July Event Log

[magicademymods]

July Event Log A Reading Rainbow Though the publication is ordinarily drier than dry toast Modified to be drier than dried toast, this quarter's issue of Thaumaturgy Today is all the rage around campus. The reason: a series of advances in motile spells! Easier and more powerful than those found in your standard book of spells (any grade), these spells achieve their power by specificity. One spell for lifting fruit, one for lifting laundry, one for lifting books, the list goes on. Though Professor Loshakle is deep at work writing a blistering reply criticizing every nuance of these spells, outside of his wrathful gaze the spells flourish as people practice them on everything they can. Copies of the issue are easy to get your hands on, if you want to give these new spells a whirl. On the other hand, your stuff or you yourself might fall victim to the spells of other students, whether by mistake or cruel jest. And woe betide those not human -- since no spell explains how to lift an anthropomorphic duck or a robot, for example, enterprising students are particularly eager to come up with one on their own, and there's only one way to test such things... It's Raw, You Donkey! There was an incident. Mistakes were made. Rice balls were detonated. Puddings were animated and sent on rampages. A cheesebread was found lodged in Makerion Keep, sunk to a depth of three feet in the walls. Whatever happened, and no one seems to have details... the Great Hall is closed and no food is being served. So... what're you going to eat? Several pop-up stands have emerged, as enterprising students try to cash in, but that costs money and who knows how the quality is. Headmaster Birony keeps showing up with pies, having made several savory ones that taste really good, actually, but can you really live on pie alone? (And do you really trust Headmaster Birony?) Some students have taken to the ultimate last resort: cooking. As it happens, the skills of the chef and of the aspiring mage are not exclusive in principle, but generally learning the one means little time to devote to the other. Faced with an oven or a grill, can you muster up the capability to make something edible? Or will you burn the water and turn bread back into grain, and thus have no choice but to avail yourself of pricey booth cooking or Cam-pies? Of course, the Great Hall will PROBABLY be open again soon, you might be able to last until then... The Defense Association In light of certain recent activities, like horrible monster attacks, Professors Trammel and Kith have teamed up to provide self-defense lessons to students who so desire. Purely optional, this extra class at the end of the school day promises study in shields, wards, basic attack spells, and mobility spells (because sometimes the best thing is to run like heck). Needless to say, these classes are quite the adventure! Students find themselves in dueling circles quite frequently, expected to carefully deflect each other's spells. Hopefully you've got the knack of it; the practice spells they have taught you don't cause any harm, but they sting like the dickens! Research on the Sundered Conflict. Conflict seems to be key. As near as the researchers can tell, all the Sundered lead lives that are simply not ordinary, and their experiments in conflict from last month produced results they didn't expect (as you all have learned) but that are most promising. Professor King herself has taken the lead on this experiment, and she warns anyone who volunteers that it is likely to be very dangerous, and they will be taking this very slow. They are, she explains, going to try to bridge the gap between you and the world you came from. A SMALL bridge, a proof of concept, no portal home and celebrations yet. But they hope it will work, and be the first step towards getting you back where you belong. If you agree, they get to work. Any student who undergoes this process immediately regains a power of their choice. It does not have to be on their application, and you do not have to provide proof during AC. It's here now. Only if you do not have a power to regain, you may regain an item instead. The price? For the next three days, you will be haunted by visions of your greatest enemy, your most hated foe, or the person you least wish to see in the world. Perhaps you hear their laughter in the darkness of your room at night. Perhaps you see a fellow student as them. Perhaps they are taunting you from just behind your shoulder... Whatever form it takes, for three days, you will be at their mercy. Or the mercy of your own mind's imagining them. Or perhaps a combination of the two. Who can say...?

Comments

[woo_oo]

It's Raw

[Oooh, this sounds like a new challenge to her! And how hard can cooking be? So later on in the day, be you stranger or best friend, she's approaching you, and there's an odd smell coming from that thing hidden under cloth a plate she's carrying...]

Hey! You wanna taste-test something?

[You could say no, but look at that face. Look at it.]

Research

[Dangerous? Right up her alley! What's the worst that can happen?

Hearing Magica De Spell's wicked cackling 24/7, apparently, is the worst thing that can happen. She's got bags under her eyes from barely sleeping, she stumbles as she walks... but, uh, hey, she's got her child-sized grappling hook back! Hurray!

Less hurray when she hears you making a noise, and suddenly aims the damn thing at you.]

I WON'T LET YOU HURT HER AGAIN! ... Oh. Hi.

[Good thing she didn't fire... this time.]

It's Raw

[paradoxical_personality]

[Crinkling her nose in a mix of uncertainty and revulsion she looked down at the small therian and replied]

Do... I look like I have a death wish?

