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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You can call me Kaiba if it's easier. Almost everyone does.
And there are two others from the same future. There's another man who looks almost identical to Atem---but he's slightly paler and has bigger eyes. His name's Yugi, and he's the one who awakened Atem's spirit through the puzzle. They shared a body in the future until Atem won passage into the afterlife.
Then there's a boy who looks like me with bright green hair. He's my stepbrother, Noa.
The rest are from different worlds, even different universes entirely. We have talking ducks, giant robots, horses...almost every type you can think of. And we're all equally trapped in this school with terrible safety standards, but it's not actually the worst place to be.
[ He's found some things he doesn't hate about the place, at least. ]
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Probably for the best if I do, since it... might be a little awkward otherwise? [It's so strange to hear that name again, but distinguishing one from the other via extra names seems the best way to go about it. Even if the appearance is still a bit distressing to her, but she'll manage and figure out how to distance the two in due time. If nothing else, she's extremely adaptable.]
... Interesting that there's another person who looks like someone I'm familiar with. I wonder if there was actual reason for that. [She has. No clue. But winning passage to the afterlife catches her attention very quickly, as well as where Atem's spirit had been.]
He was stuck in that puzzle? Gods, such a thing to have to endure, to be unable to pass... [She's not sure how to feel about that, other than some weird pang of sympathy. Technically she has moved on, either, but that's a whole different affair all together.]
Noa. [A name to remember.]
... Talking ducks? I... shouldn't be surprised and yet I can't quite... see that. [Egypt was weird, but this place is already proving to be way weirder.]
They... can send us back at some point, right? I don't know if being... alive again like this is a great thing.
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[ Because he refuses to say destiny. Destiny doesn't exist. ]
He's fine now. It was a long time, but Yugi was never going to give up until he was restored and freed. But...
[ He take a deep breath. ]
Yugi and I are actually the only ones who are supposed to be alive. Atem passed to the afterlife, and Noa's mind was uploaded to a computer when his body failed. That computer was destroyed in an effort to keep my stepfather from wreaking havoc on the world.
One of my goals here is to find a way to bring them back, if they want to come back. That includes you. The modern world's different, but it's worth seeing.
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Which is exactly why she's lost herself in thought for a few minutes, frowning as her attention returns to the floor once again. Would she really want to do that? The modern world sounded fascinating in a way, but...]
I... appreciate that, but I think I'd be needed elsewhere. [A very specific elsewhere for very particular reasons.]
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[ He tries to sound impassive about it, but he'll still hope to change her mind later. We'll see. ]
But it's been months and the researchers haven't made much visible progress, so you have some time before it gets to that point. And if they ask you to participate in their research, I'd advise against it. Some of the experiments are bearable, but the last one was hell. And they never warn you in advance.
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... Research? [She already doesn't like the sound of that and anything that involves any sort of testing is immediately on her 'do not trust it' list and 'do not remotely go near it' other list. She has her reasons.]
I... think I'll take the advice and stay far away from it, I can't... say that I'm a fan of the term in general.
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[ He's very serious about this. ]
And as an aside...you're worthy of respect. Don't forget that.
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Then they'd be trying to convince the wrong person, there's nothing there that they could offer me. [She had nothing, after all. Other than the clothes on her back.
And... oh. She's taking a deep breath to steady her nerves, that's not something she... really expected to hear.]
Perhaps you're right, but it doesn't help if I don't believe that I do.
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Let me tell you something else about the future: in the future, the spirits and shadow games from your time became legends. Pieces of those legends were turned into a modern game for entertainment called Duel Monsters.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon is one of the most powerful cards in the game, and I hold the only three in existence. With their power, I've become a top ranked duelist, and the my fans recognize it as a symbol of ultimate power.
To have that power of the dragon inside you, your will must be stronger than steel. You're an equal to everyone here, regardless of where any of us came from, so with that core you can go far.
[ He'd raise his voice to anyone else, but here he's doing his best to quietly support. ]
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She's looking away again and taking a few steps down that hallway, mostly to gather herself.]
I can't even control it. The dragon has to be provoked in some way or another to come forth, so how powerful am I really? [It's not a bad point, necessarily.]
I know the power that comes with it, I understand how useful it could be, but as far as I'm concerned, it has done little more than burden me until the end. Only when I died was I able to do something truly meaningful with it.
I can't do that here.
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[ He sighs. ]
My point wasn't that your worth comes from being able to use the dragon form, just that you have a strong spirit. That spirit's always inspired me to do better.
[ That's an unusually honest admission from him. He even looks slightly sheepish, but he's trying here. ]
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Though his point is causing her a moment of pause once more before she's turning on her heel to face him, a brow raised.]
Really? It... seems a little ridiculous, honestly, but... I guess I'm not really living up to that, am I? [No, stop that right now.]
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[ There's so much he wants to say, but he doesn't want to overwhelm her right away. How to say this without revealing too much... ]
There was a time when I felt powerless too. Your image inspired me to endure and overcome, but it took some time.
[ He kind of went to extremes and became a truly heartless power-hungry madman until Atem put him in a coma, but she probably doesn't need to know that. ]
I'm not him, but I'll help you however I can while you're here.
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I'd rather walk and talk, if that's fine with you. And, ah, there's... not much to say about my whole story to begin with. Mostly I was an outcast for my whole life. [Depressing.]
The image of my soul. [She's just quietly making that difference there, her own being is a little strange to be hearing about in that context.] Perhaps I'll... learn a little differently here, where it's a lot safer. At least I won't have to worry about someone trying to kill me for a mistake or being stoned, so I will take the little victories there.
[Seto, please, don't do that shit to her.]
I'd appreciate it? Even by Egypt's standards I... am not too familiar with a lot of social and cultural things, outside of what I managed to observe and get information on on my own. This is obviously... a lot different from that, too.
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[ And he'll do it again. He digs into his bag and pulls out a small notebook, passing it to her. ]
I keep a few of these. They're enchanted similarly to the notice boards in each house's common room, but these are for two way communication. If you want to call me over, just write something and the message will be mirrored in my book.
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She's quietly taking that notebook and raising a brow as she looks it over, it's not too difficult to figure out what the point of this thing is, even if it's in a form she's not familiar with.]
I... see, that's quite convenient. [Magic, she guesses.] Honestly, thank you, you really don't have to... [There she goes again, it's a habit she's going to need to grow out of eventually, but for now it's as natural as anything else.]
Ah, I suppose it's something to know, which of these... houses, I guess, are you in? Just so I have an idea?
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I'm only doing what anyone would do. It's fine.
[ He fluffs out his blue and white robes. ]
And I'm in Purifeul. We're the ones obsessed with facts and figures, and you need to solve an equation to enter our tower---though typically students from other houses meet in common areas like the library.
Where'd they put you?
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Gekronus Maius... I... think that's how you say that? Honestly, I have no idea, other than it already feels as if someone is constantly breathing down the back of my neck. [The sad part is that she's probably not wrong and there would be a whole lot more stress coming her way in the future.
Her life just always works out in the most awful of ways, clearly.]
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[ He snorts. ]
We're supposed to hate each other. House rivalries, but I really don't have time for that nonsense.
But if you think fraternizing with the enemy would make it worse, I can keep my distance.