September Event Log

[magicademymods]

September Event Log The Magicademy has a special treat for students this week: Combined Classes. The Curriculum-by-Curriculum education of the Magicademy lends itself to viewing each Curriculum on its own, not part of the greater whole that is magic. So in lieu of normal lessons this week, Professors are joint-teaching classes to show you what you can do by merging magic together. Profs. Porfsin & Kith: Making Modification Fantastic If Diatu students love anything, it's expressing their individuality by wearing unique clothing, particular ones similar to home in the case of the Sundered. Working together, the good Professors will teach you a basic and beloved trick of wizards everywhere: combining Modification and Fantastics to make a spell that provides you with clothes that are outstandingly fashionable and flamboyant on the outside, but fit perfectly and comfortably despite their flair. At last, the secret of how wizards can swoop around in dramatic capes and flowing robes without constantly tripping! Of course, the potential for mayhem is pretty high in practice. Shrinking clothes, accidentally creating a scarf 250 feet long... Professor Trammel has loaned them his familiar, a top hat named Decorum, so it is on hand to quickly deploy wide black censor bars in the event a mishap leaves you perhaps offering more in the way of an Anatomy of the Sundered class than you might expect. But if you work hard and give it your all, you might come out of this looking good indeed! Profs. Loshakle & Mala: Advanced Warding A lesson Professor Loshakle hammers home in his classes: the more broad the spell, the weaker its effect. A ward against fire specifically will repel so much more fire than a general ward, but of course the fire ward is entirely worthless against lightning. Today, these two Professors show one way to get the best of both world: a Predictive Ward. The theory is simple: Suspend an Intimation effect within the ward's construction, then make the ward manifold-responsive -- or in other terms, capable of shifting its focus from one danger to another. The Intimation spell predicts the damage and preemptively shifts the ward to full effect. Simple! Enjoy testing them. Since it involves hurling some things at each other. What better way to test a ward than practically? Profs. Trammel & King: Pocket Summoning One of the problems inherent to Discovery is the danger involved in creation. For example, if you desire a large quantity of water for whatever reason, you need to create it all at once -- you can't create it ahead of time without a way to transport it, for example. Sundering offers an intriguing possibility that actually is much safer than most of its uses: opening a portal into a small pocket dimension, where you can Discover and store whatever you might need, and release it later in small doses or full-tilt. Now, mess up the Sundering spell and you could end up discharging a large volume of water or stone or pudding out of midair at a terribly inopportune time. But don't worry! Several groundskeeping golems are on-hand to help with the inevitable messes. Also Professor Trammel knows how to clean clothing. You might need that help. Headmaster Camillah Birony: ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ATTEND THIS CLASS This opportunity is unique. For all her flaws, Headmaster Birony is unquestionably a master wizard, who has developed an entire branch of magic hereto undiscovered by wizardkind. The art of working magic on magic, or as she calls it, "Metamagic". "And it will be the third Metacurriculum! Wizardkind everywhere will develop and master these powers that I have paved the way for! AND THEY CALLED ME MAD!" she yells to the sky, before flinging her hands wide and laughing maniacally. So! You get to start very basic: Modifying a spell to last longer. Pick your favorite spell, any spell, and cast it. While its magical energies still exist in the pattern your will has imposed on them, Modify them. A simple equation. Add 1 to them. Multiply them by 2. Whatever works for you. You don't get much more instruction than that, says the Headmaster, because you have to figure out how to make it work for yourself. More than most magic, this depends entirely on your will and your determination. Everything else is just trappings -- take what you want from the foci of Modification, that will help, but find your own path forward. And unlike every other lesson, this one is utterly safe. At the first sign of a spell getting out of control or going haywire, Headmaster Birony squelches it like a bug beneath her heel. Not even literally, for a pleasant change!

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[fatedsacrifice]

Leaves, they are a changin' -

The Academy was always interesting and even more so now that the leaves were turning colors. He'd had to watch out for the trees that almost toasted him with flames, and really his hair was dark enough already so it didn't need help. The king had even plucked a leaf off of a tree and it turned into a dragonfly which had startled him quite a bit. So that never happened again.

Then there was the time Noctis was sitting trying to read and he got up and moved out of the way of a walking hulking tree so that he didn't get crunched. He'd already avoided the dropping huge leaves trees and it didn't seem to safe to be outside anymore. But he'd seen some kids playing in the leaves like it was no big deal.

