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

Let's beat something up.

[likemyselfagain]

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?"

[standingfrozen]

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..."

[likemyselfagain]

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.

[standingfrozen]

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!"

[likemyselfagain]

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

[standingfrozen]

"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?"

[likemyselfagain]

"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?"