who: Eleven and OTA (everyone is invited!)
Where: Temple District
When: September 10th, Sundown- Evening
What: A Question of Belief Adventure Festival!
Warnings: Unlikely

[ooc: prompts in the comments! please feel free to make your own starters off the temple tours and festival streets prompts if you'd like! As this is a culmination of Eleven's adventure, I am going to make every effort to tag everyone that tags in]
[personal profile] magicademymods

September Event Log




Here's One For Free


    Something about the fall brings out the best in cooks, chefs, and vendors across Anastara, a flurry and frenzy of cooking, experimenting, and tasting that goes miles towards filling bellies left hungry by the hard work of comfortable days and the encroaching chill of cool nights. Bread and bread-relatives in particular take center stage this year, with pretzels, hoagies, buns, and pies coming out in immense quantity.

    The reason? Cheap cheap grain from the Efrecka Principality, where the court wizard advanced agriculture by leaps and bounds through the simple act of blessing the rains. In fact, such is the bounty that numerous restaurants, street vendors, and stall merchants have begun offering samples to the public, under the not-at-all-alarming principle of "the first one is free". And while this technique is actually producing dividends (unlike previous tactics of "an offer you can't refuse" and "those are nice kneecaps, it'd be a shame if someone broke them because you didn't buy a knave sandwich"), no one quite accounted for the interaction of magic-infused grain and whatever weirdness courses through the Sundered.

    So what happens? Well, ever heard of "potion miscibility" rules? Maybe you start breathing fire or acid. Maybe you're terribly flatulent, dizzy, confused, or inexplicably forgotten by gravity. Maybe something wonderful happens and you sprout awesome wings. Maybe something terrible happens and you sprout awesome wings from your nostrils. Whatever the case, you're on an adventure now, for however long this lasts...


What Do I Look Like, A Charity Case?


    Unlike the vast majority of students, the Sundered don't come to the school with a lot of resources and more on the way from home as needed. Though by no means does anyone look down on them for this, the Magicademy recognizes this as an unfortunate disadvantage. After all, not every Sundered is suited for gainful employment in Anastara -- some of them look like dragons, for example, and some of them have the social graces of a pie to the face, if the pie was full of poo and artificial waffles.

    So the Magicademy has offered to pay the Sundered a fair and decent wage for various jobs around the school. Groundskeeping, for example, has fallen behind while Meliandre Tomekin has reluctantly taken her golem servitors offline for a much needed dezanyfication. Students can earn their way by wrangling leaves and plants trying to get ready for winter. For the more prideful, pairs of Sundered can give tours of the facilities to prospective students and their families. Headmaster Birony has an opening for a test dummy, if you feel life is no longer worth living. Whatever your flavor of labor, you can find a way to make some extra dough. Or money, since the dough is probably magical and dangerous as detailed one prompt up.



I Threw It On the Ground


    Most magic classes have reached a point in their curriculum where they address utilizing the local environment for practical and aesthetic effect in spellcasting. Discovery, for example, addresses the creation of material half-in, half-out of objects, which is easily practiced by conjuring a plant of some sort that is properly rooted. Fantastics covers illusion interactions with terrain, as well as style, so students of that art find themselves conjuring flashes and fires that erupt upwards from the ground and also appear to affect the environment. Modification concerns itself with properly accounting for environmental barriers, such as constraints posed by the floor. And Glyphics teaches how to bind these spells into fanciful objects, like glass spheres that shattered and release their spell when smashed at the feet of the wizard in question.

    So as part of classes, and part of homework, aspiring wizards are casting, conjuring, creating, and changing objects with dramatic gestures and waving wands, all focused on the ground in front of them. Needless to say, some results are particularly spectacular. A geyser of water? A rock the size of a building? Blinding light? Accidentally Modifying your partner's pants? The sky's the limit, and we mean that literally, because you probably don't have the magical wherewithal to achieve escape velocity yet.


I'm An Adult


    Particularly concerned with the behavior of some of the latest Sundered, he's not pointing any fingers but he's getting a little tired of certain students coming up with wacky variants on his House's name, Professor Trammel has taken it upon himself to set up optional deportment and courtesy classes. Well, 'optional' unless you're in Gekronus Maius, since he can order you all to attend, and very, very, uncomfortably encouraged by everyone else for the other Sundered.

    Needless to say, much of these courses goes over poorly with the student body, but one section in particularly has an unusually strong grip: Style. No one, absolutely no one, can deny that Professor Trammel has and understands style, and he is exceptionally willing to share that benefit with you. The cut of suits, the length of dresses, the proper fit of vests, the flow of capes and cloaks, the power of iconic appearances and distinct silhouettes... he is a master of all these things, and the spells necessary to achieve them.