So he shook his head and folded his arms over his chest.

"This place sure never seems to have a dull moment, does it?"

And I ran..(from a flock of eagulls)

The eagulls were just huge. He'd seen birds that resembled these in Galdin Quay and then there was that giant Zu that one time while trying to get stuff for Dino. Ya that hadn't been fun. So Noctis was really trying to get the hang of avoiding these things because he didn't want to kill them unless he had to.

He didn't refrain from using Warp Strike a time or two to chase them or get away from them though. Still, the birds were getting his attempt at recreating the Magic Flask for Elemancy mixed up with eggs he supposed. Noct would be working on finding out how to turn the spells he did know into elemental ones, now that he was working with Professor Drom. Now just to be able to do the things and avoid the birds.

"This was a lot easier back home."

Fire imps from metamagic

Noctis is at it again with the elements. This has to do with fire and using his sword, he's able to keep it burning longer than a few seconds. But then it seemed the fire turned into red implings on fire, so he knew he was doing it wrong.

He figured it was in the pronunciation, but the king couldn't seem to get the inflections correct. And while he was reviewing it, the implings began to dance so it wasn't out of control. He just had to go back and recast it.

metamagic

[burningbrighter]

Sunset has tried to practice something similar in her spare time, so she finds herself making her way over. She's curious about the implings.

"They're cute. Are you trying to put on a show?"

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis is flipping through a book..and realized that he misprononunced the second to last word. Well it ranked up there with not being able to pronounce LunaFreya's name as a kid, the Fodina Caestino place or that one spell with the mouse that turned him into a toad.

Good thing that didn't happen again, but..

Looking over he saw someone that he'd never spoken to before. Closing the book shut, the king shook his head.

"Ya..not..really." This was accompanied with his head going back into his hair.

[burningbrighter]

"Then they're unwelcome guests." Sunset nods knowingly. "Want some help with them?"

[fatedsacrifice]

He wasn't trying to kill them, which is why they were still there. Nodding at Sunset, Noctis looked back at the fire implings.

"Sure, just trying not to hurt 'em." And with everything he had on him, banishing or making things disappear wasn't anything he was ready for.

And I ran...

[darkenedmoon]

Yotsuyu did not have any magickal strikes. All she had was her katana--and a new outfit that wasn't her usual kimono or robes. Instead, it was a set of pants and a smaller sort of robe that fell to her thighs, but gave her room to move. (Thank you, Professors Porsfin and Kith. Modifcation really could be Fantastic!)

Which helped when one of the eagulls did its level best to snap at her. It was only the fact that she was graceful that kept her from getting a vicious beaking to her other arm. It was fairly clear that when it came to the blade--she had a lot to learn.

However, she drew her fan from her other sleeve, and started to mutter to herself, using it to draw geometric equations in the air. She beckoned Noct over with a nod, and let the shield spring up around her.

"I cannot say I am certain as to what you are doing, good ser, but I can at least give you a hand, mayhap? 'Tis been a while." She chuckled a bit at that, though really, by her tone, she was glad to see him, at the very least.

[fatedsacrifice]

Yotsuyu's gesture reminded him of Ignis with his ability to get all the guys to go to him. "Glad to see I'm not the only one they're after." Noctis said, keeping his back to hers because old habits crept up on him at the oddest times.

He grinned when she chuckled, grateful for her help and her company. "I appreciate the help." Her words reminded him of the night they met near that one daemon. She'd seemed to be intentionally trying to piss it off and he didn't know what Yotsuyu was doing.

Noct was prepared in case the shield fell, and his father's sword was at the ready. He'd learned back home that shields and walls had their limits.

[darkenedmoon]

"Oh, well, I could hardly leave you to your lonesome now, could I?" Perhaps at one point, Yotsuyu could have, but not nowadays. Pity he couldn't see her smile when he thanked her.

"You are welcome." Being defiant. It was one of her more charming qualities. Or so she'd say. Whether anyone else believed that might be a sticking point, however.

"Might we want to make a tactical retreat, or do you have a reason to be battling these feathered monstrosities?" Noctis might, after all. She'd seen reward posters for fighting eagulls in town, after all. She preferred to teach instead of hunt things, but truly, to each their own.

