March Event and Intro Log

[magicademymods]

March Event and Intro Log Golem On The Loose The rain never stops. Water and mud track all over campus. Diligent cleaning golems stomp about, mopping and scrubbing and polishing and then going back to do it all over again, and again, and again... One of them seems to have had it. The renegade golem bursts into Kedrigan Hall -- interrupting classes and disrupting labwork to furiously seize students and scrub every last scrap of mud and dirt off of them. All the halls have been locked off with "Under Cleaning" signs, and anyone who enters them meets with the golem's wrath, as it violently plays a pre-recorded message about not interfering with groundskeeping and deploys a giant claw-like tool to grab the interloper and put them back on unforbidden ground. The professors, who are after all completely immune to the golem's attention by its very design, seem to think this is a good learning opportunity for students. Is it? Horrible Spell Doom? "Are you sure you're ready for the test on Advanced Gaseous Discovery?" one upperclassman asks the other. "Of course I'm sure," the second says confidently. Whipping out a wand from a holster on her belt, she sweeps her wand through the air gracefully, pronouncing several Osmarian sigils as she draws them. Probably. "See, that's a blue cloud--" Said blue cloud, which puffs into being as the last syllable left her lips, abruptly doubls in size. Then it doubles in size again. And again. The upperclassmen, who have been in Diatu for several years and know exactly what this sort of thing means, don't hesitate. Not even stopping to share a glance between them, they run like crazy, leaving the growing cloud behind just as classes let out and students begin to enter the halls. But... surely it doesn't have any weird and wacky side effects, right? The Bala-inlota Parade (aka The Non-Horrible Prompt) To celebrate the start of the Bala-inlota season, Anastara spares no expense. The great parade and associated festival stretches the whole weekend, and the whole city puts on their colors and turns out for the fun. Enterprising vendors sell food, drinks, and souvenirs ranging from small and crude figurines to magical constructs that shine field displays onto flat surfaces so you can watch the action up-close! (Good luck affording that, students.) Practically any sort of entertainment you could want appears on the streets and canals of Anastara, and food and drink flow freely. Research On the Sundered With the arrival of the Sundered come those wizards engaged in research on their presence here, now set to investigate what brought them here and how to get them home. All newly-arrived Sundered students are asked to meet with representatives of the research team, to introduce themselves and relate what they will of their homes. In addition, the team requests samples of blood, hair, and skin -- carefully magically collected, and the researchers will sign in the presence of the Sundered a Glyphed contract that forbids them from using the samples for a purpose they know will be harmful. (They quite understand your reasons to be suspicious of this collection! And they will not compel anyone who refuses even given these conditions.) This month, the team has developed a Sundering spell that they warn is crude and unpolished, because the Curriculum is so unpracticed. They hope it will connect to your home worlds and establish a magical link they can build off of to open further passages. No promises! And to those who do undergo this spellwork... it has a certain side effect of confusion, as brief images from your home world flicker across your vision for a few hours afterwards. Wonders Await Diatu Magicademy is open to you in all its glory. Have fun!

A Special Note

If you thread out one or more scenes based on the confusion from "Research on the Sundered", respond to the comment on this post with a link to that thread. The results of this will be revealed next month! (It is, we're afraid, not a regain, lest your participation be based solely on that hope!)

Comments

[woo_oo]

[She holds up a palm, stop right there!]

I'll be paying this time, a friend for a friend!

[darkenedmoon]

Yes. I at least would keep guard over this thing until an authority figure of some sort arrives.

[Not that Yotsuyu is particularly thrilled to do so; she has other things to do, but she does take her responsibility as a student teacher with some seriousness. Even if others do not.]

I would not like it to get loose and go on yet another rampage, until we can figure out why it has done so.

[woo_oo]

[Once there, Webby slides off, and then turns around to give the whale a grateful pat.]

Thank you, Ballet!

[woo_oo]

Oh, that's right! Isn't there some kinda big sports festival going on? That's why there's so much food!

I've been able to eat all kinds of stuff I've never tried before!

[darkenedmoon]

All right, all right, so be it! I suppose I did buy you daifuku, you may return the favor.

[She inclines her head graciously. She'll allow it.]

[bluebloodyblazes]

"I think they need to stop using us like fuckin' Guinea-pigs!" He pins the nearest Wizard with a glare of contempt, a low rumble in his chest working its way up.

"Shit, let's get you somewhere better than this. Where's your dorm?" He doesn't think too much before hauling Yugi up in his own arms, bridal style.

[unswervingcompanion]

Being a knight and wanting to keep himself in shape was important to Hendrik. He planned to see if he could figure out how to play the game eventually and maybe play sometime, though it couldn't take away from his studies or keeping an eye on the Luminary.

But her description of a horse bird made him think of Obsidian, just with wings at first.

"A giant bird, that must be fascinating."

Parade - Long time no see! OTL

[bluebloodyblazes]

One of those people pushed in her direction happens to be someone familiar, even though they haven't seen each other for a while.

"Hey, watch it, asshole!" Rin just manages to stop himself from colliding with her with a great deal of stubbornness.

"Man, Sorry abou- Oh, Hey, Yotsuyu," He smiles sheepishly, but not before turning around and flipping off the crowd in general.

[darkenedmoon]

Well, that was indeed a face she hadn't seen in a while. Yotsuyu arched a brow at him, a low chuckle escaping her briefly. Especially after he makes a rude gesture at the crowd.

