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

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.

[puzzlers]

"I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. If they're going to make us play guinea pigs they should at least compensate us for the trouble they put us through."

"Aet et Calculum." He makes a vague motion before Rin scoops him up and then his arms are flying around his neck, because he definitely didn't expect that. His face flushes as he stares at his chest. "It's not far, t- thankfully."

[bluebloodyblazes]

"Aet, Alright I know the place," Rin doesn't seem burdened at all by Yugi's weight, easily hefting him up and walking out of the building. He also doesn't seem to really get that it's an invasion of personal space, but oh well.

Rin walks the short distance to the dormitory, using his hip to levy open doors- though at one point he straight up just uses his tail to turn a handle.

[puzzlers]

It might help that he doesn't way a whole lot! But either way it's impressive, though he probably could have done with a bit of a warning, because this definitely isn't something he expected anybody, except, maybe, Kaiba to do, and even that was a stretch.

"Thanks a lot, Rin. Hopefully they can work out the kinks of their experiments, because getting home is definitely high on most of our lists of things to do, but if they keep having these terrible side effects, then eventually nobody's going to bother and we'll stuck in a standstill." He sighs, shaking his head.

[bluebloodyblazes]

"hopefully they can only get better, but I'm not convinced that it'll be that easy." Worst comes to worst he'll subject himself to it, and hell just have to hope he doesn't open a gehenna gate.

He walks into the common room of Aet at Calcum, immediately feeling the magic inside.

"This is what a real dorm is like, huh?" Rin's wearing th Ka uniform after all, they've renovated the Keep for his dorm, though it's often ghost-ridden and freezing cold.

[puzzlers]

"I don't think so either. It doesn't really seem like they know what they're doing and they're just grasping at straws." He scrubs his hands over his face and tries to focus on something ( anything ) else, because his head is feeling like it's up int he clouds right now.

He can tell the moment Rin crosses the threshold though, the magic encapsulating him and prompting a small smile. His hands drop and he gives a nod, carefully pushing away from Rin to get back to his feet. "A real dorm? What does your dorm look like?" He's never actually visited the Ka Keep.

[bluebloodyblazes]

"I can't say I don't know the feeling," he says. Still, he's mad that the straw-grasping has resulted in detrimental effects to his friends.

"Well, they used like, an old Prison-keep-barrack thing? 'Cus the Ka house doesn't have a tower at all."

[puzzlers]

Yugi feels the same, honestly. He'll have to say something before there's a next time. He'd rather nobody else have to suffer the side effects of their meddling.

"..." Yugi frowns at that. "Why sort people into a house like that..." He trails off, chewing on his lip before flashing Rin a smile. "Well if you'd ever like to crash here, with me, just let me know!"

[bluebloodyblazes]

"People who don't fit anywhere else, I guess? It makes sense for me, honestly. The dorm I was in before this at my old school was pretty much abandoned, and it was just my brother and me in it. I had the whoooollle place to myself, and the whole kitchen too! My classmates always came round for breakfast... and Lunch. And dinner," he laughs.

"If I come over I'll cook for you," he winks.

[puzzlers]

"..." He's not sure how he feels about that. "And who are they to decide that you don't belong anywhere else. Seems kind of mean, making that assumption. I'm glad you're not alone though, and there are others there, but... still..." He runs a hand through his hair. "I guess you're a good cook?" He manages a smile at that. "You'll have to teach me." A laugh follows.

"Really! I'd like that, and seriously, Rin, just let me know. It wouldn't be any trouble at all." Yugi flops back on his bed and shuts his eyes. "Did you teach yourself to cook?"