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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Classes! Because V is attending ALL OF THEM.

[gender_neutral]

Door to V's classroom

Normally V skipped a few classes here and there, because V had classes to TEACH and conflicting schedules were a thing. But for as long as these classes are available, V has posted notice that all classes V teaches are suspended, and has posted an assignment due the week after classes resume. It is a long and dull assignment, requiring the student to attend at least two of these special classes and to write a 40 thousand word paper on ways to combine these kinds of magic....

Making Modification Fantastic
V has no real interest in fashion, but a vested (pun intended) interest in cloth armor that actually helps armor class. Being a clothie with low hit dice and delicate elven constitution, it should surprise no one that this is V's focus. There might also be some interest in how to make plate mail armor be QUIET. For reasons of a dwarven nature.


Advanced Warding
This class on its own promised to be useful and not only was V going to learn everything possible about predictive wards V was also going to try to figure out how to use this to create better buffs.....

Also the creation of magical armor to give a plus against anything. Which could be useful for the Order Of The Stick...

Pocket Summoning
Yes please. All of this. Not only is V going to use this as a jumping off point for later research into how to get them all home, because apparently the team in charge of that is incompetent, but V is also going to combine this with the Modification combined class to research making bags of holding. Which could later be sold at a very high price.... Hammerspace for a fee....

METAMAGIC
Since this has ALWAYS been of interest to V, V will be attending this class attentive, filling up multiple notebooks of notes on how to combine this with the Metamagic feat V took levels back.....

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[gender_neutral]

Yes please. Since V has had issues good and bad with professors in the past... And has some interesting application ideas for combining the combined lessons.

[burningbrighter]

impossibly cool clothes

Now this is a class Sunset can get behind. The garment she chooses to create is a sparkly flowing dress, though she wisely chooses not to wear it while she casts her magic. Unfortunately, the 'flow' spell seems to become a 'swallow' spell, and the billowing sparkly fabric is now attempting to engulf any nearby students. Something this beautiful deserves to be worn!

"Whoa...ah...down! Stop!"

She doesn't know a spell for this one. Whoops.

pocket portal

After that mishap, she decides to try something a little different. A subspace pocket is incredibly useful. She fills hers with reading material (she imagines Twilight would be jealous) and goes on her way.

Unfortunately, one bump into someone and she sways her wand, and out tumble the books. But these aren't just any regular books. The bright colors and cheerful characters on the covers indicate that they're comic books---and fortunately, comic books aren't heavy enough to hurt anyone.

She's really into fairy tales if some of these titles are any indication. Gumdrop Princess. Totally Trolls. Dragon King. Take your pick!

Pocket Portal

[gender_neutral]

V had been working on the lesson as well, and lost the spell when covered suddanly in....

Comic books?

V sat up, careful not to damage the flimsy things and started to look through them under the guise of neatly stacking them, hoping for at least one from home, at least one issue of the Order Of The Stick trade paperback, On sale now TM.

impossibly cool clothes

[woo_oo]

YOINK!

Webby let out a yelp as she was suddenly grabbed by the rampant dress.

"IS THIS BECAUSE I CALLED YOUR MUSIC AWFUL CAUSE I DIDN'T MEAN IIIIT!

[shiningkindness]

Making Modification Fantastic

Fluttershy wasn't really as into fashion as Rarity was, but she did like wearing nice dresses and things. Plus it was just nice to have a spell for clothes, just in case.

Although the outfit that Fluttershy was currently working on seemed a bit too small. Luckily she wasn't the one wearing it, but it didn't look like it would fit her anyway.

Advanced Warding

In theory, the spell itself was relatively simple. In practice...maybe not so much. Still, Fluttershy tried her best, though she wasn't too thrilled with having things thrown at her.

She may be ducking a bit more than she is using her magic, in this case.

Pocket Summoning

Somehow, Fluttershy seemed to get the hang of this spell rather quickly. She seemed rather fond of creating bird seed or other food for animals, and storing it away to feed animals here and there when she could.

So it was no surprise that she soon had a gathering of many animals, all waiting to be fed. Not that she minded that, really.

Modifying a Spell

Headmaster Birony's class seemed liked the perfect thing for a spell that Fluttershy had learned of one day...or rather, discovered, though she wasn't entirely sure how. All she knew was that it could help her Pony Up again, and she was hoping to figure out how to get the hang of it so she could teach it to Sunset. But it was difficult getting the spell just right in order to use it. So finding a way to make the effects last longer would certainly help.

