daybreakacademy | EVENT - DAWNBREAKING PARTY

DAWNBREAKING PARTY
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The sun has risen on a new year - a year closer to Daybreak’s ultimate confrontation, but a new year all the same. Instead of the customary welcome assembly and speech for students in January, the administration has decided to celebrate the students’ achievements of thwarting two Heralds, and thus ensuring that the sun can continue to rise at all.

Soleil’s local amusement park, the Radiant Carnival, has been reserved for the Academy’s use on January 10th - which means free, unlimited reign of the park’s features and amenities, often with some further magical twists.

A. Welcoming Feast
Those who have attended the Academy before will by now be familiar with the kind of lavish spread Daybreak puts on for their start-of-year banquet, and the fare is as sumptuous as usual. The presentation comes with a twist, however - given that the party is hosted in the amusement park, the food has been laid out as an extensive buffet that students and staff can visit throughout the day, changing to new selections at certain hours to match the time of day.

The usual selection of drinks - both nonalcoholic and not - has also been made available through a combination of serving staff (for alcohol) and enchanted self-serve machinery (for anything else), allowing the possibly-inadvisable decision of mixing as many drinks as you can possibly get your hands on.

B. Amusement Park
For those who haven’t been to the Radiant Carnival before, it’s a colourful and magical sight - due to support from the Academy and the profit it turns from being one of the few places where the veil is more loosely enforced, it’s perpetually a bright spot, even in the winter landscape. Offering everything from the high-octane thrills of rollercoasters and drop towers to more sedate attractions like riverboat rides and merry-go-rounds, there’s no end to the entertainment that the Carnival provides - if an amusement park ride is reasonably common, the Carnival is sure to have it.

If amusement park rides aren’t to your tastes, there are also alleys and corners where people can gather for more traditional carnival games or - for those who prefer more technological pursuits, an arcade with everything from crane games and photobooths to high-tech game cabinets both enchanted and not. For those who want something more quiet, there’s space to sit and admire frozen water features, peaceful winter gardens, and even a castle to explore made from ice.

There’s bound to be something for everyone at the Radiant Carnival - or, at least, it aims to reach that standard.

C. Fireworks Show
As the day draws to a close and the sun sets, fireworks begin to burst in intricate patterns and vibrant colours in the darkening sky. While seating and rugs have been set up for convenience in the best places to watch the show from, those who are more daring might very well be able to secure a chance to set off some of these special fireworks themselves.

Or you can just bring your own and fire them off from somewhere else within the park, if you find the Academy’s selection lacking - though the administration will likely frown on it, if you’re caught.

D. Wildcard

The Radiant Carnival is open and free, at least for the day, to all of Daybreak’s attendees. Why not take advantage of it?

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Ah, well, that is certainly reassuring. However, it is just further proof that we have much to do as faculty. We must both prepare and protect our students.

[Emille takes a sip of water to hide the beginnings of an involuntary "hmph." Urtz does realize she's talking to an extreme workaholic, right?] I personally feel as if I have far too much work to do, research to conduct, preparations to make, and things to teach and learn to ever truly relax. Perhaps it is fortunate that the Academy occasionally requires days of feasting and celebrating for those of us who find it hard to pull away from our duties. [Even now she's fighting the urge to go do some lingual research on what she heard earlier -- after lunch, of course.]

[Urtz simply takes a sip of her wine, trying to hold her tongue and knowing she's going to fail miserably. Without missing a beat:]

You sound just like my brother. I count myself lucky that I've yet to need a crowbar to pry him away from his work.

[In goes another piece of steak, which she chews and swallows in record time.]

Though I do have one just in case.

[She's sure that's not the last time she'll hear such a statement, as that was literally one of the first comments she and Ekkehardt exchanged when he helped her move boxes into her office. So Urtz, you've just won yourself a sigh from Emille. Closely followed by her own bite of steak, which allows her a moment to formulate a response to basically, "I have a metal prying or whacking stick to use on workaholics."]

...You have a crowbar? [Yeah, that's concern on Emille's face.] Is it on your person, or is it a metaphorical or magical crowbar?

Ah, no need to burden yourself with such concerns. It was merely a joke. Nothing more than that.

[While that doesn't exactly inspire confidence, it's also entirely likely Urtz is just fucking around at this point. It does seem to fit her MO, for better or for worse.]

Though I must say, your reaction is quite interesting. Would there be something so strange about me owning a crowbar?

[The concern on Emille's face melts into something more akin of a frown. She's been played. She should have seen it coming, as it was a rather off-the-wall comment from someone whom she mostly trusts in some matters but not all, while exemplifying the main reason why Emille cannot truly trust Urtz. First the Changeling demonstration, now taking advantage of her seriousness...

How troublesome. And now to try and save face while remaining respectful.]

No, I suppose a crowbar could be a useful tool for anyone to own. It is likely that there is even one stashed in the labs somewhere. [A pause. Will she say it?] I am just unsure what the full truth is coming from you at times, Lady Cromwell, and it is a little off-putting. Yet, it is a quirk I must anticipate and acclimate to, as you are a valued colleague. I am merely unused to such a prankish attitude from within the serious and factual realm of science. [As in, nobody ever pulls her leg and she doesn't like it when it happens so don't let it happen again.]

I apologize if my words are in any way harsh. I am merely trying to be honest.

In no way are your words harsh. I appreciate your honesty as I appreciate all honesty. And so I shall return the favor. As you've no doubt noticed, I'm quite familiar with how difficult I can be. Yet I have no desire to change who I am. Mischief comes as second nature to me just as science does to you.

[AKA she's definitely going to do something like that again and again.]

Though I will say this much, my escapades are typically harmless. So do not feel as though you are in any sort of danger because of my hobby.

[Good, that went better than expected. Headache-y Emille is a grumpier-than-usual Emille, and it doesn't help that her slight frustration moments ago is likely going to bring about the return of said headache. Ugh.]

Yes, yes, that is something I have certainly realized. I am merely not one for foolishness. But as long as your actions do not get in the way of our end goals, do whatever pleases you. Perhaps your inclinations will save us one day, as they have surely served you in the past. [Now she kind of wants to see Urtz trick a Dragon with some kind of magic/illusion-filled prank. Not without some means of slaughtering the menace immediately afterwards, of course.]

[With a final savory bite of steak, Emille realizes that she has cleaned her plate. She'll sit tight for a moment, then head over to the dessert table to see if there's something small but satisfying enough to top her meal off with.]

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