You Asked For It: The Beach Trip

[magicademymods]

Be Careful What You Wish For: A Beach Adventure Crowded Quarters To the joy and delight of the Sundered students who feel joy and delight over going to the beach, the Sundered students get to go to the beach in celebration of their completed midterms! Professor Trammel has graciously paid their way on the local airship, which runs regular routes on summer days to the ocean some 45 minutes away, and so every student who so desires can pack up and head onto it to enjoy a fantastic day of fun and adventure! Slight downside: the airship is small and packed, as it keeps its fees low by relying on volume to turn a profit. The crowded travel compartment is standing-room-only, and even those who are lucky enough to get seats won't find themselves with much shoulder room. Some people may even find themselves in the lap of a fellow student, which only the most cynical and bitter of minds would abuse as a way to ship-tease (right?). The trip isn't long, just hot and stuffy. You can make it, students! Wave Your Hands If You're Shore The beach at last! Though the hot sun beats down from above, a gentle breeze blows in from the ocean and the water itself is delightfully cool without being icy cold. Waves run about five to six feet in height, enough to be forceful without dominating like some giant curl suitable only for surfing. Though scores of people have set up tents, umbrellas, blankets, and towels across the sands, the Diatu contingent has plenty of space to conjure up tables and chairs, an awning and plenty of shade. Professor Trammel politely deploys Spells of Sunscreening, as well as directing students to the swimwear the school has obtained and the screened canvas changing areas where they can don them. Helpfully, he's obtained all manner of suits to fit any taste, so... choose wisely? Baskets of sandwiches and drinks kept magically chilled offer sustenance for the busy swimmers, and all manner of balls, nets, and beach toys to enjoy. The Sand Castle Contest Early in the afternoon, Professor Trammel announces that a sand castle contest is open to all participants! The rules are as follows: 1. Headmaster Birony is forbidden from competing. (At this, Headmaster Birony sulkily turns Makerion Keep back into stone and sends it back to the Magicademy Campus. Ka students will be finding sand in odd places for a while.) 2. Students may work in teams of no more than 2. 3. You will have an hour to work with any of the sand-castle tools available. 4. Judging will be on creativity, quality, and durability. 5. 'Bedmaster Hirony' is forbidden from competing. (Headmaster Birony rips her fake mustache off and throws it to the ground in frustration.) You have a few minutes to form pairs and get ready. Who will win the competition? Teachers' Day Off Some of the Professors, too, have taken the day off! Students are treated to the sight of Professor Trammel digging a hole in the surf so his own knocked-together sand structure goes up against the waves, leaving him to improve its walls and channels each time to make for a better hope of surviving. Professor King is teaching anyone who will listen about a new game she calls Sunder-inlota, which involved lobbing a ball through portals to get it into the other team's goal. Headmaster Birony occupies herself doing a Sorcerer's Apprentice thing with the waves, making them smash and crash against each other with glee, while Professors Porfsin and Trent fail to put campus politics aside and both spend the day trying to attract an audience with their own personal performances. And Professor Kith just... swims and enjoys herself, like a normal human being, which is probably in violation of the Adequate Wackiness In Teaching Staff Proclamation, but no one seems inclined to call her on it. Fire in the Sky As darkness falls over the beach, swimming comes to an end as the gathered people move to get home, their day off done. The Magicademy, however, still has some tricks up its organizational sleeve. With fires conjured along the sands, the Professors take turns cooking -- simple fare like sausages and hamburger patties, that even the less adept among them (coughCamBironycough) can't screw up. And as the last vestiges of sunlight vanish behind the horizon and the beach and ocean are both swept in darkness, Professor Trammel pulls off his final flourish: a Discovery of beautiful lights exploding in the sky, a mixture between fireworks and aurora borealis that paints the night in glory. All in all, not a bad day.

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[woo_oo]

"Hey, Atem!"

Webby cheerfully jogged over to her friend, all smiles and sunshine as always.

"I still can't believe we get to be here and do beach things!" A brand new experience!

[king_of_egypt]

Hearing his name being called Atem's attention was pulled away from the surf.

Seeing who was approaching him, he smiled and waved. Webby had picked a breezy looking sundress ensemble for this outing. It always seemed as if she had just the right clothes for every occasion. Not that he was an expert on fashion.

"Yes, I know what you mean. It was a pleasant surprise."

[woo_oo]

Not was she - she merely chose what she thought looked cute.

"Have you ever been to the beach before?" She asked, curious. "I haven't. I've been to a marina, but they aren't the same thing."

[king_of_egypt]

In that case she seemed to have a natural talent for it. "Yes, several times in fact- just not this one." Since much of his kingdom depended on the local waterway, that also meant frequent enough travels to said waterway and the surrounding beaches thereof. "Not always for recreation mind you, but the scenery was always pleasant." "Then this should be a real treat for you. Have you any plans as to what all you would like to experience while you are here?"

[woo_oo]

"But that's just it - I want to experience everything!" She replied, bouncing up and down a bit. "I've done so little back home, and there's still so much left to do!"

[king_of_egypt]

"So little?.... I was under the impression that you went on a wide variety of adventures on a regular basis," Like what they discussed over the bulletin board a while back.

"Though.. I suppose you're right. I don't think it's possible to do everything that is available in one lifetime."

[woo_oo]

"That was before I met the boys." She began to explain. "See, before I met them, my Granny was super overprotective... she wouldn't even let me leave the mansion, unless it was for training or exercise."

[king_of_egypt]

"I'm sorry to hear that- your grandmother must care about you a lot but she went about showing it in a manner that was restrictive." Atem could relate to not being able to always do as you please. I mean in his formative years it had been a little trying to always be accompanied by guards, and the like. It's not as if they could allow him to roam free as the next heir in line for the throne.

"So what have you tried already for your big trip to the beach?"

[woo_oo]

Webby beamed, glad to be back on a more cheerful topic. "I built sandcastles with Dewey! ... Well technically a replica of Uncle Scrooge's money bin. But the same basic principle!"

[king_of_egypt]

"Ah- then the two of you must have entered that competition as well?" Atem had considered entering it but he'd been a little slow on the whole.. finding a partner thing. He didn't question why they had selected the money bin. Sure he wasn't thinking it would be such a large scale structure, but it must have some mutual sentimental value.

[woo_oo]

Nodding nodding nodding!

"I've never been in a competition before, it really gets the blood pumping! I just wish Uncle Scrooge was here to see it and judge its accuracy."