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

[puzzlers]

🌟 Horrible Spell Doom?

[ he’s clutching his books to his chest when he enters the hall and walks straight into the strange blue cloud. what. he blinks, looking around to see a stampede of students running from it. oh… no… ] Uh… [ the tone of his voices raises a few octaves as he feels a little… off. tightening his grip on his books he hurries down the hall. he needs to get back to the dorms, so he can- oof. did he just slam right into your character because he’s not really paying attention? yes, yes he did. ] Sorry. I’m sorry.

🌟 Research On the Sundered.

[ yugi is still hell bent on helping with the sundering spells, because it means getting a chance to go home, and while he’s not sure where he stands on the matter he’d like the option to be there for those who want it. he had participated in the last sundered research besides, and though there had been some side effects they hadn’t been completely horrible??? er, maybe he should reconsi- oops. too late. ] I, uh, I feel a little funny. [ he grabs a hold of his head and stifles a groan as he staggers away from the researchers. ] I- I think the spell, it, [ he freezes all of a sudden, imagines of the ceremonial duel flickering before his eyes. his breathing slows as he drops to his knees. n- no. not- not again. he screws his eyes shut tight and drops to his knees doubling over. atem is here, but… back home… he… ]

🌟 Wildcard.

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Horrible Spell Doom

[darkenedmoon]

[Normally, Yotsuyu is the type to snarl at being bumped into, but first, the individual who slammed into her is one of the younger students, and really, he doesn't look too good.]

It is all right. You do not look well, young one. Are you all right?

[Although she'd rounded on him with anger on her face, that has quickly changed to concern. She's no chirurgeon, to tend to him if something is really wrong...]

[puzzlers]

[ he looks up at her and bristles, because he's afraid she's going to snap at him. he starts apologizing profusely in the hope of diffusing the situation, because his head is ( literally ) in the clouds. ] I- I don't think so. [ yugi stumbles back, his voice cracking a second time. ] I feel really weird. [ and he's looking a bit stranger too; significantly more feminine. ]

[darkenedmoon]

[Yotsuyu looks around for a bench; it's clear this one probably should not be going anywhere too far, too fast. She lifts her hands, trying to be soothing. That isn't her forte, but she's going to do her best anyway.]

What happened on your way here? May I take your books for now? I would like you to sit down before you fall down, you see. You look as if you might, you know.

[The young man turning, perhaps, into a young lass is slightly disturbing to her, even on a magically infused campus, and she doesn't want to worry him too much either, so she tries to be as calm as she can be.]

[puzzlers]

I don’t know. I mean, ok, no I just left class and something was going on out here I guess and [ he looks to the blue cloud. ] that. It’s that. I think it’s some sort of spell gone wrong. I started feeling strange and- oh, uh, sure, thanks. [ he holds them out to her and then takes a knee, because she’s not wrong. ] I think I need some fresh air. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I just don’t… this feels… [ he shakes his head. not that he’s said it but he appreciates her trying to keep her cool, because he’s ready to lose his. ]

spell doom

[blue_ice]

Ack---Yugi!

[ Oof, that hurt. This is just a thing that happens now. Some weird magic stuff gets inflicted on Yugi, and Kaiba is there to clean up. He grips Yugi's shoulders to ease him back and stares down at him...

Wait. His voice loses some of its harsh edge, bordering now on exasperation. ]

What happened this time?

[puzzlers]

K- Kaiba?!

[ he hadn't meant to run into him! he was just looking to get away from the blue cloud like everybody else, though he'd run right into it, since the damn thing had formed just outside the classroom door. he frowns, trying to pull away, because at this point he just wants to get back to the dorm and try to figure out what's happening to him. ]

I- I don't know! [ his voice cracks, becoming significantly higher pitched and softer, as do his features, because he's probably looking more feminine. ] We need to get out of here. [ tries to push kaiba down the hall. ]

[blue_ice]

You don't have to tell me twice.

[ He runs at Yugi's insistence, looking back to ensure his rival is keeping up. He reaches back to tug him along faster, surprised by how soft his hand is.