[fatedsacrifice]

"Well..you could." Noctis observed, knowing that she didn't owe him anything. They'd only met once and that didn't constitute her being bound to him.

He smiled though when he heard Yotsuyu say that he was welcome. And as he kept his eyes focused in front of him (As Prompto had said many times - eyes peeled, mouth closed) the king nodded.

"Don't really have any reason to keep fighting these guys." He'd seen the wanted posters and for nostalgia's sake he'd thought about hunting some down for a reward but he was already working so he didn't need the currency.

[darkenedmoon]

"But whyever would I?" Yotsuyu chuckled at that. "What does it cost me?" Nothing, nowadays. She gave a look to the circling eagulls.

"I do not suppose you know a touch of Discovery? I imagine a bit of food as a distraction might dissuade them from harrying us. I would do it myself, but likely the shield would drop, and I doubt that would be a happy occasion for either of us."

Considering Yotsuyu was gainfully employed, she certainly didn't need to hunt eagulls, either. Punishing a few for being a nuisance was one thing, but hunting them? Well, she felt as if that might be a tad below her.

[fatedsacrifice]

Behind her, Yotsuyu got an answering grin though she couldn't see it. "Nothing I guess."

Noctis continued to watch the circling the eagulls and nodded at the suggestion. "Ya..guess I hadn't thought of that." He slightly laughed at what she said about the happy occasion but then thought. Hurriedly he called to mind a spell in case she couldn't maintain the shield.

Feeling like he was back home going through his roster of weapons, finally he produced a bunch of bread and stared at the hungry birds.

"Alright, ready when you are."

[darkenedmoon]

"Very good. In three, then, shall we say? Three...two...one!"

As promised, Yotsuyu dropped the shields, lashing out briefly with her katana to drive off a diving and eager bird. She grabbed Noctis' arm and tugged him lightly along--careful not to foul his aim, be it with a weapon or the diversion they'd decided upon, either!

So long as Noctis scattered the bread, the birds would occupy themselves with it. Though Yotsuyu refused to stop until she'd given them a wide berth and hidden behind a building. She was slightly out of breath, but still laughing. What a chaotic place the Academy was!

leaves, they are a changin!

[treno_nobleman]

The leaves were not the only thing caught in flame, though the ones at the tips of Kuja's now red hair and tail were completely harmless. He may as well have created the aesthetic himself, if not for that he thought he looked better in Trance without it. It was only too bad that he hadn't created any of it on his own, not knowingly anyway.

He settled one hand on his hip as he approached, watching one of the trees walking along in the distance as if it had somewhere better to be and no hurry to get there.

"Hardly. Given time enough, I expect the weather to come from the very ground itself."

Would that be called rainfall then? He thought not.

[fatedsacrifice]

Blue eyes looked over at Kuja and he wasn't sure what to make of the hair and tail. Noctis hadn't seen that type of look on the other since..that last time they were in that strange world.

What was with the hand on the hip? Well it didn't really matter he supposed. But whenever Kuja was around there weren't dull moments either, even if it was only in the form of a snarky comment or sarcastic one, like now. So the king shook his head, not saying how pleased he was the other man was here.

"Don't know that you should give it any ideas."

[treno_nobleman]

Had he been in true Trance, it wouldn't have been unusual, but this lingered and intensified the longer he stayed in the air. He couldn't help but wonder if it would persist now for the rest of his time in this world, given nothing he had tried would remove it. His gaze caught Noctis's, saw what it was the man saw, and looked away, tail tip twitching again. He wasn't overly fond of this look, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"I hardly need to try, but we'll see what comes of this. As long as they keep their distance, we won't need to create more kindling." He hummed and looked up to the skies, at the clouds that drifted lazily by. "It might not be a bad consideration, given how the weather should shift in a few months. We may yet be seeing fall sooner than later."

[fatedsacrifice]

He couldn't help but laugh at Kuja's comment of 'I hardly need to try'. For some reason and knowing what he knew, that was just hilarious in its own way. Secretly though Noctis was pleased to hear the word 'we'. That was a new thing, but he wasn't going to point it out because if this guy was like Ignis, he'd be more careful in what he said.

At the part about fall and the weather shifting though, the king looked up. "Oh right didn't you want rain or storm clouds awhile back?" This was an echo back to the night everyone wasn't sleeping and seeing visions of enemies that were happening around.