And she was certainly determined to get it to work...maybe a bit too much so.

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[shiningkindness]

Here please. Fluttershy might need someone to help with that last one.

[outofyourshadow]

Making Modification Fantastic

While Lena isn't too into fashion, she would take any spell that meant not having to wear the school robes all the time. But her attempts to make some casual clothes had some...interesting effects.

Mainly, when Lena tried on the hooded sweatershirt she'd made, she suddenly wasn't there anymore.

"...Huh. So that happened," said a voice that came from seemingly nowhere.

Advanced Warding

This was a type of spell that Lena decided could be very useful, especially when it came to defending herself or others. The problem was trying to work it.

"Hey," Lena said to the nearest person. "Wanna practice this with me?"

Pocket Summoning

This was also a spell that could potentially be useful, though more for Lena's benefit than anything. She started simple at first, testing it with water as was suggested in class.

When she tried to open up the pocket dimension again, though....sorry about the wave of water.

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[mithrarin]

Advanced Warding

Recognizing that magical defense was a weak area of his, even with his current work at integrating spellcasting into his attacks, Dust took particular note of the Warding class and put particular effort into it. Maybe too much; the shield that surrounded him occasionally shimmered and certainly distorted the air along the lines of its circumference. Even Dust himself could reach out and poke it, his finger denting against it.

"I'm... not sure I did this right."

Fashion Show

At last, a way to wear his sensible outfit without getting into the hassles of "why are you always wearing that" and "hey wear your House colors" and all that! Within a few minutes, he'd changed his clothing so that it appeared to be white and blue. It looked a little odd on him, given the color of his fur, but who was counting? This was a success!

Looking over the front of his outfit, he didn't notice at all that his cloak was growing quite rapidly, unrolling like a carpet to pile up on the ground.

[bearshermark]

Advanced Warding

The timing was perfect. Tenn had said he wanted a shielding spell on his bracelet, and this new technique would be a dramatic improvement over the general ward he already knew. He hadn't begun the forging process yet, so there was no need to start over. The use of Intimation was so highly inventive in combination with a spell he loved that just the concept of it fascinated him. Not to mention the practical applications, and how pleased Tenn would certainly be if he was able to forge it into his commission.

Needless to say, Eleven took to the lesson with enthusiasm, utterly determined to master it.

He began to chant a prayer, working to thread it through the secondary spell envisioned, then threw his arm high to follow in a sweeping gesture.

"Goddess Raida, prithee, ward thy humble servant from changing ills and bask in thine infinite wisdom."

The air rippled around him, and the warmth spread through his body let him know the spell had succeeded. He grinned at his fellow students.

"I have healing magic," he assured his partner. "But I don't have any reason to doubt that it will work. Use whatever spells or objects you'd like."


Metamagic

Madness aside, the lesson was an outstanding theory with widely useful applications he could understand. The only flaw in which was the fact that Eleven had almost no practice in Modification at all.

He conjured a simple warding spell to start, quite familiar with its duration already to have a rough estimate of how long it held up unimpeded.

"So I just.. try adding to the length of time?"


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[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Pocket Summoning

Now this was an idea he could get behind! Whip up a bunch of stuff and then dump it on the unsuspecting enemy team in bala-inlota? Don't have to give him an hour to think of a few nasty tricks he could pull with it.

Y'know. If he could master it first.

And if he could get his arm out of the pocket dimension he'd gotten it stuck in. Actually, the sight was pretty funny, what with his shoulder seeming to lead right into a black circle! Even Jecht was chuckling, though he was also pretty aggressively trying to yank his arm free. And having no luck.

Advanced Warding

"Hey!"

Yeah. Jecht's pointing at you, and smiling cockily while doing so.

"Gimme your best shot! I wanna see if this works!"

[stillnewatthis]

Fascinating Modification

"Excuse me!"

Orisa had a problem: fashion. Specifically, though her database included raw facts on fashion, her programming had no guidance on assembling those facts in a relevant way. It especially did not include specific notes for a modified OR-15 chassis.

"I need some help, if you would please? I do not know what I should make my outfit look like."

Advanced Warding

"Oh dear."

Orisa was on fire.

This didn't bother her quite as much as it might someone who wasn't covered in armor and inorganic to begin with, but Orisa wasn't exactly thrilled either. She turned in place quickly, trying and failing to reach over herself to extinguish the flames. "Does anyone possess a fire extinguisher? Preferably one rated to handle electrical fires!"

