March Event and Intro Log

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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

Just Passing By

[outofyourshadow]

To her credit, Lena only jumped a little bit when someone landed directly beside her. Glancing at the winged person, she can't help raising an eyebrow.

"...Not exactly? I was brought here to learn magic, but I don't think I was really sent by...anyone." At least, not that she was aware of.

[valkyriefoodie]

Skuld hadn't exactly been sent by anyone either, but she thought she had been. It's what made the most sense to her given the way things usually happened in her world.

"No?"

Thoughtfully she folded up her wings and looked up at the sky.

"Were you always magical or did you gain your magical powers when you arrived here?"

[outofyourshadow]

"Uh..." That question was...complicated. "Both? I'd always had a bit of magic, but I lost that when I came here, and got a different magic instead."

Which was pretty much true.

[valkyriefoodie]

"That is what everyone has been saying, if they had magic before they have different magic now. It must be more of a surprise to those who didn't have magic before they arrived."

So said a touch sadly.

"Magic is wonderful if it is something you chose to accept, but it can be a burden if you don't want it."

[outofyourshadow]

"Something to do with this place, I guess."

She hesitated a bit at that.

"...Yeah. I'd definitely be in that second camp."

[valkyriefoodie]

"Really? I'm sorry."

Under normal circumstance she could take this case to Odin and see about having the duckling's powers removed, if she didn't want them he would have been able to help, but here magic was a way of life. There didn't seem to be anyway to avoid it that wouldn't led to her destruction.

"I would be willing to help you, to make it less of a burden if I can."

[outofyourshadow]

Silent for another moment, she then shrugged with a small smile. "Eh, don't worry about me. Besides, I'm guessing you've also got the 'learn our magic or explode' thing to deal with."

[valkyriefoodie]

"Yes, but I did chose to learn magic. It was a very long time ago and a very different sort of magic than this but I was prepared for it."

She smiled a touch wistfully remembering that day all those centuries ago.

"I hoped I could do some good with it."

[outofyourshadow]

"Well...it's not like you forced anyone here to learn magic." She huffed. "That was whoever brought us all here in the first place."