[treno_nobleman]

The laugh caught his glance again, not sure what he had done to earn it. He must have been more amusing to the man than Noctis would say, or Noctis's world had been far more boring than Gaia on the worst of days if he could make the king chuckle as much as he had been. Now that he thought about it, Noctis laughed around him more than anyone. Strange.

He shut the thought aside and turned back to the sky, watching the clouds again. "To fit the mood, yes. I would appreciate a bit of unfortunate weather right now, in fact, if it wouldn't concern me what it would do to my hair."

The trees could go and walk themselves to death for all he cared. It wasn't unheard of that the local plant life could and would get up and animate itself as it saw fit, some species. But Kuja had spent time and effort on his aesthetic, and if dousing the flame that had become part of his locks would spoil that, he would be quite cross.

[fatedsacrifice]

At the hair comment, Noctis turned away and tried coughing. Tried. And failed. He couldn't help it, but the laughter felt just so damn good. He tried not to look back at Kuja but this was just way too much.

After a few minutes he was holding his stomach from laughing so damn hard and sat his back against a tree which fortunately was a real tree. This was too much.

In between fits of laughter, the king managed to get a few words out. "Wouldn't..want to ruin..that pretty hair."

Noct figured he was going to get huffed at or talked down to or worse, but this was just too priceless.

[treno_nobleman]

Oh, the man had figured right. He liked his condition with the addition of the blazing red and flames to adorn them little and liked being made fun of for it even less, especially with as much effort as he put into his appearance on a regular basis. Yet another reminder that as much as he put toward a single goal could all be taken down within an instant by the whims of something out of his control, and he did not like being out of control.

The glare Kuja turned on Noctis then fit a fine contrast to the flame in his hair, tail lashing behind him in irritation as if the hand on his hip and look didn't speak of his shift in mood loudly enough. "Something funny about this, is there?"

[nomoremistergneissguy]

"Seems that way, doesn't it?" Have Cliff flat on his back in a pile of miniature leaves--there's a lot of them scattered about, and there's a tree that seems to be enjoying itself, casting more over the young man's prone form. It just makes him even more amused, and he lets out a laugh as some of the leaves fall on his face. He shakes them off eventually, though, and sits up.

"Could be worse...not that I can really think of how at the moment. Though if you avoid the flaming trees, it's mostly okay, I guess?"

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis half laughed at the tree over Cliff's arm that seemed to be having a good time because it reminded him of a cat trying to be fierce. "Not sure the guys back home would believe me if I told them about this place." And while he'd have to wait to tell the guys until they passed back home, it was his own way of still being there with them.

The dark head shook about flaming trees. "Guess even the trees have their own problems too."

[nomoremistergneissguy]

"Oh, I'm sure my siblings would write me off as having lost my mind," Cliff admitted with another laugh. He was pretty sure Katya would want to believe him, but his elder sibs? Not at all. Even his parents might have a difficult time!

"Yeah, but they seem to be combusting but not actually burning, some of them?" he said. "My sister Ellyn would have a field day trying to figure out why that was. She's a pyromancer, like my dad is."

[fatedsacrifice]

"Crazy's not so bad once you get used to it." This came with a shake of the dark head and a smile. He could only imagine everyone's friends or family wouldn't ever believe a single story about this place.


Looking out at one of the flaming trees now, Noctis smirked. "Problem is, you get that close you're gonna get burned." So says the guy who just warp strikes into battle without his friends.

[nomoremistergneissguy]

"Oh yeah?" Cliff looked over at the king, then, brows arching. He sounded like he knew! "Speaking from experience? Regarding the crazy, I mean.

At his warning about getting burnt, he threw back his head and laughed. "Oh no, I haven't lived with a pair of pyromancers for the past seventeen years without learning to get used to the flames--or evading them altogether! I still am not sure I'd wanna go tempt fate anyway, though."

He could always just encase himself in earth as armor, after all. Plenty of times he'd fought fires that way, in the past.

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis could definitely tell Cliff stories of chocobos, cactuars, god, evil empires, magic and citadels. But he shook his dark head. "This place alone is more crazy than anything I can say about back home." And to him this was true.

Flames and fate brought Ignis to mind and the king nodded. He could understand about all of that. He himself could wield fire, well back home he could. Fire and elemancy was a work in progress here.

"Tempting fate's not a good idea." Especially if your fate was to save the world.