August Event Log

[magicademymods]

August Event Log Speed of Lightning, Roar of Thunder The latest rage in Diatu: portable lightning generators! These little spheres, compact enough to be held in the hand, can launch a miniature bolt of electricity out with flair and pizzazz and surprisingly nonlethal effects. Getting zapped is like getting bit by a horsefly, not much worse. Naturally, all sorts of sports and pastimes have grown up overnight. The new sports of Lightning Tag, Lightningball, and Zap Each Other With Lightning Till Someone Collapses Because We're Tough Guys Dammit routinely break out on campus, while people who think they're funny can't go ten seconds without bolting someone's posterior. So what's your role in this? Eager participant? Sportsman? Buttzapper? Or is your idea totally new and wild? And Break the Laws That They Should Fear A rash of thefts plagues Anastara and the Magicademy both. Nothing huge, nothing heavy -- little things, like food, jewelry, trinkets and knickknacks... because the perpetrators are rats. Large and obviously clever rats, who have somehow wormed their way through defensive enchantments and mundane security both with the fearsome tenacity of their species. Look around at just the right time, and you might spot a rat scrambling for the safety of the caverns, something clutched in its jaws. Maybe something of yours? The Cry Goes Up Both Far and Near Finals draw ever-closer, and right about now students start realizing that maybe they don't understand this or that; maybe they could do with some outside material; maybe a second viewpoint would come in handy. Thus this week brings the Diatu Book Exchange! Outside of the Great Hall, students of all sorts brings books they no longer need and exchange them for books they do. The Book Exchange goes past merely scholarly works, though; time has grown it to encompass books of all sorts, from genre fiction and unlikely stories about seemingly ordinary kids attending an engineering boarding school to comics to philosophical works and more. Come to trade, browse, or lust -- there's something here for everyone! Research on the SUNDERDOG! (Sunderdog!) SUNDERDOG! (Sunderdog!) The research team has learned one important thing: Conflict is the key. The Codification of Sundering is the door. Somehow, of late, something has changed the nature of Sundering magic. They do not know why or how, but the very existence of the concept of Sundering magic now causes summoning anomalies that focus on other worlds, resulting in the transport of the Sundered here. This is, well, bad. The Codifications should not be slipping, not unless something has the power to completely overwhelm the entirety of human thought and will... To test theory more deeply, this month's Research has the Sundered locked in a room with another Sundered, a pair of chairs, and nothing else. The goal is to observe the warp and weft of magic around them with minimal interference from any other source save perhaps each other. So who did you get shut in with, and how long can you just sit and talk without going crazy?

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[shiningkindness]

She blinked, looking between him and the books.

"Oh...I couldn't...I-I mean, what if there are other books you'd want? Even if it's just one or two, that's still one or two other ones that you might like but wouldn't get..."

[areasontohope]

"I've looked already and there's only two that I've found in all of the piles that they have stacked around here." Yuki said this with a laugh in his tone. "I promise it's fine."

There really wasn't anything that he'd found other than the books he'd spoken of to her. But even if there had been, he wouldn't say and wouldn't change his mind.

[shiningkindness]

She still looked a bit hesitant, but at length she nodded and managed a small smile.

"Well...if you're sure. Thank you."

[areasontohope]

"It's not a problem." Yuki said with a definite laugh in his tone and a smile on his face. He wanted Fluttershy to get everything she wanted here and not be restricted by how many books she could trade in.

He would simply help her as much as he could as often as he could.

[shiningkindness]

For some reason, the smile on his face had her blushing a bit, but she quickly hid it behind her hair as she turned to look at the different book titles she'd been debating on.

Eventually, she settled on six books; half of them being text books and the other half fiction that looked interesting. And while she did trade a few of her own, they did end up using his books for most of them.

[areasontohope]

Once he stopped smiling, he noticed Fluttershy had looked away, which was okay. Books were pretty interesting in their own right so he was totally fine with that.

Yuki of course didn't mind helping her out but once she had her stack, he looked it over thoughtfully. "Are you sure you got everything you wanted?"

[shiningkindness]

Glancing up at him, she smiled. "Oh yes. These were the ones that looked the most interesting, and it'll take me some time to read them anyway. But thank you again for letting me use some of your books."

[areasontohope]

Her formality reminded Yuki of Miss Honda but they weren't the same person though it still endeared her to him.

He went to say something to Fluttershy about her bringing them by so they could sit and read their books together, but it sounded stupid as he thought it over, so he just nodded.

"Well let me know if you like them."

It was the only thing he could think to say instead of what he'd thought.

[shiningkindness]

She nodded. "Sure. Or...if you want, I can let you borrow them when I've finished reading them."

[areasontohope]

"I'd like that." he replied with a smile.

The smile faded and he looked around, making sure he had everything.

"I should get going, but I'm really glad you got the books you wanted. I'll look forward to reading them after you."

[shiningkindness]

She nodded. "All right. I'll let you know when I've finished reading them. Thank you again."

[areasontohope]

He smiled for Fluttershy's sake.

"It's not a problem at all, enjoy your books."

Yuki then turned around and walked away.