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

familiar follies - platypuses makes little puppy growls it's super cute

[bornebygrace]

Purble had gotten restless within Aaron's hoodie and had squirmed around until Aaron pulled him out to hold him, giving the platypus some gentle pets. That didn't seem to satisfy him, though, as he squirmed until Aaron set the awkward little creature down into the snow. Being a magical platypus who was also magically purple, the little thing seemed to romp around a little bit.

That is, until he bounces off a few feet. Aaron watches as the platypus (poor thing) lands in a snow drift. He calls out as he chases after the poor creature. "It's alright!"

He spends a few moments fishing the platypus out of the snow and holds Purble close, returning back to the girl. Purble seems quite content to stay where he is, giving a little growl at Monarious.

"Is that your familiar? He seems to be ornery." Aaron is amused.

Re: familiar follies - platypuses makes little puppy growls it's super cute

[burningbrighter]

"He's really not," Sunset laughs, smiling at the little platypus. They're such cute creatures. It's a shame her familiar couldn't be more careful.

"He just...doesn't see how close he's getting sometimes. He has all these powerful spells wrapped around him, a different one on each eye, but he can't fight his way out of a paper bag. It's pretty dangerous if I don't keep him on a tight leash."