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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

Wonders Await

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[ she looks ticked for about half a second, realizing that the stupid snake belongs to another student. oops. ] I think he found me. [ stares down the snake. ] He needs to learn about personal boundaries. [ don't do it again, hssss. ]

Don't mention it. [ really. don't. it hadn't been intentional. ] 'tis nice to meet thou. [ he familiar chimes in, taking a sweeping bow with his wing. ] Yeah, [ saya jerks a thumb at the bony bird. ] what he said.

I think she's just excited. I know I am!

[She holds out her arms, allowing the snake to slither up, down, across.]

This is Jörmungandr! Jorry for short. And I'm Webby!

[ she doesn't mind the snake as much when she's not crawling up her leg. ] Heh. [ a snort. ] I like her name. It... suits her. [ she's surprised ( but also impressed ) that webby knows enough about norse mythology to be paying homage to the world serpent. cute. ]

Name's Saya... and this is Bonesy. [ at his introduction he changes shape, going from a falcon to a snake. look, twins! he slithers down saya's arm to mimic the actual snake. ] The pleasure is all mine.

[Webby knows too much about everything and anything. Jorry, however, is not feeling particularly social - ALL YOU GUYS ARE JUST COMPETITION. As such, she slithers back up to coil on Webby's head.]

Huh... Maybe she's shy.

[Ah well, shrug. Moving on!]

Hey, are you one of those "human" types of people? I'm seeing them everywhere!

[ if bonesy knew what jorry was thinking he'd laugh in her face. or more accurately clatter his bones, but still. nobody is better than him! ]

[ saya quirks a brow at the snake, but brushes it off, because it's really not that important. ]

I am and... you're one of those sentient ducks I've never heard about. But, yeah, [ she spares a glance around them as bonesy decides to take the shape of a human. not creepy at all bonsey. ] looks like there are a lot of us, but [ she stoops down. ] tell me more about you. Is your world full of ducks?

[Webby is startled by Bonsey's transformation, but not too badly. She's thinks this is all really neat.]

Oh! Well, kind of? We're the majority, but we're not the only ones. We've got all kinds... Pigs, dogs, robotic super-heroes...

[ONE OF THESE THINGS JUST DOESN'T BELONG-]

[ she jerks a thumb in her familiar's direction. ] Don't mind him. He's just a showoff. [ and though it can be a bit much sometimes she does appreciate the company. ]

Pig and Dog people or just... pigs and dogs? [ don't think she didn't notice! ] Robot heroes sounds interesting. You guys need robot heroes?

Both.

[Her world is weird.]

Apparently we did! He's called Gizmoduck. I'm just glad we have a nice guy like that to take care of Duckberg when we're away.

[ confused.gif ]

Huh... [ weird doesn't seem like it's doing her world justice. ] Gizmoduck. [ she snorts, giving her a smile, because she shouldn't be surprised it's got the name duck in it. ] He's going to be working overtime, since there are a couple of your here, but it's good that you've got somebody back home to look after things.

[ he folds her arms and looks aside, trying to keep from looking as concerned as she is. ] I'm kind of worried about my friends back home, but they'll be ok, probably, at least they still have each other.

A couple of us? So you've seen other ducks?

[it's a welcome relief, she thought she was the only one!]

... You mind telling what they looked like or who they were?

[ she shouldn't have said a couple, since it was just the one so far, ... ] I didn't catch her name. I think I saw her about, oh, I don't know, [ she juts her hip out to the side and purses her lips as she tries to think of about how long it's been. ] ten minutes ago? She couldn't have gotten far. [ she'll end up bumping into lena later, but here's to hoping webby can meet up with her too! ]

[Hmmm. She doesn't know too many girl-ducks.

Lena doesn't come to mind, because of... well.

reasons.]

Is she my age? Most of the girls I know aren't... girls, but adult women. Like Granny, or Goldie O'Gilt, or...

[... She hesitates. She doesn't want to summon Magica by saying her name.]

... A-Anyway, I'm sure I'll run into them eventually!

Maybe a little older? But definitely not an adult. [ she wishes she had gotten a better look at her, but she'd really only been walking around and admiring the scenery as she tried to make sense of this mess. ] If I see her I'll let her know you're here.

[And again, Webby easily goes back into smiles and cheer.]

Okay, thanks! And even if I don't know them, it'll work out! I want to make friends with everyone, no matter what they are!

I don't think you'll really have much trouble. [ webby was certainly chipper and she vaguely reminded saya of alice. ] And with that spell gone wrong having pulled dozens of people here you'll find no shortage of friends, but, y'know, be careful. I doubt everybody's as friendly as you.

But I won't know unless I try, right?

[it's not easy to douse this candle. She's definitely going to try and be pals with EVERYONE.]

[ webby plz. ]

True, but at first sign of trouble you'll turn tail and... [ trails off, hoping she'll fill in the blank with 'run'. ]

... Disarm them with a swivel-kick to the shin?

[That's what you meant, right?]

[ opens mouth & closes mouth. saya smiles, giving a snort. ]

That's actually not a half bad answer. I doubt they'll be expecting that.

[ webby's got spunk, and that's something saya can appreciate. ]

[Honestly most people adore Webby after meeting her so welcome to the club.

She grins, humble but pleased.]

You gotta take advantage of being adorable!

[ hopefully that means she won't run into too many people looking to cause trouble, but who knows. ]

I don't think you'll have a problem doing that.

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