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Post by wise288 on Jan 12, 2023 1:00:00 GMT -5
Edward was never normal. While both his parents where short, stocky farm folk Edward was tall, lean and bookish. He loved saving up his allowance and buying a book from the market. Every new book was like a treasure chest, waiting to be opened. It was clear to his parents Edward was destined to join the Druids, people of the forest who bent the very earth to their will and called fire from the air. However, when Edward did train under them, he wasn't satisfied. Sure, they taught him Earth Magic and he loved hearing about their legends, past leaders and all the adventures surrounding them, but it wasn't enough.
Edward wanted to learn about the mages who froze the waves, who broke the sky with thunder, who shone with light both brighter than the angels and darker than the most depraved demon. Edward focused his efforts and eventually found a book describing mages who didn't just call upon the elements, but the universe itself. Mages who could warp time and space to hear the thoughts around them, to jump whole continents and more. This was what Edward wanted. Book in hand, Edward slowly but surely taught himself Space magic, not a lot but enough to impress the Head Druid Agnew.
Agnew gave Edward the money he'd saved for this day. Agnew could tell Edward wasn't going to stop at just Earth magic, he would likely learn magic in all its elements. And to do so, Edward would travel to Maazeric Island to attend the Magic Academy. The academy was the place where all young mages go to learn how to harness their elements of choice and the science of magic. To Edward, this sounded like heaven.
Standing infront of the large wooden doors to the main building, Edward felt a pang of nervousness as he stared up at the looming architecture. Could he really get in? He was the son of two farmers, not a prince or a nobleman or anything like that. Mustering all the strength within him, he knocks on the door, praying he wasn't making a mistake.
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 12, 2023 6:50:29 GMT -5
Harlequin walks up behind him and waits to see what happens, harlequin also wishes to join the academy too learn magic of which he had been fascinated by,
Since he was the son of criminals he was always doomed to fallow there path but harlequin didn’t want that he wanted to become a powerful mage and save people from threats, harlequin slowly walked up to the gate and introduced himself to the man who was already there “hello there, are you also wishing to be accepted into the mage academy, I’m harlequin a new mage of the sea domain”.
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Post by wise288 on Jan 12, 2023 9:28:57 GMT -5
Edward jumps as he hears the sounds of someone coming up behind him. Turning around, he sees a young Teifling man not too much older than himself. As he introduces himself, Edward smiles and relaxes.
"A pleasure, I'm Edward. I'm looking to master the Space Domain, and maybe pick up a few other spells as well. I'm fascinated by magic and want to know how it all works. Speaking of, I see you're a teifling. What's that like? Do you ever get cold? Any innate access to dark domain spells, though being sea domain that's probably a no. What about sleep, are you a night owl? I'm only asking because I've never met a Teifling before and am genuinely curious"
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 12, 2023 16:48:16 GMT -5
Harlequin responds saying “no I don’t have any resistance to cold or any power from the dark domain, I also don’t stay up all night I go to sleep the same as you, but anyway do you know how to get in to this place mr Edward”
Harlequin starts banging on the door loudly with the back of his hand trying to get someone to open it, failing he turns to Edward and waits for an answer his question.
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Post by wise288 on Jan 12, 2023 20:58:41 GMT -5
Edward hurridly jots the notes down in his journal "Mostly human, just demonic window dressing. Got it. As for getting inside, the front door? Honestly it's my first time here so I'm not sure what the protocol is for entry. Maybe its a password? Like swordfish, abracadabra, open sesame, Babaganush." Edward tries, waiting for a response. When none came, he shrugged his shoulders "That's all I got."
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 12, 2023 22:30:45 GMT -5
Harlequin thinks for a bit “maybe it need magic to open” after saying this he puts his hand on the door and try’s to put magic into it but nothing happens “i geuss not, any other ideas” as he said this the door opened and a teacher stands there waiting for them, harlequin says “oh this must be the teacher who tests us” harlequin then quiets down for the examiner.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jan 13, 2023 16:39:36 GMT -5
With only a soft creaking sound that wasn’t proportional to its size and weight, the door was opened enough so a small woman could peak. Not that they would notice her immediately, but once they looked down they would face stern eyes of a middle-aged halfling sporting a set of round glasses and a I-dont-have-time-for-this huff. She looked them both dead in the eyes, as if they criminals charged with murder, before she lowered her gaze for the paper in her hands.
