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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[outofyourshadow]

[A shudder passes through her body, and she closes her eyes, letting the tears flow freely now. Then she wraps her arms around Webby, clinging to her almost desperately as everything she'd been holding back finally pours out of her.]

[woo_oo]

[Webby doesn't say much else for now - not sure what she can say - and merely holds Lena close to her in turn.

She's not sure how she can ever let her go again. There's a lingering fear that this is just a dream, and she'll wake up, and Lena will be...

She holds on a little tighter. No. Focus on the here and now.]

[outofyourshadow]

[It feels like hours that she clings to Webby, her body shaking with sobs that she's trying to quiet down. Because she has enough awareness to not want to be heard by other people, and have them come and interrupt their moment.

It's really only a few minutes, though, and eventually she manages to calm down enough that the sobs fade off into quiet sniffles. And soon she pulls back a bit from Webby, wiping her eyes with her sleeve.

Part of her feels slightly embarrassed - she has an image, after all - but the rest of her is too tired to care.]

...Thanks.

[woo_oo]

... You're welcome.

[She reaches over to stroke some of Lena's hair back into place. It's amazing how Lena remains beautiful even when disheveled and a sobbing wreck.]

... We've got some catching up to do, I guess.

[outofyourshadow]

[She couldn't help closing her eyes at the light touch, which sends a strange feeling through her. She's not entirely sure what it is, but honestly, she doesn't really want to think too hard about it right now.]

Yeah...I guess so.

[Though she suspects it's less "catching up", and more "hearing what Webby's been up to since Magica zapped her out of existence".]

[woo_oo]

[The way Lena reacts kind of reminds her of a purring cat. How cute.

But... they are sitting in snow. Might be best to get a move on.

So she climbs off, and holds Lena's hand. She's more than happy to talk to the dorms as they chat.]

Where do I even begin? Gyro discovering tiny people living in the mansion, the harpies, the ghosts of Christmas, Glomgold's amnesia...

[outofyourshadow]

[Getting to her feet as well, she tries to make herself look presentable (or at the very least, like she hadn't been a crying mess), still holding Webby's hand as they made their way to the dorms.

But she can't help frowning a bit as Webby lists the things that's happened to her.]

Wow, you've been through all that already?

[woo_oo]

It's been a fun couple of weeks!

[Months, even if you thought about it. Wasn't that how much time had passed since they last saw each other?]

[outofyourshadow]

[Hold up.]

Weeks? Has it been that long?

[woo_oo]

[That makes her look back, surprised.]

Well, yeah! It's...

[... Oh. If Lena didn't exist, then time must've... stopped for her. Was it only the power of this world that brought her back...?

She swallowed hard. Don't think about it. She smiles shakily.]

... It's been a while, but, time flies when you're trying to escape a man-eating plant!

[outofyourshadow]

[She hesitates a moment, because there are so many things she wants to ask. But a lot of them have to do with the moment she disappeared which she...doesn't really want to think about right now.

And a glance from Webby tells her that she doesn't want to think about it right now either. So she files that away for another time or never, that's an option too.]

...yeah, I bet. How'd that happen anyway?

[It's always just easier to let Webby talk, anyway. It means less focus on her.]

[woo_oo]

Okay, so it all started with Donald being invited to a mini-vacation by his old college friends...

[Hand-in-hand with Lena, she heads to the warm dorms, detailing each and every adventure since then - she doesn't know what to hold back, and so, doesn't, even the embarrassing and gross parts.

Everything will be okay now, right? Of course it will. They're friends again, and nothing will tear them apart.

Webby won't let it.]