Wait.

He doesn't stop until they've put some clear distance between themselves and whatever that was, and when they do he starts drawing a basic ward bubble around them. Then he finally takes a closer look and hisses lowly. ]

They've really done it this time.

[puzzlers]

[ he's glad it doesn't take much to get kaiba to turn tail, because he doesn't really know what else the mysterious cloud is capable of and he's not really interested in finding out. ]

[ when they get a safe distance from the chaos yugi doubles over, trying to catch his breath. ] W- What? Do I have something on my face? [ he's concerned, and kaiba's not exactly helping calm him down just yet. ] What happened? What did it do?

Horrible Spell Doom

[shiningkindness]

[Luckily she had been in a different part of the school form where the cloud spell had been cast, but was heading in that direction when she literally runs into him. With a surprised squeak, she fumbles to keep a hold of her books, then glances up at him.]

O-Oh...no, I'm sorry...I-I should've been paying more attention.

[puzzlers]

Huh, oh!, don't apologize. It was my fault. I wasn't really paying attention and- and- and you probably don't want to go that way. Something happened in one of the classrooms and [ he shakes his head. ] we should probably turn around. Are you alright?

[shiningkindness]

Something happened? [She glances in the direction he had come from, then back at him.] Are you okay?

[puzzlers]

Yeah. [ he follows her gaze over his shoulder. ] A student messed up a spell and the resulting blue cloud is having strange effects on those coming into contact with it. I, uh, I'm alright. [ he looks aside a bit sheepishly, his voice jumping a bit higher again. ] But why don't we continue this conversation outside?

Research

[talkyourwayout]

[Louie is still determined not to get involved with the spell testings and such. He's glad the researchers aren't very pushy about it, because he passes the rooms being used on the way to a few classes, and he doesn't want to put up a fight every day. He's on this usual route when he approaches Yugi just in time to see him fall to his knees.]

Oh man...

[That can't be good. He rushes over to the boy and hovers nearby cautiously.]

Yugi, what's wrong?

[puzzlers]

[ he should really stop giving himself up to these research tasks, because it seems like there's always some weird side effect. still, he can't help but try to lend a hand, because he knows there are some people that could really benefit from it. ]

[ he doesn't answer at first, and can only close his eyes and try to force the images out of his head. ] They're still trying to perfect that one sundering spell and they're not really having much luck. [ though this could certainly be considered a step in the right direction. ] Whatever they did I can see stuff from home flashing before my eyes.

[talkyourwayout]

Oh... Must've been something bad.

[He doesn't ask what; not because he doesn't care, but because he figures talking about it will only make Yugi more upset.]

You want me to stay with you for a bit?

Horrible Spell Doom?

[stillnewatthis]

[Oooh. Sorry, Yugi. Slamming into Orisa is really not healthy. That kind of impact drives home the fact that she is a robot, made of advanced materials with barely any yield to them and far too stable to even step back from his comparatively tiny impact.]

Oh, hello, Yugi! Is everything all right? You seem troubled!

[puzzlers]

[ ouch. ]

[ now on top of feeling strange his face hurts. he stumbles back at rubs at it. ]

Huh, oh, hi Orisa! I, uhm, yeah, troubled is... one way of putting it. [ he looks over his shoulder to the blue cloud and then tries to get her to go back the way she came. ] But we can talk about it elsewhere, come on.

[stillnewatthis]

Oh, where are we going? [Orisa's retreat is not a swift one, primarily because she is walking backwards, which means she has to take a great deal of care in watching where she goes. There is a lot of her to move, after all!] These halls are not Orisa-friendly...

Wildcard

[king_of_egypt]

Atem had been meandering around the school, exploring some of the lesser traveled corridors as he slowly worked his way back to his house's common room when he felt his body collide with someone. He was about to offer a polite excuse for the bump when he realized it was Yugi.

