October Event Log

[magicademymods]

October Event Log Visitors Visitors from other Magicademies aren't uncommon, of course. Diatu is home not only to the Sundered and their arrival, but also a dragon, the legacies of Anastara Diatu, Headmaster Birony, and that place that serves chili. It is uncommon for them to all show up in matching black robes like they just stalked out of a warlock convention, but then again, Diatu Magicademy has long since lost any idea of what normal behavior is. They bring an artifact, which apparently is draconic in nature, and to that extent, they ask to speak to Professor Ire regarding it. Naturally, the good Professor agrees, joining them on the Walk. Within one second of his arrival, golden chains of magic lash around his neck -- one from each of the visitors, who then begin to tighten them. Warcry Ire's roar is not subtle, nor is the way it chokes off. Within moments, pandemonium reins. For those brave souls who wish to engage the foreign wizards, know this: they are powerful, strangely so, with an odd force behind their spells and defenses that explains how they are strong enough to corral a dragon. They show no emotion, they feel no pain, and they will not let their attack on Ire fade for a second. But this is their weakness: much of their power is bound up in that attack. Their focus is primarily on the dragon, and so they do not defend themselves by simply slaying all who oppose them. They have one mission and one mission only. They have assistance, though. One of them has opened a portal, allowing hordes of devilish imps to run loose, heedless of the damage they might cause. These imps are sharp-toothed, sharp-clawed, and terribly quick, and they desire only to hurt and kill. Of course, the students of Diatu Magicademy are no cowards, and no pushovers; spells fly in response, explosions fill the air and singe hair off those too close, and the battle is sudden chaos worsening every minute as more imps pour out of the portal and more students race from every corner of the campus to join the fray. Tilt Where the hell is Headmaster Birony? Shouldn't she be deus ex machina-ing these situation like the absurdly-powerful wizard that she is, all evidence aside? That question receives a partial answer when the entire island of Ascelion drops six feet straight down. The drop is faster than gravity, as if something is in fact trying to pull the island down -- which means all people and all things upon it fall slower than it descends. The impact that comes when the island suddenly stops, and stops its inhabitants a moment later, is bone-jarring. Items shatter and snap across the island, canals overtop their channels and pour water onto the streets, bruises and sprains and breaks from the sudden blow are not the worst injuries inflicted. Then the island begins to lurch about like a Valhudor student after five straight days of partying, spinning and twisting and jerking around in midair. Students tumble to the ground in droves, exposing themselves to the imps as the tide of battle suddenly shifts. And shifts somewhat back, as the Professors arrive on scene, their powerful magics making up for the loss of support from the students. Tumbling, pitching, tilting, whirling, but the battle rages on still. Run away or fight, or simply try to help however you can... Slow and Steady Victory The dragon wizard Grieve accounted for almost everything. His magic, which humans would call Dictation, has rendered his human puppets strong and powerful. His scheme to unleash imps on the grounds has kept the students and faculty from focusing on freeing his victim. His assault on Ascelion itself keeps that meddling Headmaster occupied. Yes, the resistance has proven stronger than expected, but he is certain he will win! Grieve did not account for two things. First, Diatu is a ridiculous place. And second, he forgot that the Magicademy has one more sets of defenders. First one imp dies, cut in half by a sword stroke too swift for the eye. Then another, impaled by a spear which withdraws like the flick of an eyelash. Then a third, smashed ruthlessly as if by a giant's fist. Three allies arrive, to turn the tide: Ballet the Land Whale, wielding her sword; Tango the Land Dolphin, master of the spear; and Waltz the Land Wholphin, coming into her own as a student of the warhammer. With their ability to swim through the ground effortlessly, the cetaceans can strike at the imps from surprise and safety, which is all the forces of Diatu Magicademy need to begin pushing back! If you want to take out a wizard, close the portal, or sever the spells that bind Ire, now is the time to do it! Recovery The battle is won. Not without cost. The wizards have been taken into custody, though it's probably futile; when the dragon's magic released their minds, they were only confused and baffled at their situations. They likely remember nothing. Ire is all right. Despite the pain of the attack, he's honestly touched that the school rallied to his defense. But the students, the Magicademy, the city -- all of them have suffered from being shaken like the fruit pieces inside a gelatin getting slapped. Injuries, some critical, and property damage, often extensive, spread out in waves. That was a pretty rough time of it. But at least now you can breathe. Right? RIGHT?!