[woo_oo]

[boo you suck!!!

Not but she keeps on being cheerful.]

There aren't any dangerous chemicals in it!

[... She's 75% sure. 65%.]

[paradoxical_personality]

[If there was one person on campus who could resist someone's charms or exuberance it was the Queen of the Underworld herself]

Aesir do not require sustenance. [Wait. Haven't you all seen Hel in the dining hall partaking of their meals before?]

it's raw

[zanarkandian]

Sure! What'cha got?

[ One of Tidus's many fatal flaws: he can never seem to turn down food. He gives her an eager grin. ]

[woo_oo]

I'm pretty sure it's desert.

[pretty... sure...?]

In the mood for some chocolate?

[zanarkandian]

Always!

[ He leans in to take a look at it. The shape is like nothing he's seen before, and the scent...it's new. He curiously breaks off a piece. ]

Together on three?

Research

[areasontohope]

Yuki's been wandering around, thinking half of the school has gone mad. People have appeared to be not sleeping or looking rather odd. So he packed his books up and stuffed them into his backpack after class.

One more class for the day and he needed to get to work at the library. Things had been a little chaotic with the thing going on at the Library of Starchime. And as he opened his umbrella outside at seeing a little rain, it turned to hail.

So he hurried through the unexpected weather, now that was almost coming down in chunks the size of ping pong balls. Getting back inside, his umbrella snapped shut and he put the umbrella away in a bag.

Rounding the corner he wasn't sure what but something stopped him. And in front of him stood Webby aiming something at him. So for several long moments, he stared, unsure as to what to say except the obvious.

"Are you..alright?"

[woo_oo]

With a bit of nervous laughter, Webby tries to tuck her grappling-hook away.

"Yeah, sure! Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. Not exactly." She swallowed, not exactly making eye contact.

[areasontohope]

This wasn't like Webby at all or at least what Yuki knew of her, recounting the brief time that they'd met. She had looked right at him then with such enthusiasm, and they had spoken of going to the library and looking at maps, which they hadn't done as of yet.

But then again, this week seemed to have a lot of people on edge or out of sorts. People had been falling asleep in his classes which was pretty unusual too.

They didn't really know each other but that wasn't going to stop him from hesitantly reaching out. It was something he was learning to do here.

"Can..I help?"

Research

[twilightskey]

[Roxas had just been passing by when he saw Webby, and just wants to offer her a greeting. He didn't expect a grappling hook to be aimed his way.]

Woah! What was that for??

[woo_oo]

Sorry sorry sorry!

[She flails a bit, and does appear to be genuinely remorseful.]

I thought... you were someone else.

[twilightskey]

Someone you wanted to aim that at?

[He relaxes a bit, though the concerned look remains on his face.]

Are you alright? You look like you've seen a ghost.

it's raw.

[puzzlers]

...uhhhhh. [ HE KNOWS BETTER. ]

What is that? [ because, frankly, it seems awful. ]

[woo_oo]

It's dessert, I think!

[She... thinks???]

[puzzlers]

You... think...

Why is it under a sheet?

Research

[couldabeenturbo]

Uhhhhh, Webs? You don't look so hot. Are you okay?

[woo_oo]

I'm fine! Totally fine! What makes you think I'm not fine?

[The bags under her eyes, the twitchy eyelid...?]

[couldabeenturbo]

Eeeeyyyyouuuuuuuu almost shot me with a grappling gun, for starters?

Raw

[gender_neutral]

"No. I do not." V's will power is higher than Webby's Charisma. Probably. Maybe. Perhaps.

Re: Raw

[woo_oo]

"Are you sure? It's really good!" Webby has no idea if it's actually good or not, she's just assuming.

Re: Raw

[gender_neutral]

"Quite, thank you. I shall be some time yet before I require food and should the situation still be this abysmal then, I suspect that even dried rations shall taste better than whatever it is that you think that is meant to be."

Sorry for the late in. Hope it is okay. Feel free to split this if you want, or ignore one/both

[nobodys_puppet]

Raw

Xion jumped back startled when Webby addressed her. She had been pretty sure the other girl had forgotten she existed, so she was startled. "Taste... test?" She was also confused.



Dangerous

Xion had been running from Xemnas when she heard someone else screaming about not letting someone hurt someone else. She glanced back. She'd lost him, for the moment, so she skidded into place beside Webby to ask where the danger was just to find herself face to face with some sort of.... she guessed that might be a weapon? Maybe?

one would be easier for me, thanks! going with raw!

[woo_oo]

"Yeah! You heard how the Great Hall being shut down? This is my solution!" She smiles proudly, as if she solved everyone's problems.

Np.

[nobodys_puppet]

"Your solution to what?" Did the hall being closed need a solution?