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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Aer et Calculum Tower

[king_of_egypt]

[Well, this was unexpected, was the first thing that popped into the pharaoh's mind when he first gazed upon his fellow dorm mate. Machines were not uncommon in duel monsters, a popular children's card game in his dimension, but this was the only time he'd seen one enter as a student before. Still, he should reserve any sort of judgement. All the sundered were from different dimensions and each dimension followed it's own unique set of rules]

Nice to meet you Orisa, I'm Atem.

[stillnewatthis]

Atem. Hello! [Identification added to database. Updating! Orisa pops her hand up, waving brightly as her eyes go all ^.^]

You are also a Sundered student, correct?

[king_of_egypt]

Yes, hello. [He gave a firm nod as he placed a book he'd been looking at aside. He hadn't gotten very far into it, and he wasn't quite sure what it was about]

That's right. [With that confirmed he felt free to ask the following:] Where exactly did you come from before you found yourself here?

[stillnewatthis]

I am from the city of Numbani. My intended purpose is to be its defender, guardian, protector, and hero.

[Is that a meaningful answer? Only Atem can answer that! But she certainly seems proud of it.]

[king_of_egypt]

[The place didn't ring any bells but the list of functions piqued his interest further]

Those are all important positions to hold. I hope your absence will not be problematic for Numbani. What- exactly do you protect everyone from?

[stillnewatthis]

Primarily? Doomfist.

[Heck of an answer, huh?]

[king_of_egypt]

[The answer was succinct, but it didn't reveal much.]

Just what is "Doomfist"? [A person? A robot? A complicated organization consisting of an an entire infrastructure? It could have been anything really]

[stillnewatthis]

[Orisa's eyes narrow to red slits, as her fist clenches.]

Doomfist is a criminal, one who did immense harm to Numbani. He is a danger to all people, human and omnic both. He must be stopped.

[king_of_egypt]

[So, one person then. Must be a particularly tenacious one at that]

What is it that this Doomfist wishes to accomplish?

[stillnewatthis]

To generate a conflict which will engulf the world.

[Strong, tenacious, powerful, and horrible.]

[king_of_egypt]

[There was a scenario that Atem was all too familiar with]

.... I truly hope that a method is found swiftly that will enable you to return.

[stillnewatthis]

I am not concerned! Space and time are equivalent, so I am certain that a method which can restore me in space can also restore me in time!

[And she isn't above insisting just a bit, if need be.]

[king_of_egypt]

I suppose there is some logic in that. We all arrived here from different times and places so in theory we could be returned to the specific time of out departure.

[He still did not understand how someone could be plucked from the afterlife however..]

I think there are many who could benefit from your upbeat attitude, Orisa, and I for one am glad to be sharing this dorm with you.

[stillnewatthis]

Thank you, but I am simply following my programming. [But Orisa sounds bashful, rubbing the back of her hand with her head as her right foreleg traces a little pattern on the ground.]

[king_of_egypt]

[Notes the gesture which seems to be something that goes beyond programming to him. The technology of her world is either super advanced or the line between AI and sentience has been greatly blurred. He intends to treat her just as he would any other person]

You're welcome and I think you are being too modest.

[stillnewatthis]

I have only been created very recently, after all. I do not pretend I know everything I need to. Efi was very clear on that point.