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

Daniel Kanegem | OC

[scattered_rose]

((OOC: He's a vampire but you need not fear any bloodsucking unless you're in to that sort of thing. Characters might be able to sense a slower heartbeat or lower body temperature though, that sort of thing))


[That Wand is a Wonder]
Anyone nearby would've heard a small series of thumps: A book dropped in surprise, the clatter of the wand hitting the floor, then the heavy whump of a person hitting the floor following a sharp yelp. Invesitaging will show Daniel sitting on the floor against the shelf, legs splayed out in front of him, clutching the wand in one hand and rubbing his eye with the other. Upon closer inspection they might even see little bits of smoke coming out from under that hand.

He's certainly cursing up a storm though, and making sure to direct the little flares of light coming from the wand away from him, this time...


[Pranks for the Memories]
He had only been wandering the halls, completely unaware he'd stepped over the offending glyph until he happened to brush past someone and found himself jerked back rather suddenly. Missing that step, he recovered and looked over at them with a glare.

"What-?"

'-is it??' had been the rest of the sentence, but it was cut off rather abruptly when he noticed that they weren't holding him so much as the two of them had been glued together. So instead, the sentence was rewritten and came out with a good dose of befuddlement.

"-the hell is going on...?"


[Duelling Club]
Daniel has apparently been at it for a while, and judging by the soaked cuffs and him currently squeezing water out of the bottom of his cloak- a necessary addition from his normal clothes to his school clothes on account of the sun -he hadn't been doing a very good job of it. Feeling eyes on him, he dropped the cloth and glanced up toward the nearest person, shoving a bit of damp hair out of his eyes.

"Can I help you?" Mildly irritated, but he'll at least be polite. For now. "Did you want to do a challenge, or what?"

Pranks for the Memories

[idontgetpaid]

The sudden motion of being pulled backwards caused him to stumble a bit, and his books clattered to the floor.

"Ow, what - ?"

He'd looked over at about the same time, and noticing the predicament they were in brought to mind some rather unpleasant flashbacks.

"...seriously?"

[scattered_rose]

He sighed through his nose and lifted up his arm, watching the other person's come right along with it, as if they'd put on shirts with sewed-together sleeves today. Okay, he can handle this, a little pinch of the bridge of his nose and a sigh, then he glanced at the other.

"Someone, somewhere, has a pretty poor sense of humor."

[idontgetpaid]

He gave his arm an experimental tug, which didn't really do all that much beside bring the other person's arm towards him as well. He bit back a groan, but just barely.

"...Least you didn't touch my hair."

He was really glad Gwen wasn't here right now.

[scattered_rose]

"Believe me, I'm thinking the same thing."

The gears were turning as he tried to think of what to do.

"...What now? Find a teacher, or..?"

Which, if the question made it obvious, he came up empty-handed.

[idontgetpaid]

"I mean...we can look for one, but I'd rather not wait that long."

[scattered_rose]

"Well I'm not about to strip in the middle of the hallway to see if it's just our shirts."

[idontgetpaid]

"...Point."

There was, however, still the issue of his fallen books.

"Lemme just get my stuff."

As he started reaching down to pick them up, though, he paused, then glanced at Daniel.

"...you mind?"

[scattered_rose]

"Oh uh, yeah, sure."

He bends down with him, and even helps him scoop up the books with his free hand, to compensate for the not-so-free hand.

[idontgetpaid]

"Thanks."

He veeeeery carefully takes the books from him, making sure that nothing else touches...just in case.

"I don't know about you, man, but so far? Magic sucks."

[scattered_rose]

"Yeah, no kidding. I'm not looking forward to getting hungry before this spell wears off." Short grunt. "Or anything else, for that matter."

[idontgetpaid]

"I know, right? Makes me glad I went to the bathroom right after lunch."

It was an attempt at humor, but really, he wasn't feeling it.

"How'd it even happen anyway?"

[scattered_rose]

He didn't say it, but he was suddenly glad they were both the same gender.

At the question, he swept a hand through his hair and sighed, shaking his head.