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Warcry and Tilt

[travelpants]

Despite not being a fighter herself, Lena does try her best to diffuse the situation through her Discovery with Marly by her side. With her wand at hand, she recalls every lesson and sigil that Professor Trammel has taught her up to this moment to create flashes of fire at the imps and sometimes small waves of water to get them temporarily blinded.

So it is during this fight among possessed visiting wizards that Lena manages to find Loki plowing through another wave of imps as well.

"Hey, do you want to team up in taking on these imps?" she asks the god of mischief as she casts more flames to ward them off.

[whose_son_am_i]

The imps were troublesome and numerous, which made them annoying (and the only reason they were dangerous) in Loki's mind. Between his own magic, what magic he had studied and worked hard to learn here, and his daggers and experience, he was holding his own. Noting Lena on the edge of his awareness, he gave a nod. "If you can box them in, I can take them out. We can make our way to the wizards that way."

[travelpants]

"Okay, got it," she nods in return while Marly spies on the wizard, getting herself ready to pounce on them when needed.

While looking back on the spells from her Discovery classes, Lena is dodging wayward spells as swiftly as she can whereas Marly hisses at one of the wizards for trying to singe her fur. The Siamese cat doesn't like that action one bit, random wizard.

Soon enough, the young lady proceeds to cast a spell and sigil to create a sizable tornado to gather up some of the wizards in one swift move, though she is pretty certain that there are still more out there in campus ground.

[whose_son_am_i]

Loki did what he could to block spells from Lena while she dodged, to draw attention and fire. Taking out imps as he went with quick dagger strikes or spells. When Lena cast the tornado, Loki used his own dagger as a focus and sent ice into the tornado with the wizards. It should slow them down, and keep them from acting for a bit.

Unless and until they could identify a ringleader, the students all needed to stick together.

[travelpants]

It doesn't take long for Marly to come in and strike at one of the wizards who was trying to send fire at her master. She leaps at him and blinds him by having her paws covering his eyes: this is making him to panic and he begins to send the spells at plenty of random spots, allowing Lena to dodge those attacks. She isn't as athletic as Bridget, but she is still able to get around campus with very little problems.

Quickly as she recovers, she then casts another spell to freeze some parts of the ground in ice, causing another group of wizards to slip and collide onto each other. She is pretty certain that she, Loki, and Marly are making it much harder for several of the wizards.

"Heads up!" she cries out as she sets off a spell to bring in a furious wave of water at another wave of wizards.

[whose_son_am_i]

Loki likewise dodges the random spells, continuing to keep imps at bay as well as cause trouble for the wizards. He focuses on bursts of fire, as that's easiest for him to remember from Discovery. Between that and his own telekinesis, he and Lena are causing trouble in the best of ways.

She calls out the warning, and Loki moves to dive out of the way, coming to in a crouching position. Ready with a Thaumaturgic shield via quick gestures with one dagger, to help direct the water away from him and concentrate it on their opponents.

[travelpants]

It is becoming clear that the wizards attacking the campus are acting in a very unusual way. While she has no idea on how or why as she continues to send in fire balls at them and dodge randomly flung spells, she is slowly noticing that many of them manage to stay on their feet more quickly than the average wizard and it would take a lot more effort to knock them out before they stay down.

"That is strange. These people managed to hang on for along while before getting knocked out," she muses on the thought, "I wonder what's making them stronger than most people in the school."

[whose_son_am_i]

"They're also well organized." Loki replied to her musing, having noticed that too. He's been focusing on the imps--keeping them off Lena and himself while occasionally managing to fling spells back at the other wizards.

"Either they planned extremely well, or someone is here giving them instructions in a way we can't tell."

[travelpants]

"That's highly possible at this time," she nods while dodging another round of spells from the attacking wizards while sending more fireballs at them, "I have a feeling that it could be all of the above."

Marly is getting pretty annoyed by the robotic-like nature of the wizards' behavior, hissing at them like there is no tomorrow.

[whose_son_am_i]

"We need a way to organize." Which was ironic coming from him. Normally Loki'd be reveling in the chaos... Maybe if he were on the other side of it, or the one causing it. "Lena, can you keep the imps busy?" Because if he could get closer to a few of the wizards, he was sure he could take them down. Probably.

[travelpants]

"Oh sure, I'll keep them very busy as much as I can," Lena agrees as she now adjusts her focus onto the incoming waves of imps inching closer to the students and staff fighting back before turning around to her cat familiar, "Marly, let's get those imps out of the school!"

Marly meows as she leaps towards one imp and jumps at him with her paws clutching onto his face, making him temporarily blind while her master sends out fireballs and water waves at the other imps to scare them off.