Mod Account for Diatu Magicademy ([personal profile] magicademymods) wrote in [community profile] diatuooc2021-07-23 03:56 pm
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Test Drive Reloaded! #1


Test Drive #1




Welcome to Diatu (I Like Swords)

The Arrival Hall is all aflurry with activity! No one had expected so many Sundered to suddenly pop up, the staff find themselves desperately scrambling to keep up with the influx, and a bunch of new arrivals find themselves hanging out in the Hall lobby, waiting to be seen, sent home if possible, or counseled and prepared for student life if not. Rumors run like wildfire: some people believe they've been kidnapped by aliens, a worryingly persistent suggestion that this is a setup for a murder-tournament keeps circulating, and one or two nutcases insist that a dragon tinkered with the rules of magic and now they have to study at a magic school to survive. Pie stocks are grievously low, and thought Headmaster Birony herself appeared and began violating the rules of space and time to summon pies from the future, a second Headmaster Birony with an eyepatch, several war scars, and a wild hairdo appeared and promptly yelled at the first Headmaster for stealing her pies. A pie fight erupted. Pie stocks are even more grievously low now.

Still, here's your chance to talk to your fellow arrivals. Or aggressively attack the nearest target in an outrage (they set up a target dummy and labeled it VENT AGGRESSION HERE, and are trusting you guys on the honor system). Staff don't have time to talk, but they promise they'll get to you soon!

A Day In The Life

The sun is bright, the air is warm, a cool breeze blows across Anastara, clouds keep drifting directly through the island and engulfing people... it's summer on Ascelion, and the day is ripe for learning. Or as ripe as Diatu Magicademy ever can be -- though no one would trade the character and charm of the lively campus for some stodgy, regimented school more interested in forcing students into the mold than encouraging them to be their best, sometimes conditions in the Magicademy are a little inconvenient.

A toilet in Kedrigan Hall keeps clamping onto the butts of those who attempt to use it. Thus far, half a dozen students have been freed from its clutches by their friends, while reports of singed buttocks have increased twofold. (Yes, only twofold. Think about that for a minute.) Staff are on the lookout for a prankster rather than a commode, so as of yet the treacherous toilet has gone unpunished...

Not far away, a group of cleaning golems has occupied the promenade as part of an ongoing strike. As they possess only rudimentary intelligence, they believe this involves seizing objects from anyone who passes nearby and hurling them at a set of bowling pins. Meliandre Tomekin, Head of Groundskeeping, has set up shop across the Promenade; any student who wanders too close gets a big block of ice shoved into their hands, along with instructions to hold it still while she shows those reprobates what-for...

In the Great Hall proper, school clubs and activities have, as was inevitable, escalated competition for new students to yet another level which only isn't a war crime because it isn't part of a treaty yet: they've conscripted geese. Horrible geese, to be precise, who dispense flyers for various clubs with less subtlety than a nuclear holocaust. Some of them fight for dominance, others have teamed up to pin down innocent students and stuff leaflets down their throat, and one has a wand and is somehow casting Discovery spells?!

A Forgery!

"I tried a mass-Forging technique," the older student says, showing off the briefcase full of identical wands and a sign that says 'FOR $ALE CHEAP'. "Some of them are exactly what I intended, they self-correct runes, but the rest, well.. . I don't know, I can't tell, and I'm not really interested in finding out one by one, so... you buying?"

All sales final. No refunds. Caveat emptor. As for what the wands do, well... there's a reason he answered with an ellipsis when asked. On the other hand, maybe the effect isn't too terrible? Maybe it's even beneficial! Maybe the wand shoots out rainbows and muffins! Or maybe it just animates and strikes you vigorously about the head and shoulders...

Three Dragon War

Someone, we're not naming names, canons, or the color of eyes and the dragon to which they belong that forms said person's obsession, may or may not be indirectly responsible for the latest game craze sweeping Anastara: Three Dragon War, a collectible card game that features players as dragons, deploying spells, creatures, and Sundered against each other to destroy each and avoid the machinations of the Third Dragon. The awesome thing about the game is that the Third Dragon comes in all different forms: classic bundled-with-the-starter-pack Ire, super-rare Anastara Diatu, suspiciously-rare Cam Birony, ultra-common Large Eagull, and more. The concept of an outside force adding randomness to the battle and being manipulated in turn by cards means Three Dragon War is the hottest card game that's come along since the last card game that was the hottest that had come along came along.