    Already, many students are going about campus looking far more snappy than ever before. Is this the time to take on a new look? Or maybe you have an old one from home you'd like to recreate? Could his advice on self-care benefit you? Or maybe you're just determined not to change...


The moral of this story is...

YOU CAN'T TRUST THE SYSTEM.
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[personal profile] bearshermark
[A flier for the bulletin board pops up one day out of the blue. Eiather students may have heard rumors about it or been asked to help spread the word]


[FESTIVAL OF THE GODS]


Temple District



[Local date for Sept. 10th]

Sundown


[Later, a message is tacked on a sheet below it]

Isabel, Sylvando, Tenn, I have a favor to ask.

-Eleven


[OOC: this is tied to El's adventure. If your character would be interested in helping out in any way, feel free to have them query/volunteer here or pm/plurk me if that suits better so I can work their contributions into the adventure log prompt(s)!]
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[personal profile] holdyourhorns
Who: Spyro, Sparx, and you!
Where: The Backwater or around the Diatu campus
When: August
What: Quest! Or general catch-all stuff
Warnings: Probably not

Just a human, totally )
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[personal profile] ronstadt
Who: Ronstadt, Beetlejuice, and ... maybe you?
What: Giving some ghosts a hand! If you want to plot with us, hit me up on Plurk at [plurk.com profile] hopepunk!
Where: Around the grounds, then down in town
When: Late August
Warnings: BJ is involved, so probably some crudeness at the very least.

Ronstadt was on his way back from class when his Craydar started to fizzle: not strong, but just a hint of the power he'd felt on his first visit to Kedrigan Hall. Holding his books a little more tightly, he edged along the corridor. Whatever magical thing he was about to encounter, he wasn't sure if he could handle it on his own, and he intended to just ... maybe take a peek and go back for help.

To his surprise, he instead encountered a trio of ghosts leaning against the wall. One had its arms folded underneath an old-fashioned highwayman coat, puffing away grumpily at a pipe. Another had wild hair not unlike his, and was short and squat, offering a flask of something green and oozing to the third ghost, a dapper fellow in a bowler hat. "Drivin' me to drink, they are," the third ghost said, accepting the flask, "and you know I haven't touched this stuff since Birony was bitin' ankles."

"You great ham," the one with the pipe said, "that was three months ago."

"Feels like longer," Bowler Hat argued before taking a swig.

"Either way, who does this exorcist think he is?" The one with the wild hair snorted. "Thinking he's got the right to disturb our peace. 'Send us into the light', he says. What if we like it right here? There's a bloody reason we stick around."

"Wouldn't be ghosts if there wasn't. It's like they don't understand how this whole thing works. If only there were some way we could get rid of HIM, first..."

Something about all of this sounded really, really familiar to Ronstadt, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Either way, if his Craydar had led him to this, it was likely something just like his job at the dispatch: something he was meant to do. But he needed help. Someone who knew a few tricks, already, and would be willing to get into trouble. Loki might think it was beneath him, given what he knew of the trickster god, but ... there was someone else ...

Soon enough, Ronstadt was knocking on Beetlejuice's door in the basement... whether or not he'd run into anyone on the way remained to be seen.
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[personal profile] phoenixwiz
Who: Harry and Open
What: Mistaken Identity Adventure
Where: Somewhere in Anastara
When: Somewhere in the middle of August
Warnings: Killer rabbit on the loose and animal death
Notes: From here

What’s in the package, Potter? )
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[personal profile] king_of_egypt
Who: Atem & OTA; Unless otherwise marked
What: A catchall for August, including an Adventure!
Where: All over Anastara and the Academy
When: The month of August

Read more... )
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[personal profile] smilingarmor
Who: Sylvando and anyone who wants to help him
When: Around noon
Where: Outside a certain shop in Anastra
What: Oh, if only Eleanora could catch the eye of that handsome gentleman, who strolls past the store where she works each day at noon. His smile, his courtesy, his fancy hat -- this is what dreams are made of.
She can't pay much, but she'll make you and your friends lunch any time you want. Just please find a way to stop that man in front of her shop, and get him to come in!

Read more... )
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[personal profile] protectiveink
It didn't sound difficult. Run around to ten (ten!) pubs, get three drinks at each one, and quaff them all.

It's a challenge to any red-blooding Irishman...or in this case, woman. Not even the demon inside her can deter Roisin Murphy from going on this endeavor--and getting good and blind drunk in the process!

One can find her outside Diatu's gates with a map in hand--she's got a map and a plan.. "Right, goin' tae start here at th' Guest's Dormitory, an go from there...prolly tae Beefy Stu's Beefy Stews."

Though she hoped she could choke down whatever was offered at the latter...three drinks of some junky rat piss that barely passed as alcohol was not high on her list of Things to Do in Anastara...