"Yugi!" Atem exclaimed, looking downwards toward the other, reaching out to grasp his shoulders and help steady him. The last thing either of them needed was to go careening to the floor after the sudden impact. Although Atem couldn't quite place what it was, not at first, there was something decidedly off about his friend. What had been the need for such haste? Looking past Yugi, Atem tried to see if the more diminutive duelist had been pursued but there didn't seem to be anyone else about.

"Is something the matter, Yugi?"

[puzzlers]

A- Atem! [ he's about to topple over when atem steadies him, which he appreciates, but yugi is quick to reestablish the space in between them, especially when he catches atem's eyes lingering a bit longer on him than they should. or maybe that's just his imagination, because he's more than a little paranoid right now. ]

[ yugi clutches the books more tightly to his chest as he takes another step backward. ] I, ah, m- maybe we should take this conversation elsewhere. [ a nervous laugh follows as he reaches out to take atem's arm, quickly leading him away from the dorms and towards the library, since he was planning to hide out there until the end of time the effects faded. ]

I think someone miscast a spell, producing some sort of strange cloud that, uh, it had a few weird changes for those that came into contact with it. [ he averts his gaze, his face coloring as he stops alongside a bench to set his books down, revealing his significantly curvier and bustier body. ] I tried to fix it with the help of another student, but a page from the book we were using was missing and the result potion... [ he covers his face with his hand, really to hide the blush, because this is one of the most embarrassing things ever. ]

[king_of_egypt]

Yugi's fears were partially justified, it was only because Atem's attention ended up being split that he missed figuring out what must have happened. As he peered down the corridor he felt Yugi pull away from him which was only moderately peculiar due to the swiftness of the action so it didn't arouse further suspicion. By the time he looked back to meet the others eyes, the books were sufficiently blocking Yugi's chest, but not the hair which had grown significantly longer. There must be some story behind this, so he would indulge the suggestion if only to sate his curiosity. Naturally if Yugi had gotten into some sort of trouble, Atem would also do his best to help solve it. "As you wish, Yugi." Rather than walking to the library calmly, there came an insistent tugging on his arm to move faster. "I am coming willingly, you don't have to be so insistent." There was a note of a smirk in his tone, as he teased the other but he was not unsympathetic, keeping up with the brisk pace. "So that's it...." Still, it could have been a lot worse than longer strands of hai- OH. Unable to prevent it, when the books slide out of the way the pharaoh's attention settles on those things currently attached to Yugi's chest. He stares for a good couple of moments, stunned, forgetting proper decorum. When he realizes that it's not just some bizarre joke, and that Yugi actually was turned into a girl from this stray spell he instantly feels embarrassed and turns his head aside swiftly. A deep red tinge is threatening to take over his features as well. "Was this other student... male or female..?" How can you be so sure that the missing page was an accident and not intentional? Teenage boys can get some wild ideas. Feeling uncomfortable himself, Atem instinctively crossed his arms over his own chest.

Research

[bluebloodyblazes]

"Yugi? Oi- Yugi!" Rin's here too, but he'd been talking shop with the researcher before he actually had the spell cast on him, so he's thankfully unaffected by what has befallen the other students.

Rin rushes forward, catching the smaller boy in his arms before he collapses completely.

"Shit- hey, you! Don't just stand there, get someone!" he hisses at a nearby wizard, tail flicking in agitation and maybe he's baring his fangs, just a little.

"Yugi, can you hear me?" For all his yelling, he's being surprisingly gentle with handling his friend.

[puzzlers]

"I- I can hear you." He says quietly and probably only loud enough for Rin to hear. He appreciates the care taken, because the flashes of home he sees are really messing with him. He quickly blinks the images away, though they're back the next time he opens his eyes. "I think they need a little more practice..." He gives a halfhearted laugh as he looks over his shoulder and to the researchers.

"But they may be getting just a little bit closer." Yugi takes his head in hands and winces, because the feels associated with the visions are far worse than the visions themselves. "I'd think twice about volunteering, though if you're interested in seeing your home for a hot second, then..." He trails off. "T- Thanks Rin."

[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.