Let The Games Begin

[magicademymods]

February Event and Intro Log Orientation Week/Magic Mayhem The campus of Diatu Magicademy stretches out before you, confused and chaotic and surging with energy. Where are you headed? To your dorm or suite, to get settled? Maybe you need some food now? Wherever you head off to as your first stop, you have to deal with the snow. Helpful or proud students are passing out various magical remedies to get you where you need to be -- umbrellas with a nasty tendency to dump snow directly onto other people nearby, an iron tube that projects fire but appears to have no off switch, snowshoes that keep you slightly too high off the snow and thus provide no friction for stopping... Familiar Follies Familiars do not harass or harm each other as a rule -- but that doesn't mean they have no pecking order, and the week of Orientation finds them all jockeying for status and position as suits them. This can take the form of pranks, displays, competitions, or simple physical assertiveness towards each other. The goal is simply to be seen as superior by the student body. New wizards especially may find themselves surprised at this behavior of their familiars... 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 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.) Furthermore, they request to perform a few spells on you for testing purposes. It is, quite regrettably, possible that if you consent to this testing, you will come away with a temporary side effect -- a slight change of hair color, traveling two steps for every one you take, one hand moving about a second behind the arm it should be attached to, or being ridden by a penguin. No need to worry, these changes won't last more than a day! Wonders Await Diatu Magicademy is open to you in all its glory. Have fun!

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[outofyourshadow]

It's not, but it'll seem a bit farther with a headache.

[Looking over the assortment of leaves, she picks up a branch and looks it over. Then she plucks a leaf off and pops it into her mouth.]

...Okay, this one tastes like mint.

[Or at least this world's equivalent. And nothing bad has happened to her so far, so she feels it's safe enough to hand to him.]

[puzzlers]

...true. [ damn, this just sucks. ] I hope it doesn't get worse. [ but what else could possibly happen? ] Y- Yeah? Thanks Nectormancer.

[ he takes the offered leaves and pops them into his mouth. ] And thank you Lena.

[outofyourshadow]

[With a smile, she shrugs.]

No problem. Hopefully it helps.

[Given how she came about, it was...kinda nice, being able to help someone.

Not that she'd really admit it.]

[puzzlers]

And, hey, if you ever need anything, [ he opens one eye to look between the two of them quickly. ] either of you, let me know, alright, and I'd be happy to help.

[outofyourshadow]

[That surprises her a bit, though mostly because she's not used to being offered any help. Or needing it, but she's trying to learn.]

...Sure. That'd be...great, thanks.

[She's really trying.]

[puzzlers]

[ aw. well hopefully she won't have too hard a time actually calling on him should she feel she might need a helping hand. it can be difficult though. one of his 'friends' is the same, kaiba, would rather try to get through things on his own, though they've bailed each other out here and there. ]

Don't mention it. That's what friends do, right? [ or would be friends! hey, he can be hopeful. ]

[outofyourshadow]

[...correction, now she's surprised.]

I...guess so. Gotta be honest, I'm...not used to having many friends, so it's still kinda new to me.

[She had Webby, and the boys eventually, but that had all been under...not-so-great circumstances, so she's still learning.]

[puzzlers]

No? well that's not a bad thing! [ he stifles a chuckle. ] But I can help if you ever have any questions, and I'm sure your other friends will have no problems doing the same.

[outofyourshadow]

[She can't help a small smile at that.]

Uh, sure...thanks.

[It sounds kinda weird, having to learn about friendship. But then, it's not something she really expected to have either.]