"You must be..... Mr. Edward? And you are Mr. Harlequin, right? Come this way."
Without waiting for them to answer, the door opened enough so they could come in and the woman took a few steps back. They were upon a large lobby of sorts, with few people coming and going. It was a big chamber, mostly dominated by a big mahogany desk in the shape of a crescent. The walls were decorated with paintings of former Deans and, right behind the counter, a huge portrait of Sor'Adien, current dean of the Academy and also Leader of the Mage's Guild. There was only another man behind it the counter, talking to someone in front of him, seemingly slightly exhasperated. There were few students there, but most of them were young adults excitedly talking amongst themselves, pointing at the window, to something out in the gardens and glancing at the person on the counter. The lobby was a tad more agitaded than the usual, and it vexxed the halfling immensely.
"Wait here."
The halfling's quick stride took her to the person before the counter. For someone who lived at Moonglade, it was a quick mystery: the raven on her shoulder, the black, feathery cloak and blue, nebulous eyes were often a dead giveaway for the infamous Witch of Moonglade, known resident of the Moonveil forest. The halfling's opinion of the woman were clear in her deep scowl: everytime she came to the Academy - which was a rare occurence, thankfully - her mere presence would raise havoc among the students, as if she carried a storm around her. Her name had been getting more known to the public these last few months, so it was no wonder the students were curious. And she did have a touch of a dramatic flair...
The two woman exchanged a few words, and then the Witch turned to see the two newcommers. If there was a person that could smile with her eyes, it was her. With a determined stride, she approached the two.
"Good afternoon.... You must be Edward, right? And what about you?"
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Post by wise288 on Jan 13, 2023 19:56:35 GMT -5
Edward yelps as the door opened and looks it up and do-ah! There was a young halfling woman staring at him like he'd just kicked her dog, off a cliff, and sent a fireball down after it. When she spoke his name, it suddenly snapped Edward out of his panic-enabled stupor
"Err, yes. I'm Edward. It's nice to meet you-are already heading inside. Okay! Works for me. Err, could you slow down? Please?" Edward shouts as he hurries inside after her.
Heading inside he stops for a second to look in awe at the lobby. Coming from a small farming village, he'd never had much of an opportunity to view large buildings like this. Moving forward somewhat on autopilot, he stopped when he'd heard the halfling call out, blinking. She moved to talk to a woman in a black feathery cloak with a raven on her shoulder and blue, void like eyes. It took him five seconds to recognize her, and less time to start gushing.
"The Witch of Moonglade! Holy, Agnew said he was setting me up with a sponsor, not pne of the most powerful casters in the world! I, you, I've heard all your stories! This is such an honor. Your Raven is lovely! Am I babbling? I'm babbling. Sorry, I'm not usually so talkative. I, yes! Edward, that's me. I am Edward. This is Harlequin. I met him outside. He's a teifling, which is kinda cool! I think he mentioned knowing Sea magic"
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 13, 2023 20:13:34 GMT -5
Harlequin stays quiet and just fallowed the halfling, as he was fallowing he looked around in awe quietly and when they got to the desk he stayed quiet until Edward mentioned him
“Yeah I’m harlequin, I use sea magic, I don’t have a sponsor I just payed my way in” As he said his he sideyed Edward for babbling and was obviously jealous about him having a sponsor.
“Now that we are present where do we go to do the exam?”. Harlequin asked wanting to do this quickly
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jan 14, 2023 15:26:42 GMT -5
"Hello! My name is Mischief!" cawed the raven upon her shoulder, looking curiously from one young man to the other.
Kamille had the feeling Edward would recognize her, but she didn’t know much about this other newcommer. Well, first things first.
"Where are my manners.... My name is Kamille, and Elder Agnew told me your story. Nice to finally meet you."