"I'm not sure. Maybe some kind of... stealth spell, or a glyph or something. I know I didn't do anything, and I've known you for 30 seconds but I'm pretty sure you didn't either."

There's been gossip of this sort of thing going around the school, so his assumptions are going to land squarely on that.

Wand is a Wonder

[plusfivedex]

Kamala may not have had her powers there, but a superhero - powered or not - always had certain reflexes. One of those was jumping up to react to trouble. She rushed to the back of the library when she heard the string of sounds. She noticed the smoke, as being observant was another learned reflex of most superheroes, but she chalked the whole thing up to an attempted spell gone wrong. Suppressing a chuckle, she leaned down and offered the man her hand.

"You okay there?"

[scattered_rose]

He looked up when he sensed a nearby presence, making out it was at least a girl, though even his good eye was squinted almost shut. He took the offered hand and pulled himself to his feet, keeping that wand pointed away as it made little whorls of light and color on the movement.

"Yeah, I think I'm okay." Removing his hand, he looked up and around him, testing the blasted eye carefully. Then he looked toward her, trying to keep it open. "Is my eye alright?"

The short answer was yes. The long answer was... probably? It certainly looked red, even the iris seemed that way, and the skin around it was a little raw. Should be okay with some water or rest, though. Eventually.

[plusfivedex]

"Wait, were you trying to cast a spell on your - Oh!" Kamala let out a small gasp when her gaze shifted from the wand to the man's eye. "It's really red, but I'm sure you'll be fine! Just, uh, you might want to just keep it shut for now," she said, before grinning goofily and offering her hand once again. "Here. Let me be your eyes."

[scattered_rose]

"This isn't my wand, someone put it on top of the books here. It fell when I was trying to get one down."

He's just going to stick it in a back pocket now, even though it's still putting off color.

"Red? Uh, red's fine, I'll be fine soon enough-" He's interrupted when she offers her hand all the same, and he chuckled lightly. "Uh. Sure, I guess."

[plusfivedex]

"Gotcha, but I'm pretty sure red is not normal for eyes; no offense. I mean, it's not like they're glowing yellow or anything. That would be really weird. Still, though..." She gently pulled at his hand as she began to lead him through the library. "...the nice thing about all this magic is that if it doesn't heal on its own soon? I bet a teacher or someone else who works here can help you out."

[scattered_rose]

"Right, glowing yellow. They've definitely never done that." That laugh sounded natural, right? Still, he offers her a smile. "Yeah you've got a point there. Help is never very far."

[plusfivedex]

Kamala cocked her head for a second at the awkward laugh, but... Well, it had been a pretty bad joke. "It's good, because as helpful as the magic's going to be, I feel like it's going to make a lot of messes, too. I don't have any experience with this kind of thing, though - we're turning a corner; left - how about you?"

[scattered_rose]

He went around the corner well, with her direction and his one good eye helping together. "I'm used to magic where I'm from, but not quite like this. It's more like... it just is, rather than organized schools and stuff."

[plusfivedex]

She smiled to see that, impressed. "There's magic where I'm from, too, but it's definitely not the sort of magic that 'just is.' It's mostly some of the heroes who have it, and even then, what's magic and what's a superpower is kind of a blurry line." She shrugged the shoulder that connected to her free hand... And then paused, both in speech and motion.

"Are you sick?" His hands felt... Kind of clammy.

[scattered_rose]

"Huh, that must be pretty interesting to see go around." His thoughts were broken off when she paused though, and he glanced down, correctly guessing what made her ask that. He's just gonna attempt to bring his hand back to him, thank you.

"Oh uh, no- I'm fine. Just naturally cold."

Yep. No stories being told here.

[plusfivedex]

"Naturally cold?" Kamala echoed, not letting him take that hand back just yet. "Why would you be naturally cold?"

[scattered_rose]

"Uh." He blinked, looking at her, a little conflicted. She might notice that his eye was still red- both of them, now that she could finally get a good look -and that whatever smoking damage had been around the light blasted one was less than it was before. Wow that was quick.

"...Reasons?"