Face-to-face, you find yourself in a duel over these cards and the magical images they summon. Can this untested deck come through if you believe in it? Or are statistics and probability actual things that actually happen? Dragon Battle! Jiao Long Fu!

There's One in Every Test Drive

Not every magical disaster is caused by some wayward student you don't know. Many of them are caused by you instead. To wit: you're on the spot in one of the magical labs, being called on to demonstrate a technique more advanced than others you've mastered so far. Failure is expected, and the wards should prevent any injury to others from a miscast spell. But will the sparks of your magic just sputter out and die? Or will you inadvertently mispronounce, misform, misshape, or miscalculate in a way that brings chaos to you and your lab partner?

(You could also manage to succeed in casting the spell, but that isn't very fun.)
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Animated - Hatred detected)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-24 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Jan.... uauary....? We've been in Avalon since before... January?" She shrunk back a little, stunned.
phoenixwiz: (Lost and Confused)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-24 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
“That’s correct, we were in there since November of last year,” Harry chimes in, “I still can’t believe that times flies so fast.”
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Animated - Spirit leaving her)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-24 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
She fell back against a wall and slumped down. "Since November?" she whispered.
phoenixwiz: (Lost and Confused)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-24 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
“Yep, since November. I’m really sorry to tell you about it,” he sighs heavily, so he decides to change topics to help Kyoko recover from the shock, “Hey, listen: I am starting to feel super thirsty right now, so maybe we can get something to drink and talk about this falling world that you just visited.”
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Animated - Nothing in my brain)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-24 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least distractions worked well on Kyoko. She stumbled to her feet and put on her fake sales girl smile. "Right, I'm so sorry, what can I get for you to drink?" she asked, snapping into service mode.
phoenixwiz: (Sneaky Little Fella)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-24 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
“Well, there is a stall selling some hot chocolate at the moment, so why don’t we go over there and get some right now?” he is more than happy to oblige, it’s the least he can do to help her in recovering from that information dump he just made.
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Animated - Nothing in my brain)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-24 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Her brain was still in employee mode to protect itself. "You want a hot chocolate? Alright, coming right up. Would you like a snack with that?"
phoenixwiz: (When He Smiles)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-24 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
“Perhaps some pastries are in order, so I might as well add that to the list,” he chuckles in agreement.
souls_of_roles: (Shameful Past - Animated - Sales girl sm)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-25 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright then. Coming right up." She smiled, and then turned to get him a cocoa and pastries...
phoenixwiz: (Confidence Within)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-25 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
“Oh thank you, Kyoko,” Harry thanks her while getting his share of the pastries and hot chocolate.

He then takes a bite of it and sips some of the cocoa as he takes in whatever has happened so far. It was really nice that he is slowly feeling his old magic again, but at the same time, he does feel bad that he no longer has kinetic and elemental magic that he has gotten in Avalon.
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Ready To Work)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-25 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded, then blinked, seeming to come back to herself. Though the panic that had started this was gone and forgotten.

"Wonder if there are any Faeries here...."
phoenixwiz: (When He Smiles)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-25 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
“Yeah, I was thinking the same thing as well,” Harry admits as well, while he’s not being aware, he soon notices that maybe his Avalon magic didn't left him at all when he ended levitating his cup of hot chocolate in the sky.

He didn’t think that he would retain them when flung into another world, but there is it.
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Prelude To La La Land)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-25 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Her whole face lit up. "You really think we'll see Faeries here? I wonder if we'll find Corn!"
phoenixwiz: (Sneaky Little Fella)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-29 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
“I was hoping to find him in here too to help you out,” Harry chimes in while he retrieves his hot chocolate from floating on its own in the sky, “We did try to find the guy in Avalon after all. So maybe he could be stuck in here somewhere.”
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Animated - shining joy)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-31 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"That could be!" She was bouncing. "Come on, let's go start looking!"
phoenixwiz: (When He Smiles)

[personal profile] phoenixwiz 2021-07-31 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
“Well, alright then. We might as well start with it right now,” Harry agrees as he gets up and begins to search around the area for Corn, and maybe ask him questions about fairies in general.
souls_of_roles: (Kyoko - Prelude To La La Land)

[personal profile] souls_of_roles 2021-07-31 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
She on the other hand... heads for the door outside. Because Corn would be in the woods, or by the ocean... right?