MARCH IN-SERVICE

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March In-Service
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Flowers festooned the faculty office, from merry little snowdrops in tiny planters to crystalized crocuses suspended in windows to catch light, and with pastel seat covers the room looked much brighter and lighter than the norm. The food prepared is a mix of late winter and early spring, from winter salads with bleu cheese and gratin to quiche lorraine, cherry clafouti, simmered bamboo shoots, sakura mochi, and lemon rosemary cake - all served with American-style iced tea, lemonade, and matcha.


Poisson d'avril - Senior Prank day
Despite the cheery decor, it was serious - all hands on deck for faculty and TAs - for while true graduation is not until May, the long-running tradition of senior pranks starts on April 1st and who knows what will happen, especially when magic and alchemy widens the possibilities. The alchemy grad students, in particular, have been hinting about their surprises for the week - animal transformations, as a topic, have come up more than once.

Walpurgisnacht Ball (We're not invited)
Speaking of pranks… Walpurgisnacht is coming soon, a time for those inclined towards magic to celebrate or hold rituals, and to ward off evil - but among the Mages of Europe, it is a time for an annual ball where they introduced their new heirs, arrange marriages, and (in theory) cast aside old grudges. However, there is one long-standing grudge: Thanks to an incident long lost to history, Daybreak Academy has been snubbed and disinvited from this gathering - and a new tradition was born: to crash the party and prank the hell out of the Mages, and every year they had succeeded without fail - to annoy the mages without being bad enough for them to justify going after the academy, and the Seers are hoping this will continue.

The faculty will be discussing the various visions that have been displayed recently.

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[evangelclairvoyance]

[He waits for an explanation, only to receive none.

That's... promising.

These people have been hanging around daemons too long.]

I see...

I suppose it's not harmful per say, but...

[He sighs]

Can we at least try and recruit some of them to our cause while we're there?

[spelleton]

[ sorry christo ekkehardt would wear 'FUCK MAGE SOCIETY' on a t-shirt if he wasn't committed to his aesthetic ]

I can't say it wouldn't be a good idea to try, at least. If there's any that are open about being recruited by the Academy, they'll likely prove more useful than their predecessors.

[evangelclairvoyance]

Ah. I wasn't thinking of it in terms of the Academy, but... You do have a good point.

[Context is everything, even if Nightfall is everywhere... Why does Earth have to be so big?]

I must admit, I'm a little surprised to see you going along with this.

[Ekkehardt always seemed like the sane one.]

[spelleton]

Ah, well, I make an exception for this. It's probably surprising if you don't know.

[ He folds his hands on the table, smiling faintly. ]

Do you know much about mage society, Mr Christo? [ It's a genuine question. ]

[evangelclairvoyance]

I'm afraid not. Until I came to the Academy, I didn't get much chance to interact with them.

[spelleton]

Ah. I'll spare you their - our - illustrious, bloody history [ and here, his voice is briefly bitter ], as much of it was expressed through little wars. Little skirmishes. Hardly noticed.

Mages are dedicated to their history, to their grudges. To their bloodlines and to do things the way they have always done them, or to assert control over what they desire. It makes their societies often...inflexible, especially to other mages that disagree with them.

So, I think shaking them up a little is a good thing to do. [ His voice is light, and his faint smile has returned. ] It reminds them of the outside world, I think.

[nor_iron_bars]

We kinda are, in a way. [She clarifies:] They ain't ever gonna like us. But they can respect us- and sometimes you can get begrudging respect by being a total bastard, if you do it with style.

That's why we don't wanna go overboard- [Who are you and what have you done with Jailbreak.] -but we still wanna go completely nuts. [Never mind, she's fine.]

Dazzle 'em with daring, baffle 'em with bullshit- it all works out to the same thing.

[evangelclairvoyance]

[He's so unused to this kind of tactic. Back home, everyone just used debate, stalling tactics, and egregious amounts of passive aggression... when conflicts are face-to-face.]

So our actions have to involve a certain amount of charisma...

[He'll take "Not my strong suit" for 500, Alex]

[nor_iron_bars]

In our case, it's more like charisn'tma.

[Be so appalling people find themselves weirdly drawn in by your utter trainwreck of a personality, and feel almost compelled to watch the whole thing play out in increasingly horrified fascination.]

[It's the Jailbreak way.]

[evangelclairvoyance]

[He just stares at her, confused.

You've lost him, Jail.]