heromedal: (Oooooh no.)
Rex Arany ([personal profile] heromedal) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-07-13 07:27 am

Memory Sharicus - Oh No, not again!

About 8 am on July 15th, Rex does something stupid in his usual genius way. It was meant to be a small, simple test run of a method to scan a person and instantly gain all the data he needed to produce a Phantom.

The small field the spell was meant to spread just kept growing, until popping like a bubble with the most counterintuitive sound of all- two seconds of white noise, sounding as if it was coming from inches away. Not everyone heard it. But everyone who did...

It's a painless process, almost ticklish and instantaneous as numerous coloured orbs fly out from their chest, taking wild curving trajectories that launch them all over the academy and some of Soleil, coming to a sudden stop and hovering silently for just a few seconds.

That's when they start to slowly float towards the nearest possible recipient of the memory they contain, accelerating as they get closer as if thought and mind have a unique sort of magnetism.

It's sort of beautiful to see, really, not that Rex will notice because 60% of his mind is consumed with fear he will get into trouble and the Phantom project will be compromised. On the other hand, the Phantom project could provide the perfect scapegoat. So about six hours after the initial event, he released his latest creation- the Phantom mischief-maker, Waggery!

What a disaster.

(( ooc: The planning post is here! Be careful to warn for the nastier memories! If you already have memories planned to share, feel free to write them as a top level or just put up your character and link to the planning/make it a free for all. There'll be a post below for Waggery shenanigans and random NPC memories up for grabs. ))
buddinghopes: (glad to hear it)

[personal profile] buddinghopes 2019-07-13 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I couldn't agree more, really.

[She laughs sheepishly.]

I was always way more interested in what I could learn from my mom's books than whatever was taught in classrooms... And she has a lot of books...
highelves: (and don't look away)

[personal profile] highelves 2019-07-13 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

[ her mother's books, huh. it hits close to home in a way ana wasn't expecting, and it makes her uncomfortable for a brief moment. she has to overcome that discomfort before she speaks again. ]

I'd have to agree with you there as well. My mother's books were all about runes and the supernatural; I'd read them almost every day.

I'm glad to know we have that in common, Lia.
buddinghopes: icon colors done by <user name="SilverStilletto" site="plurk.com"> (amazing!)

[personal profile] buddinghopes 2019-07-13 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The common ground just keeps growing, huh...

[If she noticed the discomfort, she's at least not drawing attention to it.]

My mom's a mage, so her books are all over the place... it always made for interesting reading, though.
highelves: (i just don't have a map for)

[personal profile] highelves 2019-07-13 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It truly does. But...your mother's a mage? How interesting!

[ she grins. ] So that makes you a mage as well?
buddinghopes: (glad to hear it)

[personal profile] buddinghopes 2019-07-14 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
She broke off from the rest of her family since she didn't like how they did things, but... yeah.

My mom says I've got potential if I decide I ever want to pick magic up in earnest, but since my Flame manifested, I'd been putting my focus on that. Of course, since coming here, I've tried to pick other things up to be a little more well-rounded...
highelves: (8)

[personal profile] highelves 2019-07-14 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a piece of backstory...! ana simply nods and doesn't pry. she knows how uncomfortable it can be when people ask about your history, so she leaves it at that. ]

I understand. That's why you're curious about runes, isn't it?
buddinghopes: (glad to hear it)

[personal profile] buddinghopes 2019-07-17 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yup!

[She pushes some of her hair out of her face.]

I know I can't be useful in every situation, but not being able to do anything in a given scenario... doesn't sit well with me.
highelves: (close to me)

[personal profile] highelves 2019-07-17 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
I understand the sentiment.

It's truly an admirable one, Lia.