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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[intellectualstrategist]

But we're not, so unless you'd like to be well done I suggest you step aside. It's not like charring other students is on my agenda for this afternoon. [ she crinkles her nose. ] I didn't make this stupid fire gun. [ she wouldn't have forgotten the off switch. as soon as the remainder of the path is cleared saya shoved the gun into some unsuspecting students hands, leaving them to go ham with it elsewhere. ]

Realm? [ color her curious. ] You think I'm scared of a couple guards, ha.

[paradoxical_personality]

I haven't been a student for several centuries. [Unsure whether to be insulted or amused she stepped aside. Not wanting to miss the opportunity to get out of the cold weather, Hel followed Saya on her newly melted path. Once the gun was disposed of and they were both inside they could speak further]

Helheim. [She waited a moment to see if the girl recognized it. The place struck most humans with fear or uncertainty since it was the land of the dead.] More than a couple, and I doubt they're what you'd expect. Besides, I could leave you to Garm and Fenrir instead.

[intellectualstrategist]

Well you're a student now. [ it seemed like the magical incident that brought them here didn't care who it was grabbing, but that's to be expected, right? it was an accident. maybe. ] It's not the worst thing in the world, especially at a magic academy. It could be regular school.

Does that mean you're Hel? [ oh, she knows all about norse mythology. but she's not afraid. ] Well anything would be better than being torn about by the monsters back home, but your threats mean nothing here.

[ as soon as they were inside she folded her arms and spared the clean path a glance. ] You do realize it was nothing personal, right? [ she looks back at the other girl. ] But it seems like the older students are handing out things under the guise of being helpful, tch.

[paradoxical_personality]

We'll see. [Not openly committing to anything. She was more used to people from other dimensions winding up in Midgard, not the other way around] It is, if you already attended an academy for magic. At least this time it won't be with that pervert Loki.

[Finally, someone knows something about her] Queen Hel. [peasant] What sort of monsters are in your world?

Of course I realize that, now. [Giving her pigtails a shake to loosen some of the snow out of them. At the time the command had been issued, it had been hard to tell.] They're idiots. [Simple as that.] They receive a bunch of magical newbies, and then start giving them items they have no control over themselves.

[intellectualstrategist]

I guess school is school no matter what kind and where it is and you're clearly not a fan. I don't mind it, but I can certainly why other people might not like it. [ shrug. ] He's that bad, huh? Well he is a boy and they tend to be perverts. tch. [ she crinkles her nose at that. ]

[ queen, uhuh, there's no way she's call her that. ] Zombies. Something infected just about everybody and now the world's full of a bunch of flesh eating bastards. Kind of sours your mood and outlook, y'know?

Heh. [ she smirks. ] I like your hair, by the way. Pigtails are definitely the way to go. [ talk about chic. ] You're telling me. [ she shakes her head. ] I think a little payback is in order, [ a smirk follows. ] what do you say? If not now, then later.

[paradoxical_personality]

[Giving her another look] You are of the age to be attending school. [Surmising that that is the reason she's okay with it] He just has no sense of right and wrong, just what's interesting or boring . He's a pain. [Perhaps he's not a pervert in the sense Saya was thinking or it sounded]

[In truth most people she encountered didn't use her title outside of her realm] The dead should remain that way. [if she were able she'd put a stop to those undead abominations personally] My world has an infestation of it's own only it's demons.

[The girl exhibited a personal bias towards hairstyles that Hel could appreciate] Your hairstyle isn't bad either. [Pink as a color was appealing to her aesthetics.] Let's call it discipline.... [Payback sounded too much like something her former classmates might seek and a bit petty] I wouldn't mind teaching them a lesson... [in other words, yes]

[intellectualstrategist]

He’s the silver tongue trickster, no, so I think being a pain in the ass is just what he does. [ she shrugs. ]

You’re telling me. We don’t even know how it happened. It just kind of… did. [ she shakes her head. ] Gone to hell in less than twenty four hours… No, uh, offense. And be it undead or demonic they both suck.

