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

Sayori | Doki Doki Literature Club

[bestfriendroute]

[That Wand is a Wonder!]

Even in an all-new place, the library was the first place Sayori tried to find. Dealing with the stress and anxiety of being in a new place made it difficult for her to keep up her usual smiles and dismissive attitude towards herself. Libraries were... quiet. Usually. She could read any number of books and feel calmer after letting the words absorb into her mind.

A few books into her trip, and suddenly a loud THONK! echoed as a wooden wand fell off the next one she tried to retrieve.

"Ouch!" She stepped backward, looking down at the piece of wood and picking it up. It was just a piece of wood, right? ... Well, the light emitting from it and changing colors as she stood back up told her otherwise. A soft gasp escaped her lips as she contemplated what she now held. Was this... a wand?

Waving it some more, aiming it forward, and she could swear it was sending a rainbow across the aisle of books! It brought a smile to her face. "Oh, wow..."

She wondered if there was any other magic this wand could do. But the rainbows were nice enough, at least. Sorry if she's blinding you!

--

[Pranks for the Memories]

"O-Oh no, I'm sorry, I can't--"

However it might've happened, Sayori was now completely stuck back-to-back with another person. And no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't un-stick herself from them. "I-I guess we're stuck... oh no.

"Um... you wouldn't happen to have any ideas of how to undo this kind of magic, would you?"

Pranks

[mithrarin]

"I have no idea!"

Really, he'd just gotten here -- and now he went very still, unwilling to put his strength against that of the girl now stuck to his back. Sorry if his tail was tickling her legs.

"There has to be a way, but..."

Pranks

[likemyselfagain]

"Yeah, I would. It's a spell called Reflega."

Riku grunts, shifting his shoulders.

"Unfortunately, it doesn't work here for some reason. What's the point of this being a school for magic if I can't do the magic I already know?!"