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]

Webby makes a giddy "eee" noise before carefully taking the tentacle to shake it. This is such a good day for her.

"Aw, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside... which is weird, because I thought that kind of thing only happened in cartoons."

[burningbrighter]

Sunset smiled at him, and he smiled in turn at Webby.

G'day, my lady. That should warm you up if anything ails you.

His owner giggled. "He's just special that way. I think it's some kind of healing magic."

[woo_oo]

"I don't know what kind of magic my familiar has." Webby shrugged - she wasn't disappointed, just curious. "How did you find out about yours?"

[burningbrighter]

"He came close. Each of his eyes has a different spell, and I figured it out through experimenting...this tentacle's okay to touch, these aren't...he also seems to disable magic if he gets too close, so that could stop a bad spell, maybe."

She grinned. "Can I meet them?"

[woo_oo]

"Oh, she's already here." Webby said casually, pointing down...

... at the snake crawling up Sunset's leg. Webby had apparently seen no issues with this.

"That's Jorry. Jorry really likes getting personal."

[burningbrighter]

"Oh boy," Sunset muttered, her voice pitching up against her will. She was really trying hard not to freak him out. "Um. There's not a risk of bite, is there?"

[woo_oo]

"I don't think so!"

Very reassuring. She fails to see why this is an issue.

"Her full name is Jörmungandr. I named her after the world serpent from Norse mythology."

[burningbrighter]

"Oh! That's neat. Hi!"

Pretty girl. Sunset smiles, reeling Monarious just a little closer. She doesn't want to risk them fighting, after all.

"So you're big on reading?"

[woo_oo]

"Yep! I've memorized most of the books in the main manor." Webby explains as she gestures about. "I'd love to memorize the official McDuck library, buuuut the librarian has an annoying habit of chasing people with swords and sending us on quests to do her work."

A half shrug. "Hopefully it'll be easier here."

[burningbrighter]

"...what kind of librarian keeps people away from her books?"

One with a lot of secrets, she'd guess. Sunset laughs.

"You're right. Hopefully the one here is a little safer."

[woo_oo]

Webby didn't want to call the librarian crazy, since that would be rude... but she was crazy.

"Well, if it isn't, I'll be prepared! And I can help you prepare too, if you want!"

[burningbrighter]

"Oh, yeah. We could definitely use some study groups, I think, since magic's new to all of us."

Well, not all magic. Just the particular magic they were learning here. But she really didn't think her past experience gave her any sort of advantage.

[woo_oo]

Suddenly, Webby gasped in glee.

"Study groups? Really? I've never been in one of those before! My first study group!"

[burningbrighter]

"Wow, really? They were pretty common at my old school. Don't worry, I'll show you what it's all about!"

She laughed. "There's a lot to magic, and hopefully together we can figure it out."

[woo_oo]

"Well, I've never been to an actual school before either," Webby admitted with a shrug. "But the excitement's still there!"