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]

[ he appreciates how she tries to stay his concerns. yugi was just going to have to try his best, because maybe he could make use of the magic back home. protecting those he cared about had always been a concern of his, but he'd never really had the means. as far as what he's accomplished back home that would likely come up, since he'd definitely have no problems talking to hel again in the future. she seemed like a really nice person god. ] I suppose that's possible. [ he taps his cheek. ] Though we'd really only seen him as a giant red dragon with two mouths... [ but, uh, yeah, there's no need to sweat the details. ] ... [ he blinks when she calls him out on it and he instinctively reaches for the chain of the puzzle that's not there and hasn't been there for some time. he swallows thickly, fingers eventually taking holds of his jacket. ] I'm trying. [ so, no, he's not. ]

I don't really know either, honestly, but he's been nothing but helpful so far. [ and yugi's really taken to him. ]

Yeah, I think you're right. I can always pick up where I left off tomorrow. Thanks again, Hel, and I hope to see you around. [ he gave her a smile and headed back towards the dorms. ]

[paradoxical_personality]

[That was a noble endeavor to undertake, and a trait that Yugi shared with the bearer of the runic knife. That part of his inner nature is probably what had drawn that other artifact, that puzzle, to his side. She would look forward then to the time this could become a reality, because it would be an interesting series of stories to hear in detail. Don't let that last part get around. You'll ruin her image] ...... I wonder why Osiris had not mentioned such a specific detail. [Hel was mentally thinking of the two forms side by side now.] There is much we still do not know about the Gods from the other realm...... [That much she would allow. Noticing the reflex she knew she'd struck a cord] ...... I wouldn't know what that's like. In my dimension I was on a journey with others to halt Ragnarok. When that task is done, I will return to my rightful place in Helheim. [Assuming they are successful] It's just the way these things work... the wielder of the runic knife will return to their land and that noisy slob of a Valkyrie will return to Asgard. It's something I knew from the start and have accepted. I won't miss them harassing me with all these meaningless side quests... [Somewhere in there she was attempting again to let Yugi know it was natural to feel this way, but it somehow got lost in her own desire not to appear too attached to the rest of her party. In reality, she did worry about losing that odd dynamic they all shared...]

The Gods of this realm must have an odd sense of humor. [... but one she could appreciate] He should serve you well.

[She gave him an nod as the two parted ways]