(Find toplevels for Rosh's partners in crime within as well--a deity, a demon-possessed Irishwoman, and a feral dog incarnated as a human...what can go wrong?)
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[personal profile] whose_son_am_i
Who: Loki of Asgard and YOU!
What: Loki has been set a scavenger hunt quest by the Sphinx.
Where: Around Anastara
When: Before he goes on a pub-crawl with Rosh. Because y'all don't need a hungover God of Mischief doing adventures, funny as that is.
Warnings: Potential language? Definite shenanigans.

A flower's breath... )
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[personal profile] bearshermark
Who: Eleven + Anyone!
What: Settling In Catch-all
Where: Various
When: First few days/first week
Warnings: Possible spoilers for Act 2 leading into 3

Is to lose much )
[personal profile] magicademymods

August Event Log






Performance of a Lifetime


    Valhudor, ever eager for a chance to take the stage, has launched a flash-theater campaign across the campus. Wherever students might gather, be it the Great Hall or the Promenade or the Library of Starchime or whatever, there a play will erupt, acting out the tumultuous events of the Three Dragon War. The director-ringleaders, with all the ethics of Captain Lominia, don't hesitate to shanghai students into the feature itself. Usually, these roles are that of Cowering Student #1, Useless Faculty Member With One Shoe, or Comedy Relief Pratfall Victim, and you're expected to mostly just sit there, ad-lib a little, and generally make the actors playing the Three Dragons look good. Do you behave just to get it over with, or take your role into your own hands for a little revenge? Or perhaps you're determined to take the role of a dragon and make this play your own!

    Alternatively, you might be looking to cash in on the bounty for the safe return of their performing surface to Brindavil Theater. These students, unfortunately... took the stage.


The Great Familiar Audition


    With finals coming to a close for many students and graduation (or flunking) at hand for many, the cycle of academic life comes full circle once again. Airships discharge students into Anastara, the local schools send their best and brightest up the street, and the constabulary once again has to stop that creepy guy who keeps trying to kidnap school-bound students with a 'magic' train on an alleged, misnumbered 'platform' made of paper mache. And with these students come beasts of all shape and size, eager to audition for the role of familiar.

    Consequently, the campus is absolutely flooded with owls, cats, snakes, rats, and more, all looking for their in with a wizard. Unfortunately, they're just animals, so sometimes this results in unintended hilarity results. There's nothing quite like opening your dresser only for an unexpected snake to pop up and offer you your underwear, unless it's two snakes each offering you half of your underwear after a furious territory dispute ended in a tie. Owls deafen everyone with incessant hooting. Swarms of rats establish packs and engage in dance-fights, probably to catch the eyes of Valhudor students. The cats are oddly the most tolerable potential familiars, since they just wander around pushing stuff off of surfaces and demanding food and attention, the same as they always do. Familiar-cuckoos appear, making every effort to rub out the competition and take their places in order to get fat and lazy off the hard work of their 'master'. Also for some reason a corgi has a shiv and knows how to use it, so you better give him your sausages right now, huh? No, no one will ever believe you.


The Food Cartening


    Though Anastara's restaurants get most of the culinary glory, a true Anastaran will tell you that the food carts of the city are as fundamental to the city as the island of Ascelion itself. When pressed, said Anastaran will reluctantly admit that no, if you take the food carts away the city won't engage in unsupported freefall, but the truth is that as a city of trade, commerce, and tourism, the food carts really are quite amazing here.

    But which one is the best? Famous chef Rodden Grimmslay wants to know the answer, and has issued a challenge to ever food cart: register for Cartfest, where the offerings will be put to the taste-tests of both the chef and the city at large!

    So welcome to the celebration, where food styles from across the Tenscore Kingdoms fill the air with competing, delicious scents and merriment abides. (The breweries are probably the real financial winners here.)


Hailfight


    When you ask a wizard if they are capable of controlling the weather, they will engage in a long, rambling explanation of wind currents, tides, cloud albedo, size and effort, the breakdown of order, and any number of other factors that complicate the issue.

    When you ask a student if they can control the weather, they say, "sure," and with a wave of their wand cause the falling hail to focus directly on you. When, aggrieved, you point out that you hadn't meant it like that, another wave of their wand sends the hailstones that had just hit you back into the air to pelt you again.

    With a fierce hailstorm rolling across Ascelion, battle rages across the campus. From mean-spirited surprise attacks to hailstone chicken to almost literal war zones complete with bunkers, artillery support, and the occasional gas attack depending on what was for lunch, most students just can't resist playing with the hailstones and their magic. Whether you're in a duel, hunkered down in the trenches, a victim of a cheap shot, or an active instigator... you can probably get away, but only with skill and panache can you seize victory!

    (Many years later, linguists will identify this as the root derivation of the otherwise nonsense phrase 'hail, seizer'. Little Tenscore Kingdoms etymology lesson for you all there. Free of charge. Don't say the mod team never did anything for you.)
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