diatu | Day 1

Day 1

Who: Lea and you. Yes, YOU!
When: The day all the new people arrive, prior to him meeting Xion
Where: Around the Academy
What: Lea is stuck in a new world and generally not a happy camper. Pick your scenario or make one up.
Warnings: Shouldn't be any?
Notes: Lea won't succeed in getting rid of his familiar, here or elsewhere, but have fun watching him try for a bit. X3

Un-familiar

Lea had accepted the box full of stuff that the academy staff had given him reasonably politely; he might not be happy about it, but for the moment at least, he wasn't in a position to refuse their hospitality. They'd given him his dorm assignment and some basic directions on how to get there, as well as a weird magical glass eye that Lea quickly stuck in his pocket after a moment of using it to look at himself; he'd probably find a use for it later, but right now it was super creepy. Not to mention disorienting.

When he picked up his box of stuff and turned to go, though, one of the staff members called out to him. "Wait a moment, Lea," he said. "You're forgetting your familiar."

"My what?", Lea said.

"Your familiar," the man repeated, indicating a rat in a cage that had been sitting on the table. "Your animal companion."

Lea looked at the rat for a moment, then turned his gaze back to the man. "I don't want a pet rat," he said.

"I'm afraid you don't get your choice of familiar," the man said, apparently preparing to launch into an explanation. "Familiars are matched to to their respective wizards through a secret and long standing magical-"

"No, you don't get it," Lea said, interrupting. "It's not that I want a different pet. Or familiar, or whatever you call them. It's that I don't want any pets. You can keep them."

The man looked slightly taken aback. "But it's already been bonded to you, and-"

"Well unbond it and give it to someone else," Lea said, interrupting again. "Maybe someone who actually wants to be here."

By now the small argument may be drawing a bit of attention from those passing by, but Lea didn't much care at the moment. First he gets kidnapped and told he's not only trapped, but will die horribly if he doesn't learn to use their world's magic, then they try to stick him wit a pet he didn't want on top of all the other crap that was going on? No thanks.

Dis-orientation

Lea wandered through the halls of the academy, looking for the Ka dormitory, where he'd apparently been assigned. Despite the basic directions he'd been given, he'd apparently gotten a bit lost, because so far as he knew, he definitely should have been there by now. Maybe he'd made a wrong turn at that last gargoyle or something? "Great," he said sarcastically to no one in particular, readjusting his grip on the box of stuff he'd been given as much as he could; he'd been walking around for awhile now, and it was starting to get heavy, especially with the addition of the rat in a cage on top of everything else. "Just great. Kidnapped, stuck, and now lost; exactly how I felt like spending my day..."

Wild card!

Choose your own scenario!

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To be honest, Fluttershy hadn't meant to eavesdrop, and was just passing by. But picking up on the conversation, she couldn't help commenting.

"Oh, don't say that...the poor little guy. You're going to hurt its feelings."

Edited 2019-03-07 09:15 (UTC)

"Do you need some help?"

Maybe this would have been more reassuring to someone who wasn't hanging upside-down from a window.

"Hey, neat coat! Is that becoming a fashion trend?" Because she could've sworn she'd seen someone else wearing it.

Lea glanced over as the oddly colorful girl addressed him and shrugged as well as he could while holding the box. "Not saying so now won't change the fact that I didn't ask for a pet and don't want one, so it'd find out sooner or later either way," he said. "Besides, I don't think rats really understand English." At least no rat he'd ever seen had been able to.

It probably would be more reassuring, yes, though Lea's not really in a position to be picky. "Yeah," he said. "I'm trying to find the Ka dormitory, but I think I took a wrong turn somewhere."

"And thanks," he said. "It does stand out, doesn't it?" Which was ironic, given how the goal of the Organization had been to remain largely unnoticed. "Far as I know though, it's not becoming a trend, though given the weather around here, I'm probably not the only one wearing a long coat."

"You're in luck! I'm in the Ka dormitory too! I can take you there, if you want!"

With that "settled", she calmly began to climb down. Still upside-down, all the while.

"And I've definitely seen at least one other person wearing one of those. Must help when you're trying to sneak in the shadows!"

"Yeah, I'd appreciate it," Lea said. This kid may be a bit strange, but if she slept there too, it stood to reason she'd know where the dormitory was. "I've been carrying this box all over the school, seems like, and it's starting to get a little heavy."

The more detailed comment about seeing someone else wearing a coat like his got his attention, though. If it wasn't just someone in an unrelated black long coat, that could spell big trouble. "Yeah," he agreed. "Unfortunately, it's not much good for sneaking anywhere else. Anyway, did you happen to see what the other person wearing a coat like mine looked like? I'm wondering if it might be somebody I know from back home." No need to potentially alarm the kid, just in case it turned out to be nothing.

She couldn't help but frown as she walked over to them. "Maybe not the exact words...but rats are very clever, and are smarter than people think they are. And the familiars of this world are even more so."

