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

[nor_iron_bars]

Awww, you're so pretty when you're reveling in the downfall of your enemies. [She loves it.]

Thinking it might be fun to play with their expectations a little. Just walk in like nothing's weird and it's totally normal for you to be showing up with me, like we haven't probably robbed more than half the guest list between the two of us. Act like we're just there to have a nice night and be all innocently baffled that anyone could possibly see anything suspicious about it.

Smile in a really unsettling way whenever possible, maybe periodically linger near random locations or people for just long enough to seem odd.

And the whole time they're tearing their hair out trying to figure out what the fuck we're up to, the people actually pulling off the main prank will be taking advantage of the distraction to set everything up without anyone stopping 'em.

[imyoubut]

[Urtz lets out a cheerful hum at the compliment. Yes, good. Praise her more.

The plan itself gets her to smile before she snickers.]

Have I mentioned you look gorgeous whenever you start scheming? You get this little twinkle in your eyes and it never ceases to make me swoon. And as for your plan... Playing the role of a distraction sounds enjoyable. I do have a few other things in mind, but I can always distance myself from them so those imbeciles can't trace it back to me.

Alright, I accept.