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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[puzzlers]

[ though he doesn’t really need the help it’s certainly appreciated, since he’s moving slowly to keep the world from spinning out of control. ] T- Thanks. [ he takes a seat and frowns at the mention of no aspirin. damn. there goes that. ] Y- Yeah? I’ll try anything. [ yugi, do you realize the irony of that statement. it’s how you got into this mess in the first place… though mint leaves aren’t as concerning as magical spells. ] I appreciate all the help, by the way, I don’t know if I’ve said that already. Oh, and I’m Yugi. I’m sorry this is how we had to meet, h- hah.

[outofyourshadow]

Lena. And don't mention it.

[It's actually kind of nice to be able to help. Even if she's not actually doing all that much.]

I take it you were picked up from a different world and dumped here too then, huh?

[puzzlers]

[ she might think she’s not doing much but yugi would argue otherwise. ] Yeah. We don’t have anything like this back home… a magical school, that is. I’m just glad there wasn’t a whole lot going on back home, … [ he trails off, running his hand through his hair. ] You too?

[outofyourshadow]

[She doesn't want to leave him by himself, so she sends her bag familiar to get some of the mint leaves from the cafeteria (after trying to explain what mint leaves are).]

Yeah, pretty much. I don't think there are any schools like this back home either, though there's plenty of magic.

[Too much magic, but that's besides the point.]

[puzzlers]

[ here's to hoping her familiar comes back with the mint leaves and not something else! though yugi couldn't exactly fault the poor thing. ]

Really? My home is no stranger to magic, but it had really centered around a couple of ancient artifacts that were recently unearthed again. They'd caused a great deal of trouble, but I think that's finally over. [ or so he hopes. ]

[outofyourshadow]

[Yeah, she's hoping so too. Or at least, a bunch of different green things with mint somewhere mixed in the selection.]

Ancient artifacts, huh? [She's no stranger to those either.] What kind of trouble?

[She's mostly just asking to distract him from the headache, though she's not entirely sure if it's working or if it'd be better to sit in silence.]

[puzzlers]

[ sitting in silence might be better for his head, though he'd honestly rather keep talking. ]

Somebody had tried to remake the world to one free of hate, though they, themselves, were fueled by their own hatred, so you can see how that wouldn't have worked out. [ he sighs, because he really did feel for diva, but he couldn't see that his, once, relatively noble cause had become tainted and skewed. ]

[outofyourshadow]

...Yeah, that seems a bit counter-intuitive.

[Fueled by hatred, huh? She knew the kind of trouble that something like that could cause.]

How was he planning on remaking the world though?

[puzzlers]

He had a magical artifact tied to another dimension. I think he wanted to send people whose own ideals didn't align with his there, to kind of like... purge all the hate and evil from the world. I know our world, or any world, for that matter, may not be perfect, but they're all definitely worth fighting for... y'know?

[outofyourshadow]

[She's silent for a moment, her thoughts turning elsewhere.]

...Yeah. I'd say so.

[It's about this time that the bat she'd sent before finally returns, carrying what looks like a bushel of a different mix of green leaves.]

...Did you just grab whatever as green?

[puzzlers]

[ when yugi hears her familair's wings beating he cracks an eye open, looking to the bat as he drops off a bushel of what are hopefully mint leaves. ]

M- Maybe I should head in there myself. It's not that far, right?

[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.]