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!

Comments

[puzzlers]

We just need to find a creative way to get you optimized then. Not everything we learn comes from books. And great! I bet there's plenty to discover on campus. [ he taps his cheek thoughtfully. ] We can also look around the first ring too. [ since that's not too far outside the campus gates. ]

[stillnewatthis]

My primary method of rapid advancement came through connections to Efi's database, which conducted analysis of collected data and developed updates for me to download. This allowed me to devote my full processing power to ongoing events. Since I am unable to do that, I am developing contingency methods to prioritize analysis and data references in downtime.

But gathering more data would be very welcome! I would like to accompany you.

[puzzlers]

[ it definitely sounds like they had the perfect system and yugi kind of doubts they have anything here even like what they had back home. kaiba might be able to help out and yugi definitely thinks it's worth mentioning, though orisa already seems to have a plan worked out. ] Well if you ever need any help let me know, alright, and I'll see what I can do.

Awesome! Let's get going. [ there will be plenty of chance to explore the campus, so he'll lead her to the first ring. should be fun to explore that! and really get a feel for this place. ]

[stillnewatthis]

Very well. My map includes all destinations we have seen, but that is very limited. [Updating it will be very valuable, and Orisa moves with an obvious spring in her step as she paces along with him, careful to match his far smaller steps. When one is a large omnic, one can forget to do such things.]

May I ask what interests you most?

[puzzlers]

[ and his steps are unfortunately much smaller, since his legs are so short. there's a pep in his step too, because while he's not really the least bit thrilled about having been pulled here via a spell gone wrong this is an opportunity to learn about a new place and all the magic it holds, literally! ]

Here or in general?

[stillnewatthis]

I do not know where one ends and the other begins, so both.

[What does he have interest in that is not available here, Orisa wonders. Is it video games?]

[puzzlers]

Here, well, I'm interested in learning not only about the world, but also the magic in it. It's really different from back home, so I'd like to make the most of my stay, y'know. And who hasn't pretended at least once that they were a powerful wizard. [ he gives a laugh. ] Back home, that's an easy one, my friends, my duel monsters cards, and the game I'm working on. What about you Orisa, what interests you?

[stillnewatthis]

I have not pretended I was a powerful wizard.

[Failing to acknowledge that their situations and circumstances are wildly different, Orisa makes this plain answer to a rhetorical question as if it were normal and required.]

My purpose is to protect and defend, so I am interested in improving my ability to do so. If I am able to master and retain this magic, it would be of great help in my duties.

[puzzlers]

[ he stifles a chuckles. ] You're going to get to do more than pretend now. You're going to have a chance to become a powerful wizard!

I definitely think magic will be able to help you accomplish that, though it doesn't seem like you really need much help. I think you're pretty awesome already, but having other ways to supplement what you've got already isn't a bad idea.

[stillnewatthis]

[Orisa ducks her head slightly, lifting her hand to rub at the back of it.] Thank you for the compliment, but I know I still have a great deal to learn. My programming is as good as Efi could make it, but I have little experience.

[puzzlers]

I think we all do, honestly. Experience is the teacher of all things. [ stifles a chuckle. ]

[stillnewatthis]

That is true, but I was created only recently. You have had far more experience than I!