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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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Yes. She had questions. Lots and lots of questions. But she figured there was one she should ask before they got to the clock tower.

"Are you too cold for ice cream?"

It wasn't this easy. Not by a long shot. But the thought that it might actually be over... that she actually had succeeded. And that... that they might actually need her.... it was a lot to take in. And really... she wanted what time she could have with Axel before the illusion shattered and reality set back in.

But she did reach up... and tentatively pulled down her hood. Better to know now if he would see her... or Sora... rather than waiting until they got onto the roof.

Lea smiled a bit. "Not if you don't mind eating it inside for a change," he said. "That is, assuming we can find some; I asked about it at the cafeteria, but they said they don't usually have ice cream this time of year."

His smile broadened when she lowered her hood. Judging from his reaction, he didn't find anything unusual or alarming about how she looked, but he didn't comment on it outright.

"I found a place that sells, but I don't know what flavors they have. I usually just buy three of whatever is on top," she admitted.

"Nice find," Lea said. "Though we'll have to see if they have sea-salt ice cream later."

"For now though, lead the way," he said, gesturing vaguely ahead of them. "Once we get the ice cream, we can go inside and talk."

She nodded and headed for the small ice cream shop she had found. She had a ton of questions that she wanted to ask. So much that she needed to know. About Roxas, about him, about everything...

When they get there she pointed to the small freezer they had that was self service so that she just had to grab the bars, and pay at the counter. Minimal interaction. She grabbed two off of the top and went to the register with them. She was almost out of the limited funds she had been given, but she didn't care. This was more than worth it."

It was indeed worth it. Though Lea did clue into the fact of their limited funds; even with both of them together, the limited money they'd been given wouldn't last long, especially if they needed to use it for things other than ice cream.

"You know," Lea said as they headed back to the clock tower, "if we're going to do this regularly, we'll eventually have to pick up some odd jobs or something to earn extra cash. Can't exactly just go and bash a few Heartlesss when when you want some extra munny around here."

"There... has to be something we can fight. I just... didn't look into that," she said, heading for the clock tower, holding the ice creams. But we'll find a way, Axel." For ice cream, yeah, they'd find a way. "If we work hard, we have to have the icing on the cake, right?" she asked, opening the door so they could start the climb to the top.

Lea nodded. "We'll figure something out," he said, brushing a few snowflakes from his hair as they headed inside. "Though honestly? Right now I think getting to see you again is the real icing on the cake. And the ice cream is more... those little candy sprinkles that just make it even better, you know?"

Actually it was quite possible that Xion didn't know, at least in the literal sense, though that didn't occur to Lea. The analogy was likely clear enough though.

She shook her head. She could guess, but since he more or less answered, she replied.

“Axel... is there actually such a thing as cake.”

Well that was an unexpected question. Lea just stared at Xion in surprise for a moment before realization hit. "Oh! Yeah, cake is definitely a real thing," he said. "I'll have to see if I can find a bakery in town so I can show you."

"Cake and ice cream actually go really well together," he added. "And there are even places that make cakes out of ice cream. But I think we'll try and keep things simple for now." Nothing else was going to be simple; the least he could do was keep ice cream that way.

She nodded, considering that as they started up the steps. "When I was looking for this place... Somebody found me." Well... lots of Somebodies... "And I said I would leave, she tried to say I didn't have to but... she had already told me that she couldn't forget me if she wanted to, so I was trying to avoid her especially. So I told her the truth, that place wasn't right. She asked for what and..."

She looked down at the ice cream bars she was carrying. "I didn't know what to say. So... I said the icing on the cake. Then she asked if I wanted cake..." she looked up at him a little hopelessly.

"Yeah, I can see how that might get confusing," Lea said. "But yeah cake is generally pretty tasty too, so if she offers again, you may want to take her up on it."

"Though as to her forgetting you," he said, "I don't know if the effect that blocked off our memories of you once you were gone would even reach here, assuming it would go back into effect when they eventually find a way to send us home. Merlin or Master Yen Sid might know, but they're not here. And that kind of magic's way over my head."

"I didn't know it had worked... so I was looking for someone who could do that spell here, or a way to do it myself," she said softly. "To try again."

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Changing the title, since yeah, they've entirely forgotten the wand. X3

Lol, okay, you get an iPad tag. Please forgive odd typos

Always. Typing with a touchscreen is hard. X3

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