She held out her hand to the academy staff member, to see if the rat would let her hold him, even as she looked back towards Lea. "And even if it's true, you don't have to be mean about it. It's not his fault any more than it is yours. And besides, being told that you're unwanted would hurt anyone's feelings, don't you think?"

When Kamala makes her own way to the Ka dormitory - the Commandable Cloak under her arm - she's not really paying attention to what she's doing. Instead, she's busy muttering to herself under her breath. "Okay, Kamala, it's not like this weird kind of thing hasn't happened to you before. There's no need to freak out."

The owl fluttering above her head gave a hoot that seemed reassuring enough, and Kamala looked up at it with a small smile, leaving her further distracted - enough so to walk directly into one of her new dormmates.

"Oh! I'm sorry!"

Once on solid ground, and rightside-up, she turned to face Axel, all smiles and sunshine.

"Oh, sure! She's a human-person like you, except a girl with short black hair." She twirled one of her own white locks as an example. "Her name is XIV!"

Human- or at least human-looking- and a number for a name. That sure sounded like someone from the Organization alright. But the description didn't fit any of the members he could recall, even if it did make the nagging feeling that he was forgetting something a bit stronger. Maybe someone from Xehanort's new Organization?

"Doesn't sound like anyone I know," Lea said. "At least not specifically. This XIV hasn't been causing any trouble, has she? Don't wanna wind up with a bad rep just because of my fashion sense."

Edited 2019-03-08 23:29 (UTC)

"Oh, not at all!" Worried that she may have given the wrong impression, she flailed a bit, holding up her hands. "She's a nice girl! She wanted help finding a spell to make people forget her. And when we find it, we're going to have ice cream together."

The staff member obligingly opened the cage and the rat scurried out and into Fluttershy's hands, quite willing to be held. It was mostly gray, with a few white splotches, most notably on its paws and around one ear.

Lea sighed. "Look, it's nothing personal," he said, setting the box down at his feet for the moment. "I'm sure it's a perfectly nice rat and will probably make a great pet for somebody. But so far today I've been magically kidnapped, trapped in another world, and basically told that if I don't learn how to use this world's magic I'll literally die, probably in a very icky way. I don't need a random animal dropped in my lap on top of all that, OK?"

Ice cream now too? The feeling of having forgotten something tugged at him a bit more, but none of the information matched any Organization members that he knew of. He didn't know what any of them would want with a memory-erasing spell at this point; as far as he knew, that ship had already sailed long ago. But then again, Xehanort seemed to love playing the long game... No, it was too soon to tell anything. He'd just have to keep an eye out, and not the glass one either.

"It's OK," Lea said. "I just wanted to make sure. Reason I asked, this outfit is actually kind of a uniform for this group I used to work for back home. A few other people wear similar coats sometimes too, but there are some members of that group who are seriously bad news. Just wanted to be sure this XIV wasn't one of them. But if she's as nice as you say, then I guess she's alright."

"Anyway, lead on, my little feathered friend," he said, indicating with a nod of his head that she should start leading him to the dorm.

Thankfully Lea had set down the box of stuff he'd been carrying. He'd been looking over the apparently unclaimed bunks, trying to decide which he would take when someone walked into him from behind. Startled, he stumbled a bit before getting his footing again and turning the face the dark haird girl who was apparently responsible.

"It's OK," he said. "It's been that kind of day for a lot of people. Least I'm assuming you're like me, and are among the latest batch of magical kidnappees around here."

V would overhear and head over. On V's shoulder was what looked like a robin that someone had pasted cardboard black feathers onto, to make it look more like a raven. It failed, miserably.

"If I might interject, perhaps I can be of some assistance. As a Wizard who has now had two familiars, and until recently utterly ignored my first one, I have learned some difficult lessons the hard way that can perhaps aid you now. Familiars are not a burden or a nameless class feature as they might seem, they are in fact an integral and valued member of the team."

"Aw, V," the familiar started. "That's actually kind of ni..."

V kept talking, as if the bird had not spoken. "No, one should avoid the trap of ignoring one's familiar, for falling into that trap can lead one to dire peril. If I might be so bold, I recommend that you name the familiar at once, if it does not already possess a name of its own, as Willard did when we became bonded. Lo, for you shall see that the benefits are many to you as a wizard, to heed your familiar."

"And it is the right thing to do as an actual person who cares about others," Willard prompted, dryly.

"Ah, yes. That as well."

It was a work in progress.

Actually that was a classroom you just walked into, Lea. And there was a man, possibly taller than you - if one does not count the hair - in there, doing... something... to the desk chairs. He turned when he heard someone coming in, a metal chair leg in his hands.

"Art class is in + 6 hours, you zero. Minus yourself until then. you're subtracting from my arts and crafts time."

The man flexed his hands, drawing attention to the blackness that engulfed one of them ending in a flame like design around his lower arm.