[ she flips her hair and gives hel a smirk. ] Thanks, and sure… that works for me. [ oh~ how smart. ] That way we’re not in the wrong. [ clearly we’re taking the high road. those poor upperclassman don’t know what they’re in store for; two feisty girls with pigtails. ]

[paradoxical_personality]

Silver tongued... [Hel couldn't resist rolling her eyes at that] He wishes. [Actually Saya was correct in her assessment, Loki could talk his way in and out of just about anything. Hel just knew to be leery of him]

Kind of like this. [.. and the beginning of Ragnarok.] None taken. [She was familiar with the phrase, and found it more or less amusing] I would be concerned about the ramifications to your world. [Not that there might be much to be done to stop it] If there has been some breakdown between the natural order, your world itself might be on the verge of collapse. [To that she could relate, and sympathize]

[Saya took the compliment the way it was intended. Hel not being the one to gush could sometimes accidentally offend others but this time she meant it. She liked the style and color] We were never in the wrong, but this way they know it as well. [Those students were the ones to create chaos in the first place. They're all going to wish they hadn't crossed paths with these two] Which dorm have you been assigned? [Perhaps it might have been the same one, which would make plotting their reven-discipline easier. If not that would be ok too]

[intellectualstrategist]

[ if anybody even knew a little bit about norse mythology they'd know to be leery of loki, but there did seem to be a lot of stupids here, so if he was here, then who knew what sort of trouble he'd get himself into. ]

Exactly, and I really don't think there's going to be much can be done to turn it around. It looks like it's going to have to run its course, and then whoever's left at the end of it, assuming there is anybody, is going to have to try to rebuild things from the ground up. [ which has happened a couple of times with various plagues, but they generally weren't on a scale of this magnitude. ]

No, but I'm sure these jerks knew they were, so they've probably got at least a dozen excuses and twisted stories ready for when somebody finally calls them out on their shit. We were just helping. [ she crinkles her nose and scowls. ] Yeah, okay. [ saya rolls her eyes. ] Purifel. And you? [ they could always meet outside the dorms to scheme, though being assigned to the same one would have just been convenient. ]

[paradoxical_personality]

[Prior knowledge of the lore would definitely be an advantage, but there was no telling who knew what here. At least Hel's current companion had previous exposure to it.]

[Personally, Hel didn't like to think of that sort of situation as being so futile. There had to be something that could be done, it just wasn't a known quantity] .... How many species have joined in the resistance? [Surely, it's not be left to the humans alone]

You're probably right. They wouldn't be needlessly endangering others if they didn't already have an alibi in mind. [Their actions were bold, and open- there's no possible way the staff wouldn't hear of it.] Gekronus Maius. [... Which apparently she would be occupying by herself from the sounds of the responses so far.] All of these names are going to take some getting used to...

[intellectualstrategist]

[ saya has kind of given up hope that anybody's going to be able to do anything. maybe in the beginning, but things had escalated a lot faster than anyone could have ever expected. though, there were certainly still a few clusters of humans hiding and fighting, so who knows. ] It's just us. I don't think the aliens want to touch Earth with a ten foot pole now. [ she's kidding. ]

Exactly. [ she spared them another glance. ] They might be idiots, but they've perfected being idiots. [ so she really can't wait to hear what sort of stupid shit comes out of their mouths. ] Pity. [ that they weren't in the same house, that is. ] Agreed. [ all of this was going to take some getting used to, honestly. ]

[paradoxical_personality]

Just the humans? [The thought made her wrinkle her nose] What of the Therians, the Elves, or the dwarves? I can't imagine any of them want to be assaulted by a bunch of corpses either.... [Was her land so devoid of the wide variety of species in her own, or had all those kingdoms already fallen? If that was the case, there might be no way to save her world]

Idiots in practice and in actions. [This was certainly a switch, having someone not so quick to defend the targets of Hel's displeasure. It was kind of refreshing]

It occurs to me that you know my name, but I don't know yours.