The Witch extended her hand to shake his. The gloves she wore had black claws stitched to the ends. Next, she turned to Harlequin and offered her hand to shake his as well.
"You don’t have a sponsor? Interesting...."
TwoSometimes, Fate did funny things, putting people in places on the right time... Kamille looked from one to the other, a small smile curving her lips as she tried to make up her mind.
"Can you guys show me what you can do? Now?"
Right here and right now, in front of a known mage and possible sponsor. Granted it was unexpected and anxiety inducing, it was possibly much less than the actual process of standing before a jury of teachers and the Dean himself to do the same.
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Post by wise288 on Jan 14, 2023 17:42:49 GMT -5
Edward beamed brightly at the bird as it spoke. Rooting around his bag, he pulled out a cracker from the rations he'd bought in case he needed to make camp anywhere. "Hello Mischief! It's nice to meet you. You're a very pretty Raven." he coos. He couldn't explain it, but he always had a fondness for animals. Far less pushy and mean than people could be.
Edward immediately snapped his attention to the Witch and, fumbling with the cracker, took her hand carefully to avoid the claws. "The Pleasure's all mine. You're one of, if not the strongest caster in Charon. Having you as a mentor is a blessing I still can't quite believe I'm worthy of."
Edward blinks and coughs, taking his hand back and looking at the tiled floor of the hall. "Err, not right here. I'm afraid I'd make a mess. I can do small things sure but the only two real spells I have on hand are Stone Wall and Tri Beam, and I don't want to risk hurting anyone" he explains, feeling a bit chagrined.
Back with the Druids, he was part of holding a defensive line while his fellow initiates took the offensive. It was only by sheer chance he got the texts necessary to learn his Tri-Beam spell.
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 14, 2023 20:40:43 GMT -5
Harlequin steps up and pulls out a cup, he places his hand over it and it fills with water he then taps the surface of the water and cats chill/heat water to make it burning and finally he cats ice over freezing the water,
He hands the cup to the mage and she feels the cup is burning yet frozen, “is that good enough” he asks” casting destroy water to get rid the the wat and put the cup back away.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jan 15, 2023 21:39:28 GMT -5
Kamille smiled at Edward. While Kamille herself had never attended the Academy, she knew it meant a lot for Edward and a lot of these young apprentices. And she owed a favor to Elder Agnew too, so she found it to be the perfect opportunity - for all she had heard, he looked promising, if the druids were to be believed.
Some part of her hoped she could meet with Sor'Adien while there, but she knew he was a busy man and it would possibly be a long shot. Still, she smiled at Edward and Harlequin, turning to the tiefling for a moment.
"I'm sure you'll have no trouble passing the test. You look like you know what you're doing, so there's no use worrying about it. Is there something you need help with?"
Then, Kamille turned to Edward again.
"As for you... If you don't mind, I assume we'd need to have a chat before I go talk to the Dean's secretary. Do you mind if we'd step outside for a while?"
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Post by wise288 on Jan 15, 2023 21:50:44 GMT -5
Edward sighed, hanging his head. He'd blown it. He failed to impress the most famous witch in the world by having two spells that couldn't be used safely indoors. He was so dumb! No matter, he just nodded to the witch. "Yeah, that's fine. I'm just...I'm sorry I failed your test. Maybe sometime in the future, you'd let me try again? I...I really want to learn more about the world. It's so big and beautiful and mysterious, I want to see everything! Learn everything! I want to make it better, make it safer for people to live and enjoy their lives here. But, yeah, we can head outside."
Edward flashed a sad smile to Harlequin "Congrats man, you were awesome. You got all the utility stuff a wizard could want. I'm sure you're gonna turn this place on it's head. Good luck, maybe I'll see you again in the future."
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Post by Harlequin Valin on Jan 16, 2023 0:45:50 GMT -5
Harlequin waves and say “cya” he then turns around to seat in a seat to wait for the exam, while waiting he says “this is so annoying, that loser gets a sponsor and he can’t even use his magic, give me a break”.
Harlequin then gets surrounded by students congratulating him on his magic and he drops his head in annoyance.
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