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

[shiningkindness]

The research testing? Oh gosh...I've been a bit too nervous to try volunteering for that.

[Even if she herself liked the idea of magic, having magic used on her with uncertain results scared her. And if he was saying so, then she'll definitely be avoiding that.]

But did something happen?

[blue_ice]

Follow your instincts on that one. It'll only hurt you.

[ He casts his gaze aside, uncertain about what he should say. So he'll keep explaining in general terms. ]

They're offering a window into your home world. What you see...it's not worth it.

[shiningkindness]

Oh...is it kind of like, getting your hopes up by showing you glimpses of home?

That seems...pretty cruel.

[blue_ice]

It's not really getting my hopes up. They were never lifted to begin with.

I'm more...

[ His mouth presses into a thin line as he considers how to word this. ]

Concerned about the people I left behind. I saw an indication that things weren't going well, and while it could be a trick, I don't like betting on an optimistic bend.

[shiningkindness]

O-Oh no...

[She could definitely understand that, tending to see the glass half empty more often than not.]

I...wonder if there's maybe a way to check on the people back home? Maybe something just to see how they were doing, and make sure they're okay.

[blue_ice]

If there is it's definitely not through them. I'm done helping them.

[ He growls. ]

But I'm not giving up. If there's anything I can teach myself, any artifact out there to find...I'm going to find him. For everyone else, too...I'm sure you had something better to do.

[shiningkindness]

[Hesitating a moment, she nods.]

Mm...We'd just finished up something important back home, so we should be okay for a while. But...it'd still be nice to go home and make sure everyone's all right.

[As fun as it was learning magic here, she did miss her friends back home.]