"I cannot imagine that schoolwork has occupied your time, you horrible young man," she said. But she is smiling as she says that. "Where have you been hiding, then? I am not surprised, either, that this has brought you out of cover, either. This seems more up your alley, whilst I am a duck out of water here."

She'd hidden out here to both escape the press of the crowd, and the fact that they seemed to think she was a fan of a team she'd never even heard of, and could care less about. Of course.

[talkyourwayout]

Louie blinked once, then shrugged off his confusion and uncertainty, waiting until business died out enough that he could bring himself to walk away. He jotted down a note that he'd be back later, desperately hoped no one would think to investigate the bottles of "polish" while he was gone, and finally, turned to Lena.

"So...?"

[talkyourwayout]

[Oh. Well, that kind of backfired. Louie manages not to look alarmed, but he does fidget a bit.]

She didn't... And you might not want to go looking for it. It's definitely off-limits to students.

[talkyourwayout]

Louie nodded, skidding to a stop once they were beyond the apparently off-limits hallway.

"Hopefully. That would keep it down long enough for someone who's been at this magic stuff longer to come around and fix it." He paused, then added, "If they feel like it, since apparently the teachers didn't."

[bluebloodyblazes]

"I think I just got... Really lost? There was a really big library and, Well I think I lost a couple of weeks possibly and maybe got cursed." But that's neither here nor there.

"And this is for a Game, right? 'Course I'm here," he grins. "I'm not great at school stuff, but Sports I can do," he takes a casual lean against the wall next to the woman.

"If I make it in, you're gonna cheer for me, right?" He teases, tail flicking in amusement.

[talkyourwayout]

Sure thing, and yeah, a lot of weird stuff happened to people last time they did this.

[He shrugs it off, though. It had been harmless, ultimately, last time, and he figures that's true now, too.

Also, duckling? Duckling? Webby, why?]

I'm Louie. [The last time he protested being seen as a little thing, he wound up overreacting, so he focuses on the fact that this guy knows Webby. And at least Cliff didn't outright call him cute.] You met Webs? I bet that was interesting. She's cool, though.

[woo_oo]

"Yeah, I wonder what that's all about?"

Being Webby, she jumped to the first conclusion she came to. "Oooh, maybe it's some hidden training technique, and this is all one big test!"

[talkyourwayout]

[It's delightful. Just delightful.]

I guess that's our best choice. I mean, trying to do some kind of counter-spell might end up making things worse, you know?

[talkyourwayout]

Nah, I don't mind. Um...

[He's not bad at small talk, but being put on the spot always makes it a little tricky. Still, he doesn't want to waste time thinking of what to say, so he'll start with something tried and true.]

You know, I'd say I'm glad we're done with the snow, but I'm not entirely sure the rain is any better.

[talkyourwayout]

Louie shrugged and tried to hide his smile by looking down. Webby's weirdness had always made her cool, in her own way, and he'd enjoyed any time they'd spent one-on-one back home. With more of that here, he'd expected she'd wind up being more annoying than cool, but - he liked the way she got so excited, and said strange things.

"Maybe? I think they just don't care, though."

[woo_oo]

"Don't be such a downer." She tried to flip his hoodie up - see, it was down, and now it's up. She thought it was hysterical.

"If these golems were of any real threat to us, I bet the teachers would be here and zapping them away with their magics. But why waste a good opportunity to hone our thinking brains? Anything and everything can be a learning opportunity."

[talkyourwayout]

"Woah, wait, Orisa...!"

That hadn't been exactly what he'd meant. She was going to make it even more angry, he figured, which probably wasn't a good idea. He also couldn't exactly pull off his plan while dodging the projectiles, himself. Dodging was not something he was good at.

Sure, this could work, so maybe he should let her be. But he'd kind of liked the idea of pulling off a plan. It made him feel a lot more useful.

"Maybe not quite like that?"

[talkyourwayout]

Louie gave a start, with an audible yelp, before whirling around. He wasn't sure who he was now looking up at, and if he was more annoyed with this stranger for risking his scam, or for nearly giving him a heart attack. So, ultimately, he settled for a question that could apply to either situation.

"Why would you do that?"

[talkyourwayout]

Louie sighed, and shook his head, lowering his hood once more. His initial instinct was to sarcastically ask what kind of brains they had besides "thinking brains," but the sass might just go over Webby's head.

"Webby, you remember when I taught you about responsible lying, right? Now it's time for another lesson."

[woo_oo]

Webby raised her eyebrows, already intrigued. "And what's that?"

She thought she had gotten better at responsible lying. (You know, telling Louie that his dollar-store jewel was cursed and haunting him. That had been fun.) So maybe she'd get better at this too.

[scattered_rose]

[He glanced at her, then half-smiled faintly.]

Y'do, huh?

[darkenedmoon]

"Lost? In Starchime, or was it another library?" And a curse, too? That was...more than a bit disturbing, honestly. It made her brows fly up.

"Yes...as I understand it, it is,m for a game. It is also possible I might be able to help you with that 'school stuff." Yotsuyu sniffs delicately, but then rolls her eyes just a bit at Rin's next question.

"Seeing as I already had one other person ask, yes, I will both be showing up to games and cheering for both of you." 'If I must' is mostly unspoken, but she had said she would, so as grudging as it was at the moment, she really would show.