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!

Comments

[puzzlers]

Headmaster of the... dead... [ what. ] So are you going to explore the campus then? See if you can find out a little more about what's going on?

Wow that was totally my dyslexia. Rolling with it, though,.

[gender_neutral]

"I think I shall start with the library. If I am not mistaken there may well be a clue there meant specifically for me to find."

:)

[puzzlers]

Might not be a bad place to start. [ but that last line has him quirking his brow. ] You think so? Well, then all the more reason to check it out! Good luck.

[gender_neutral]

V nodded. "The name bears a striking resemblance to the name of one of the members of my party. It is either a signal to rendezvous, or a poorly constructed and obvious trap." V considers for a moment. "Then again, given the nature of this comic, it could well be a long and irritating build up for a cut away panel, and I may not know the true nature of the meaning behind the name for several dozen strips, if ever."

Which was frustrating. This was the problem with having too many villains in a story arc. Of course if this was a Linear Guild plot, V suspected that there will also be something along the lines of a redhilt armory or a mount Vesuvius or some other such insanity.

[puzzlers]

It could be a sign. It seems worth checking out to me, and not just because of all of that. It's a library, so there's bound to be plenty of information there, and who knows maybe your friend will be there. I've seen a few people from my home here, so it's not unlikely that they've come here too.

[gender_neutral]

V gave a small nod. "Agreed, the power of the knowledge one can gain from books is unprecedented in any other form or medium outside a formal education."

[puzzlers]

And who knows what kind of books they've got here. I might even have to check it out sometime. I hope you find your friends and- oh, I just realize I never introduced myself. I'm Yugi, and it's nice to meet you.

[gender_neutral]

A month ago, V would have rudely told Yugi that knowledge of his name mattered naught. Amazing what a month, and a deal with three undead fiends to splice a living Neutral soul with three dead Evil souls did for one's behaviour and priorities. "I am Vaarsuvius. You may call me V if you wish."

[puzzlers]

"Sure thing, V. I'm Yugi. If you need any help in the library don't hesitate to come ask." Though he gets the feeling V might not be all that receptive to the helping hand. "I'm probably just going to explore the remainder of the dorm and then take a look around the campus and see whatever else I can find."

[gender_neutral]

Had he not already said as much? Odd. Well, he did bear certain odd resemblances to Elan, so V supposed that was to be expected. "I rather suspect that I will not require any such help from you, but the offer is appreciated in the spirit in which it was given.To a rtelated end, you are welcome to accompany me if you wish."

[puzzlers]

He might have, but this conversation was making his head spin, so he probably just forgot. "I don't want to interfere in your research and I still want to get settled, but maybe I'll catch up with you later." Assuming V was still there when Yugi made his way over.

[gender_neutral]

"Very well. Perhaps I shall see you there, young Yugi."

[puzzlers]

"Definitely." He gave V a smile. "I'll talk to you later! If I go exploring you should come with. I'm going to see if I can get the rest of our housemates to come along too."

Thank you for the thread.

[gender_neutral]

V nodded. "Exploration in an unknown place is a core strategy of any adventuring party, I accept the invitation on behalf of myself and my familiar."

no problem :) maybe we can set up an exploring thread for our house

[puzzlers]

"Awesome. I'm sure Atem will be on board and I'll have to talk to Orisa..." He trails off, trying to remember if he'd met anybody else from their house. "If you see anybody from our house just mention it to them and I'll see about arranging it for later!"

Awesome! Count me in!

[gender_neutral]

"Given that we have no visible or psionic markers to inform us who as been assigned to this particular party, I assure you that once I am no longer in this physical location I will have no reasonable way to identify those who have been assigned to sleep in this dormitory."

o7

[puzzlers]

"If it comes up in casual conversation then." He amends, since it didn't seem like most students had changed into their robes.

And wrapped?

[gender_neutral]

V nodded once. "Very well, though I rarely waste my breath with trivialities such as conversations generally classed as casual by others. Should I become aware of any such affiliation, I shall direct them to you as the party leader so that you can best decide how to arrange our abilities into strategy."

And with that, V left.

sounds good!

[puzzlers]