Test Drive #2

[magicademymods]

Test Drive #2



That Wand Is a Wonder!

You pulled down a book from a tall shelf in the Library of Starchime and promptly got hit in the head by a wand that was resting atop it. It looks innocuous, a cylinder of wood, but as soon as you pick it up, light streams out of the end. The barest motion is enough to make fantastic colors, and with a gesture you send light streaming across the library!

Light is all it does, right? Right?

Pranks for the Memories

Diatu Magicademy is a school -- one with different social groups, different Houses, different classes, different levels of experience... in short, pranks are inevitable. The latest one to make the rounds is the Sticky Glyph: step on a certain mathematical rune and the next person you touch sticks to you like glue. Casually brush against them, shake their hand, bump backwards into them -- however you did it, you have a new friend now, like it or not. The glyph wears off in about an hour -- do you wait it out, ask for help, or try to undo it yourself?

The Dueling Club

One of the more popular magical clubs, the Dueling Club is precisely as it sounds: wizards crossing spells, each trying to be the one to 'defeat' their opponent. How to do that varies by the sort of duel -- knocking your opponent off a platform, or getting them wet, or just good old rendering them unable to keep dueling. Less experienced students, like you, get the "water duel" treatment. Use your spells to get your opponent off of their stool in a small pool of water before they do the same to you! Losing means soggy shoes and a laugh at your expense; winning means pride, respect, and a chance for advancement into the club's informal ranks.

Chimera!

Transporting chimera is highly illegal without proper permits -- which is precisely why smugglers do it, and precisely why smugglers are valiantly struggling to extinguish their airship, while the beast responsible ambles down the gangplank and people flee like crazy. A small chimera, its shoulders are about shoulder height to a man. The goat head jabs at the cargo and building it passes, the lion head maintains a watchful forward guard, and the dragon head has taken the "burn it all, burn it all!" approach to greeting its new circumstances.

This is your chance to be a hero, and save the city of Anastara from certain doom at this beast's claws, heads, horns, and fiery breath. Or your chance to run like heck and hope it doesn't notice you.

Comments

[elementofnerdity]

"I think it was atop the books that I was checking out," said Twilight, rubbing her head. "I was looking for some new books to study when it fell from the top of the bookshelves onto my head."

"When I picked it up, it started shooting rainbows."

[burningbrighter]

"Sooo...it was just left here?" Sunset blinked. "By another student or staff member, I guess, but...why? Unless it's one of those pranks I keep hearing about."

[elementofnerdity]

"It might be? I'm not too sure but just to be safe, we should probably get a teacher in here to check it out." said Twilight.

"Unless we could disable it on our own?"

[burningbrighter]

Sunset lifted her hand, gently coaxing her familiar upward.

"Monarious might. If he can touch it with the right eye, he could stop the spell for a little while. His problem is remembering which eye casts which spell..."

She sighed. "If I'm wrong, we might just send the wand bouncing all over the library."

[elementofnerdity]

"That might be a issue, but it's the only chance we have right now," said Twilight thoughtfully. "We don't have any other options."

"I say we give it a try."

[burningbrighter]

"All right. Monarious...let's do this."

She tentatively lifts her friend to the wand and allows him to touch it. It freezes just long enough for her to wrap it inside a handkerchief. Her relief is apparent.

"Phew! Usually there's at least one explosion."

[elementofnerdity]

"That's one less explosion than what happens in my lab," replied Twilight with a rueful shake of her head. "Thanks Sunset. That's really helpful."

[burningbrighter]

"No problem," Sunset breathed, relieved that that actually worked. She reached out to pet Monarious for a job well done.

"All right, Now...maybe let's rent the book and take it outside? This library's full of secrets, and while that's fun...it's not the safest."

[elementofnerdity]

"Oh, yeah you probably have a good point. You are more experienced with this place than anyone else here that I know." said Twilight thoughtfully as she gathered up the books that she had selected.