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

[valkyriefoodie]

Skuld holstered her toy and leaned down just a little to blink back at the creature in greeting. Far all she knew that was the polite thing to do in tentacle monster language.

"Hello Monarious! I hope we can be friends too?"

Human mostly? Yea, age old story...

"I used to be human before Odin approached me and asked if I wanted to become a Valkyrie. I haven't heard of Canterlot High though. Did you transfer from that school to this one? Maybe they have better magical courses here?"

[burningbrighter]

"He says yes," Sunset translates the little head-bob with a small grin.

"Yeah, I kind of did. And they definitely do....we were kind of learning magic as we went there. But a valkyrie? I'm not sure what that means, but it looks pretty cool."

That's an understatement.

[valkyriefoodie]

"Thank you, both."

She smiled at the little monster for it was always nice to meet a friend you didn't have to do battle with first and to Sunset for saying she looked cool.

"A Valkyrie is a female warrior who serves Odin in Asgard."

She flexed her wings to indicate them before she spoke about them.

"The wings come with the position, if you chose to accept Odin's gift. And I did. I wanted to bring about peace. May I ask?"

A pause while she looked to see if a question would be welcome.

"Why have you decided to study magic? Was it because you discovered a talent for it?"

[burningbrighter]

"That's pretty neat. We have warriors like that...sort of. It was kind of an accident. But only some of us had wings. Not me."

Sunset nodded encouragingly, then answered.

"It was more because I accidentally let magic loose in my world and no one understood it. I needed to study it to try to get things under control. Like what we're doing here, I guess!"

Yup. She's totally trustworthy. Or something.

[valkyriefoodie]

Sunset doesn't seem untrustworthy and with no reason to doubt her story Skuld believes it.

"That must have been a surprise! A world without magic suddenly gaining it... did it cause a lot of problems or were your warriors able to put everything back the way it was meant to be?"

[burningbrighter]

"We always set it right eventually, but it got kinda dicey sometimes," Sunset admitted. "A few of my friends could actually fly like you. But we all had different powers. None of them work here, but..."

She laughed. "That's okay. I'm glad we're learning new magic."

[valkyriefoodie]

"You have a really great attitude about being here."

Which was nice to hear! Apparently feelings were mixed about the school and whether or not it was a sinister plot, but the sunny outlook better fit Skuld's idea of what was going on.

[burningbrighter]

"It's better than being upset all the time, right?"

Sunset shook her head. "Don't get me wrong, I know we miss our homes and our friends there. I do too. But I guess I've always been willing to go the extra mile for a new adventure, and this one's perfect!"