October Event Log

[magicademymods]

October Event Log Fall Cleaning Suddenly and without warning, the lighting in or near every building on campus goes red. A second later, a deep alarm rises in volume as the buildings begin to shake. The faculty barely bat an eye as they direct students to get outside quickly. "Fall cleaning," they explain wearily to those students who have never experienced this phenomenon. Older students offer their own explanation as they move: at some point every fall the buildings of the Magicademy rearrange themselves so the cleaning golems can repair their foundations, tend to the ground around them, keep them from sinking into the caverns, that sort of thing. Totally harmless. Well, until you realize no one knows where your House tower went. Or till you need to get to class promptly except Kedrigan Hall is in the middle of a lake somehow. Or till the Library of Starchime is down in the middle of the lab caverns and you have to try to study while students practice magic in the aisles. But it's okay! This will only last for a couple of days! You can get by, right? The Bonfire To say goodbye to the warmth and hello to the frost, the Magicademy celebrates the changing of seasons with a great bonfire. A massive conglomeration of burning wood sends flame licking up some sixty feet into the air, and the warmth pouring from the huge fire wards off any hint of cold from those nearby. By tradition, the bonfire burns till morning, and many students have bedrolls or tents or even straight-out beds parked nearby so they can take their spot in keeping it lit. Others have brought food and drink, enough to selflessly share with everyone. The whole things is one big party, really; House rivalries and personal animosities and music duels are all set aside for a night as the campus unites in solidarity. It's one of the nicer times you could ask for. This Is Halloween Bad news. Terrible news. The worst news imaginable. Headmaster Birony has found out about Halloween. Diatu Magicademy is nothing but orange and black now. Carved pumpkins wander the campus and aggressively pose for anyone who glances their way (or doesn't...). Spiderwebs litter every hallways and passage, complete with spiders that patiently move their webs out of the way and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience with a sort of weariness that says they know exactly who to blame for this. A twelve-foot-high menorah sits in the Great Hall, leading some to suspect that the Headmaster's Intimations to learn more about the holiday did not produce universally-accurate results. Headmaster Birony herself patrols the grounds like a madwoman, slinging extra spookiness wherever she passes and occasionally Discovering costumes straight onto the innocent students she passes. "Spirit of the season!" she yells before fleeing, candy and toilet paper left behind in her path. If by this point you are questioning whether the Headmaster ever does actual work, rest assured you're not the first, nor will you be the last, to wonder that. Research on the SUNDERDOG! (Sunderdog!) SUNDERDOG! (Sunderdog!) This month's assignment, for those willing to undertake it: actually nothing disastrous! Instead, the researchers ask that you compare your world to another Sundered student's, then report back to them on the differences and similarities. They're most interested in magic styles, but anything you give them will have value!

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[darkenedmoon]

"And what of it?" Yotsuyu shook her head. "I cannot think of anything I need, and if I cannot, I should not think you would come up with something." Especially since she wasn't certain that he could make assumptions about what she needed.

Save for perhaps the boots, which he'd already discarded as a bad idea.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

At that, a slow and mischievous smile spread on Jecht's face.

"Oh yeah? That sounds like a challenge."

[darkenedmoon]

"It is not. This, I promise you." Yotsuyu frowned at that. "We are friends, but you owe me little, if nothing. You are certainly not beholden to me at all!"

She shook her head. This was difficult at best. Yotsuyu hardly wanted to discard their friendship--not at all! But accepting gifts was difficult at best.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Jecht's smile vanished as his eyebrows lowered slightly. Not mad, but actually serious for a change. "Hey, hey, Tsu, you got it all wrong. It ain't owing, it ain't 'beholden'. It's 'cuz I wanna make a friend smile."

[darkenedmoon]

"Have you no other friends to make smile?" Yotsuyu did not think that she was so bereft that she needed it, after all. Surely there was someone who could use such a thing more than she.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Eh, maybe, but you're my best and you're not used to having friends, so you're top of the list."

Jecht said this so matter-of-factly, if a little puzzled that she didn't know that.

[darkenedmoon]

"Your best?" Yotsuyu snorted at that, just a bit. A part of her wanted to raise its arrogant head and say of course she was the best, but she suspected that was not what Jecht had meant.

"'Tis true I am not used to having friends, but I do not see why that means that you must go out of your way."

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"It ain't going out of my way, it comes with the territory," Jecht countered.

[darkenedmoon]

"I simply do not understand, then, I suppose. It certainly seems to me as if you're going out of your way. I do not need anything..." She shook her head at that.

"I suppose I do not know what to tell you."

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"You wait and see." Oh, he was gonna show her! He even had a particularly wicked grin, already prepared.

[darkenedmoon]

"That only concerns me, you know," Yotsuyu said with a frown. "I find more comfort in that statement coming from you regarding bala-inlota." Because usually that meant that whatever chaos he was fomenting was directed at someone else...

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Well, uh, maybe what I have in mind is bala-inlota-related! You ever think of that?" Considering he himself had obviously just thought of it, why would she have?

[darkenedmoon]

"I like to think I know you better than that. I already come to your games. Why would it be so?" She rolled her eyes a bit at that. "Whatever you have in mind is not necessary."

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Nope. It's not necessary at all," Jecht said, utterly truthful but still with that wicked air about him.

[darkenedmoon]

"Then do not!" Yotsuyu snarled softly. "I do not understand why you are friends with me anyway, or even like me. I have treated you poorly in the past." Not so much now, surely, but.

She made a noise of frustration and said no more for the moment.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

The Jecht facepalm was more striking his forehead with the heel of his hand.

"Tsu, you made one understandable mistake and apologized. Water under the bridge. Forget it. It's gone."