Warding

[bearshermark]

Eleven's brows rise, and he spends a few moments deliberating the best way to test the ward. Lightning seems like a bit much to throw at someone that's trying the spell for the first time.

Instead, he draws his sword from his back and leaps at the man. The Sword of Light swings in a determined arc for Jecht, but at a careful distance so that it might only result in a thin cut across the man's torso if the ward fails.

Warding

[bearshermark]

"Sure."

Quite familiar with both Intimation and the base warding spell they're practicing to combine, Eleven felt well-qualified enough to help.

"The warding spell is pretty basic Thaumaturgy. Probably best to start with the base version first before complicating it. Have you cast one before?"

[darkenedmoon]

Making Modification Fantastic

Looking good? Well, of course that was something Yotsuyu was invested in, even though she was in classes for both of these subjects already. She'd thought that this meant that she'd have no problems combining the two.

The truth was that she was making far more use of Decorum than she was completely comfortable with. How the mighty (or at least, the arrogant) have fallen!


Raise your hand if you're sure!

For her part, Yotsuyu has kept the original spell simple--Fantastics. Something to keep the chime of bells sounding around her person. Normally, it only lasts a few seconds, and is intended to keep another Fantastics effect going. That one, Yotsuyu has not decided, yet. She does not think it's a good idea to go too gung-ho on layering magics until she has the first two performed to her exacting standards, first. She keeps the bell bracelets with her and has the sound the way she desires it, and has used her fan to do the precise mathematics of Modification to prolong it by a factor of 4--Modification is her specialty, after all.

Though she still has her brow furrowed, deep in thought, to proceed with the final flourish. There are just so many options with Fantastics, after all, and while Valhudor students often prefer flash and drama, Yotsuyu has always loved her subtlety...

Making Modification Fantastic

[woo_oo]

Webby looks around, and within seconds is in full Panic Mode.

"Lena? ... LENA? WHERE'D YOU GO?" Without any warning, she's going through desks and closets - look Lena "disappeared" once and Webby was a tad... traumatized by that experience. "LENA!"

Pocket Summoning

[woo_oo]

Webby is impressed... and perhaps a little concerned.

"That's not going to disrupt the ecosystem they came from, right?"

Pocket Summoning

[woo_oo]

Webby was content to merely watch before finally piping up.

"Would you like some help?"

[darkenedmoon]

"Yes. But you needn't attempt a great length to start with. I do not find Modification complicated, but..." Yotsuyu gave a slight shrug at that, and spread her hands. "I practice it a great deal."

Purifeul was her House, after all.

"There should be a few gestures, at least, and you may have to speak the equation in Osmarius as well. But I speculate, as I've little experience with Warding." Proper Warding, that is, Yotsuyu had certainly done some quick and dirty warding with Modification, as it were, in the past.

[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.

Modifying

[areasontohope]

Seeing feathers suddenly floating around made Yuki wonder their source was. One landed in his hair and a few more blew by him. This wasn't half as crazy as the trees, this was definitely something calmer and he kept following the trail, picking up as many feathers as he could along the way.

Following them further, he then saw Fluttershy in a different form with the same colored feathers that he'd collected. Now he held onto them tighter as his eyes widened. How long had she been able to do this?

Looking at her then to the feathers in his hands, he cradled them gently in his hands and offered them to her.

"I guess..these belong to you."

Fascinating Modification

[perfectenn]

Tenn, in a military-inspired version of the Valhudor uniform he was experimenting with, responds promptly and with a gleam in his eyes.

"That depends on what you would like." He says, peering up at her faceplate. "You could start small, you know. Like a hat."

A hat would look cute. But he's not going to say it outright.

[shiningkindness]

"It shouldn't," Fluttershy said, even as some birds ate seeds from her hand. "It's okay to feed them once in a while, as long as they don't get too used to being fed by people. Although I think a lot of animals in cities and towns are fed by people often enough anyway."

[shiningkindness]

Fluttershy had been so deep into her studying that she hadn't heard Yuki approach. So when he spoke, she couldn't help a jump with a startled sound, looking up at him.

"O-Oh...! Sorry..." It still took a moment for her to process what he'd said, even as she glanced at the feathers in his hands. "Oh...yes, those are...mine." She blushed a bit. "It's okay though...they're kind of just...extra feathers."