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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Comments

[subconmodo]

I could have told you that.

Tried putting creamer in what I drink once, just to see if it would help the taste.

It didn't.

[spelleton]

I doubt anything would help the taste of what you drink. It's too far gone for that.

[ The day he convinces Avery to stop drinking that horrible concoction is the day hell freezes over probably. ]

[imyoubut]

I once saw him pour three energy drinks, two cups of coffee, 10 grams of sugar, and what appeared to be 100 grams of ginseng into a blender along with some ice and press "puree."

He then drank the whole concoction in under a minute.

[How has his heart not stopped yet...]

[subconmodo]

Of course I drank it in under a minute. Would you want to taste that?

[and there goes the point, flying off past Mars]

[spelleton]

[ Rather than say anything, Ekkehardt just puts his head down on the desk. There's an audible thunk as he does so. ]

[nor_iron_bars]

See, the problem is that you didn't add vodka. Vodka would have helped.

[Vodka would not have helped.]

[spelleton]

[Muffled: ] Don't give him more ideas!

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail blinks and pauses in the act of physically pulling out her flask.]

...sure. "Ideas".

[Just ideas, nothing to see here. Nope.]