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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[king_of_egypt]

[Shh, he is. After this week he should improve though >>;] Indeed it does. [He's just not fully aware of what all those possibilities are yet or how to best utilize them. With time and knowledge that may change] I- guess it sounds kind of ridiculous. [Judging from her expression] I wouldn't expect to be wearing these things all time time, but I haven't really had a chance to do much with them. [He's been to a different era before, he can switch to wearing more bondage wear normal clothing] Though in truth most of us don't belong here. I don't think knowledge of who I am is really that much of a concern here. It's not as if I could be ransomed back to my kingdom..... [After a pause] .. or maybe it's best not to advertise it all the same. You might be right. [At least she was the first person he told, so outside of her, Yugi, and Kaiba the secret was safe.]

[intellectualstrategist]

And I intend to take advantage of them all. [ she's not judging him so much as trying to get a feel for him. but, yeah, it's kind of a lot to swallow. ] None of us belong here, and that's the problem, but heading back to the dorm and dressing down might be in your best interest. I'm not saying everybody's going to be out to be a douche, but there are always a few.

It might not be, but I don't think you should go out of your way to advertise it. I come from a prestigious family back home, but nobody needs to know that. It's not like where we've come from even matters now, since our connections have been absolutely severed. We all get to start at square one. Hoorah. [ sarcasm. ]

[king_of_egypt]

You're really adapting to this situation well. [Atem had to admire her for as much. He on the other hand.... was just baffled by the whole thing and trying to figure out how to proceed] I'll consider your suggestion. [Since, he wasn't planning on retreating to the dorm right away] [Again, she was taking this all in stride. Some people were highly resilient however this seemed above and beyond the norm] Oh-! I hope you don't think for a minute that I was angling towards gaining any special treatment or favors for eluding to my previous position. [A hint of color spread across his features when he realized what negative connotations that could have had] I'm just used.. to all this. [When you wear something every day you lose sight of it's significance] I would never- [What are words. Cough. His familiar rang out with a series of chimes that sounded suspiciously like laughter]

[intellectualstrategist]

Adapting is what I do. [ it didn't seem like there was an immediate solution to the problem, so instead of guffawing around like a slack jawed idiot she decided to accept the situation and turn it in her favor. that, of course, would take time, but she had plenty, apparently, since these clowns didn't know which end of the wand was up. ]

[ an above and beyond the norm was right. she hadn't always been like this, but changing was something she'd had to do if she didn't want to become the next course on the zombie menu. ] I didn't think that at all, relax, though who knows what anybody else is going to think. Some people just love blowing things out of proportion, so... [ she trailed off, noting the hint of color that had erupted on his cheeks. ] You don't have to take it all off. It's... you. But I'd rather not see you on the street corner after having your ass beat, because some piece of shit decided to take your stuff. We're the newbies here, so we need to be more careful until we can learn more about this place and its magic. [ she looked to his familiar. ] See, Capricius gets it... I think.

[king_of_egypt]

[Saya's response made him want to question what factors in her life had made her so adaptable but he decided better of it. There might be an answer behind that he either wasn't bargaining for or she didn't feel comfortable divulging. Atem was unfortunately more caught off guard by this and having to learn how to adjust. He'd had to get used to a few things before but he always had someone there to guide him, like Yugi. This time, just being him, well... he wasn't entirely sure how to proceed. He'd figure it out though, he wasn't completely hopeless]

Perception is everything, hm? [Familiar with the phrase. Thankfully she didn't draw attention to the coloration] Mm, I see what you mean. I suppose I haven't been cautious enough since I arrived. [So much for that retirement plan, huh Pharaoh?] ..... Unless he's amused at my expense. It's difficult to tell, I know....

[intellectualstrategist]

[ she wouldn't care if he asked her about what had driven her to have to adapt so readily and if he needed help, well, it's not like she couldn't lend a hand. it was nice getting to interact with people while the world wasn't ending, so she could probably spare a few minutes and he didn't seem entirely hopeless, so she at least knew she wouldn't be wasting her fucken time. ]

Mm. [ she hummed in response. ] Ehhhh, not really, especially with your familiar causing a stir, but at least you arrived with the rest of us, otherwise it might have been a problem. [ she looked to capricius afterwards. ] Though I suspect your little buddy would have your back, so maybe you don't have as much to worry about as initially thought. [ she shrugged. ] I'm afraid I don't speak floating gem, so I don't have an answer for you either.

[king_of_egypt]

[Since he had no way of knowing that, it might be a while before he voiced a question that delved into her back story. She did however seem to be willing to help, due to her intervention into the familiar nonsense.]

It still could be considering that there's no telling what other sorts of people this magic has drawn here. I should be more prudent regardless. [Then sparing a glance to the gem) Which I'll need your cooperation to achieve....

Mm, perhaps. [Now that the initial introductions were spoken, and chaos dealt with Atem wasn't sure what to do next] Uh- we were interrupting you, weren't we? I should let you get back to.... [whatever you were doing before]

[intellectualstrategist]

I wasn't in the middle of anything. I was just looking around when I happened about this disaster. Not sure what you were doing before your friend decided to have a fit, but you're more than welcome to join me. If we're going to be stuck here for a while I figure I might as well learn the lay of the land.

[king_of_egypt]

That's precisely what I was doing, and I certainly wouldn't mind the company.

[His familiar wasn't as keen on it, it still wasn't sure about Bonesy but it also didn't want to make another scene so soon]

The building itself seems quite expansive. There's a lot of ground to cover.

[intellectualstrategist]

Mm. I thought about combing over the school grounds first, since we'll presumably be spending most of our time here, but I did also want to look into the three rings. [ since she can only assume what can be found there. bonesy was being relatively quiet, having changed into a raven, so he could take perch on her shoulder. ] But, yes, there's plenty to see, so why don't we get started and see if we can't start over?