"I KNEW IT!" Webby jumped, bouncy with glee before finally walking on to show him where the dorm was. "I knew you guys had to be some secret spy organization! That's what the spell is for, isn't it? So you can sneak in and out of places, and then make sure no one remembers you!"

She wasn't exactly wrong, but not exactly right either.

She smiled a bit as she held the rat, gently petting it before reaching into her bag and pulling out some bits of bread to see if it was hungry. Then she glanced back at Lea again.

"Well, I can understand all that. A lot of us were taken from our own worlds and brought here and told we had to learn this world's magic. But...it's because of all that that I think it's nice to have a friend to help you get through it, isn't it?"

[It's the voice that catches Sora's attention, even before he fully spots Lea-- it's hard not to recognize it, of course, and he blinks with surprise as he walks a few paces closer.]

Ax-- uh, Lea?

[Nice (and unexpected) as it is to see anyone he's familiar with, Sora's surprise comes with the small hope that maybe this means there's actually a Super Secret Reason why they've both been sent here; like it's part of some extended training, or a mission of some kind..? He can't help casually glancing around Lea a bit in hopes that Kairi's with him, even if he knows full well it's likely not the case.

Still, he doesn't exactly want to seem like he's not glad to see Lea himself, so he shakes the sentiment off and laces his hands behind his head, grinning at him.]

Hey, aren't you a little old to be in school?

The rat seemed to enjoy the petting, then nibbled on the offered bread a bit. It's obviously not super hungry, but like most animals, it's not gonna refuse free food.

"A friend, yeah," Lea said. "But I've never seen this rat before in my life, so that doesn't really apply to it, whatever magical tweaking's been done. Besides, it's still a rat; I don't see how a rat- no matter how smart it is- is gonna be much help when it comes to doing what I have to do around here."

Spies? Sure, he could go with that. The whole truth was way too complicated to go into at the moment anyway.

Lea shrugged as well as he could while holding the box, following the young girl down the hall. "No idea, honestly," he said. "I left them awhile back, after they asked me to do one too many icky jobs for them; don't know what they're up to now, assuming this XIV is even part of that group. I just hang onto the outfit because it helps me stand out in a crowd."

"But if you happen to see anybody dressed like me who are guys with gold eyes and silver hair or prominent scars on their face? You come let me know, alright?" That covered all the members of the new Organization that they knew about for sure, or at least all the ones who'd be wearing Black Coats.

Edited 2019-03-09 21:33 (UTC)

Lea quirked an eyebrow at the girl's style of speaking, and the longer the speech went on, the further up that eyebrow went. Because, wow, this girl was worse than Ienzo when it came to using far more words than needed to explain a point. When it finally seemed that she- and Willard, the talking bird- were done, he gave an annoyed sigh, setting the box of stuff down at his feet.

"Well that'd be great," Lea said, "except I'm not a wizard, and I've got no ambitions to be a wizard. I'm here because I was magically kidnapped, dragged across time and space by the seat of my metaphorical pants, and trapped in another world where I've been told that if I don't learn how to use at least a little of their world's magic I'll actually die, probably in a very icky way. The last thing I need is to have a random animal dumped in my lap too on top of all that."

Lea quirked an eyebrow, as much at the weird design on the man's hand as at what he was doing with the chairs. "Gonna be even longer for me, since I didn't sign up for art class," he said. Or any other classes other than those required by the dorm he'd been placed in really. "What's this supposed to be, some kind of expressionist thing about the evils of the furniture industry or something?"

[Lea looks up at the sound of the voice, breaking into a grin when he sees Sora.]

Sora! Man, it's good to see a familiar face!

{Lea sets the box down at his feet to more easily talk to his friend.]

That's what I said, but that doesn't seem to matter to the people who decided to basically kidnap us all. Besides, I'm told if I don't learn to use at least a bit of magic here, the results could get pretty icky eventually.

Edited 2019-03-09 22:09 (UTC)

"Actually he's dropped in your hands..." Willard began. V gave him a glance and he shut up.

"None of us chose to be here, I would have thought that my appearance alone would have made it abundantly clear that I am not a native to this land, that I, like you are among the sundered. I have crucial business back on my plane that requires a primary spellcaster. However, while we are here, to fail to avail ourselves of the opportunity to learn all of the arcane arts that we can. Further, when I or someone else manages to learn the way to return us to our respective proper places and times, should that be an issue. If the gods are kind, and past experience has made that a dubious comfort at best, then time is not an issue. If it is then the spells required to restore us to our homes will be exponentially more difficult The short version of the situation is that until we are able to return home, we have no reason to resist the opportunities presented to us. We can learn these skills and take these levels home with us when we return. Think of them as a prestige class if that will make it easier for you to comprehend. As you are not a wizard, you will likely not be of aid in the spells we are researching to return us from whence we came, therefore, you have little to do BUT learn, which I admit is a rather enviable position. Take advantage of the rapid XP gain this place offers."

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