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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[woo_oo]

Because it's fun!

[talkyourwayout]

Whatever you say, Webby.

[But he smiles at her, all the same.]

Which House are you in, anyway?

[woo_oo]

I'm in Ka, with Sundered one! Apparently it was abandoned for years, but because we all came here, they brought it back! And the dormitory we live in might be haunted, and used to be a weaponry hold for ancient battles.

It's like this place read my diary!

[talkyourwayout]

That really does sound like something you'd love. [A little chuckle.]

Luckily, I'm not going to be staying there. I'm in Valhudor.

[woo_oo]

Oooh, neat! Maybe we can have dorm sleepovers! And study groups!

[Bouncing on heels!!!]

[talkyourwayout]

I mean, maybe?

[He's not sure how into either of those he is, but hey. It could be fun.]

But I do think Valhudor seems pretty cool. It focuses on Fantastics.

[Which he could already see as coming in very handy. He smiles a little, because yeah, he may not be thrilled about this school thing, but some of it really does sound interesting. He's just not going to say that out loud.]

[woo_oo]

Oooh, that sounds totally amazing! I want you to keep me updated about it all the time!

[Seriously. All the time. She'll hold you to it.]

[talkyourwayout]

All the time, huh? How about twice a month.

[woo_oo]

... Ten times.

[Let the haggling begin.]

[talkyourwayout]

[A little quick figuring has Louie realizing that this will end with him updating her at least five times a month. More if he gives in sooner, and it's Webby, so he just might - but five times a month is not an option. After mentally scolding himself for starting too high for haggling, something he should know better than to do, he decides to go for a "Plan B."]

Twice a month and you can have all my class notes after each test.

[woo_oo]

[She sticks out her hand.]

Deal!

[She's really curious about his notes, ngl.]

Thanks, Louie!

[talkyourwayout]

[Relieved that it worked, he shakes her hand.]

Hey, it's no problem.