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Test Drive #2

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.

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Dueling Club
"No," she said plainly.

Elsa had been dragged into the dueling club room as she'd passed by, a younger student babbling about needing even pairs, and she'd found herself led over to the small pool. It hadn't taken much to figure out what was happening, and Elsa wasn't keen on the idea of hurting anyone. Things in her life may have improved drastically in the months between her coronation and Christmas, but that didn't mean she completely trusted any magic not to get out of control. "I'm not doing this. I'm sorry, but you'll have to find someone else."

Chimera!
Elsa pinned up her braid and drew her wand. While she hadn't wanted to hurt a fellow student, she might have to fight to save said students from this creature. Honestly, though, she didn't want to harm the Chimera, either - ideally, she could find a way to simply stun it or trap it.

However, Elsa was not foolish, and she knew she couldn't take this beast on alone. She looked to a nearby Sundered. "I have a plan, if you're willing to help."

Dueling Club

"I agree," replied Kengo, folding his arms. "There's more to magic than dueling. It's a waste of Cosmic Energy."

And Cosmic Energy was everything, considering the amount of magic in this place. "If you drain yourself pointlessly, you're going to just be worn out in case something happens."

"Well," Elsa began, then hesitated before continuing, "I'm not sure about this Cosmic Energy, but I don't think magic should be used to cause unnecessary harm."

Even if she did fully trust it, she would likely still feel that way.

"And you're right about draining ourselves, too. We have so many more important things to focus our magic on."

"Not surprised anyone's heard about it," replied Kengo. "It's the power of a bond, Friendship."

The capital F in that statement was implied. "Dueling just seems like a waste of time, when you could be testing magic in a controlled environment instead of trying it on each other."

"Interesting. Is that how magic works in your world? Powered by bonds of Friendship?"

Elsa gave a bright smile at the alternative he offered. "A controlled environment sounds like a far better idea, yes. Do you think anyone will notice if we leave, though?"

"That's right. In my world, it's a tangible force of both science and magic. Space is filled with Cosmic Energy, and it radiates across the known universe, bringing people together."

Kengo smiled, chuckling as he looked over the students who seemed to be lost in their own world. "I don't think anyone's going to notice if we slip away and set up a experiment lab somewhere else. I would feel much better anyhow about having one anyhow."

Well, crap; this definitely wasn't good. What Lea wouldn't give to have his chakrams right then. Or his Keyblade. Heck, he'd even take a good, solid club. But no, all he had was a dinky little wand, which to his mind looked laughably ineffective for dealing with such a creature; even Donald's wands looked about a hundred times better than the artistically fashioned twig in his pocket.

Even so, he couldn't just let the creature run amok. Fortunately, he was spared from likely doing something extremely foolish when a young woman next to him spoke up. "Plans are good," he said. "I like plans. What have you got?"

"I think we stand a chance if we can turn the heads against one another. I mean, the dragon head is to one side, so... Perhaps if we can confuse it, it will turn those flames on itself long enough for us to capture it," Elsa explained, before admitting, "Of course, how to do that... Well, I'm not sure."

"I was sort of thinking the same thing actually," Lea said. "But yeah, how to do it? Normally I'm pretty fireproof but I'm not looking to potentially find out the hard way if that doesn't hold here, so trying to jump up on its back and do it directly is out. We'll have to find a way to do it from long range."

He though a moment, then seemed to get an idea. "Hey, you see anything around here that's kinda round and flat?," he said, beginning to glance around for something like that himself. "Like a big plate or a trash can lid or something?"

"I certainly wouldn't advise testing that now," Elsa agreed. No, considering she couldn't conjure and control ice and snow here, it would not be a good idea.

"Oh! I bet there's something fitting down one of the alleys - there seems to be all kinds of things discarded in them." She smiled, curious. "What are you thinking?"

Lea nodded and ducked into a nearby alley, searching for some appropriate object. "Back home, one of my main weapons are chakrams," he said. "Big, spiked metal rings that I can throw. If I can find something similar to throw and can hit the dragon head on the back of its head, it might turn its fire around on the other heads."

"At least that's the idea," he said. "Getting the right angle might be- aha!" He emerged from the alley holding what looked to be two somewhat rusty metal barrel hoops. "These ought to do."

A wand was hardly a Keyblade, but magic was something he still knew, even if the little twig in his hand still felt far too light to do anything substantial. Riku tightened his grip on it, holding it like a sword hilt - his teachers were going to have a long fight ahead of them to teach him proper form.

"Are you kidding me? That thing's going down. What's the plan?"

Elsa nodded, satisfied to have assistance.

"We need to start with a distraction - sparks, or sound, or some fire of our own. Whatever we can summon most easily. Then, we'll need some kind of rope..."

He wasn't used to getting the plan all at once: most of the scrapes he'd been in had involved acting first and thinking later. It hadn't quite occurred to him yet that maybe that was why some of said scrapes had started, or at least why they always got worse before they got better.

"Distraction! Got it!"

He slashed his wand through the air as he ran toward the Chimera.

"Thunder!"

That ... wasn't exactly how it worked. Unfortunately, he still got the creature's attention, two of its three heads swiveling in his direction.

Wait, what was he doing? Okay, it looked like a change of plans was in order. Elsa's expression grew determined and she ran ahead of Riku, raising her own wand.

Working precisely, she dragged her wand through the air in a distinct pattern, creating a forcefield that pushed from the tip of the wand towards the creature. It would stall it, at least.

"We need that rope!"

"I thought you were getting the rope while I distracted it!" Riku whirled around to face her. "But how did you DO that?"

"I've been studying!" Elsa explained, squinting as she focused on her spell. "And I'm sorry, that was miscommunication - but can you get it now?"

"What? But I know magic! It's supposed to work when you --"

The chimera interrupted him with a roar, sending a gout of flame at a nearby roof. Inside, he heard a faint scream of terror, and realized there were more things at stake than his ego.

"Rope! Right."

He cast his eyes around the chaos, seeing banners, broken wood... but no rope. Thinking fast, he unbuckled his belt and slipped it out of his pants. "Is this long enough?"

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Test Drive #2

Elsa | Frozen

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Chimera

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Let's beat something up.

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