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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[shiningkindness]

She had been contemplating just how close she could get to the crystal familiar to get a better look when he had asked his question, and she glanced at him curiously.

"I'm from a town called Canterlot. Though I grew up in a different town for a few years before moving there."

[king_of_egypt]

Noticing the shift in her gaze, he looked momentarily to Capricius. The answer was, she likely could get as close as she wanted. The familiar didn't seem to mind being examined or admired, it's facets gleaming alluringly in the soft lighting.

"Canterlot, how interesting. It's like a variant of Camelot." The mythological castle he was decidedly more familiar with. and not just because there had been a whole series of cards based on the Arthurian legends, but it certainly didn't hurt. "I'm from Egypt myself."

"Capricius, won't you come a little closer to greet Fluttershy?" Giving a brief spin, the gemstone floated closer to Fluttershy affording her a better look.

[shiningkindness]

She had to bite back an excited squeal as Capricius drifted closer. Despite being a gemstone, she figured that it was still a creature of some kind, as it was clearly alive. So she couldn't help being fascinated by the familiar.

"You're quite stunning," she marveled. Rarity would've been absolutely enchanted with him because of his gem-like appearance, but Fluttershy found herself wondering if it was like a shell of some kind. She raised her hand a bit, holding it up in the air but not touching him yet, to see if he would let her pet him.

Looking over at Atem again, she smiled. "Oh wow, all the way from Egypt? I've always kind of wanted to visit there." If only because of how often they learned about it in history. "What's it like?"