1271-1272 OOC

[Jonathan.Link]

Does anyone else have anything they want to do in the fall semester of 1271? Can we move onto spring 1272? Also, what other extracurricular activities are desired? Is there a desire for having a Bellum league of sorts?

@Apprentices

In the 10th century, the magus Casius invented a game called Bellum, Latin for “war,” which gives apprentices a method to practice Arcane Abilities and magical Arts.

If there is, I'll add the spell on as a freebie at the end of the first semester for all students.

[Severus_Snape]

@Jonathan.Link

Does anyone else have anything they want to do in the fall semester of 1271? Can we move onto spring 1272? Also, what other extracurricular activities are desired? Is there a desire for having a Bellum league of sorts?

Not on my part. You and I already spoke about extracurricular activities for Averell, so once we move forward I'll just need a crash course on the XP and spending it thusly. Otherwise, moving on is good by me!

[Severus_Snape]

Was any damage actually done to Averell? Jonathan mentioned damage being fatigue damage, but there is nothing in the post indicating amount taken.

[Jonathan.Link]

@Severus Snape

Was any damage actually done to Averell? Jonathan mentioned damage being fatigue damage, but there is nothing in the post indicating amount taken.

Nope, none. I would have indicated the amount if there was damage, and also indicated your penalty for future actions.

[Severus_Snape]

@Jonathan.Link

@Severus Snape

Was any damage actually done to Averell? Jonathan mentioned damage being fatigue damage, but there is nothing in the post indicating amount taken.

Nope, none. I would have indicated the amount if there was damage, and also indicated your penalty for future actions.

Cool. Just had to make sure!

[qcipher]

"You do not giggle at the Twigberry!"

[Jonathan.Link]

Oh you can laugh at him all you want.

[Jonathan.Link]

@Peregrine_Bjornaer

@Trogdor

Imric also offers Averell some words of encouragement. "See, you take all the pressure of class away and you have an easy time of it. You just have to learn to relax a bit in class."

Then he follows up on Fiona's comments. "Do you have an orange tree in here? We got oranges from Spain once when I was about seven, and they were wonderful. I've always wanted to have another orange."

[color=blue]"Why, yes, we do," she says, and leads him to a tree in the center part of the greenhouse. [color=blue]"One of the first trees I acquired was an orange tree, from some sodales in Iberia. In fact..." She finds a couple of ripe oranges and pulls them off, handing one to each student. She uses a knife to peel her orange before handing the knife to Imric. She sucks on the orange slices for a moment before eating them, licking the juice from her lips.

FWIW, oranges of this time were really bitter and were only good when candied. Maybe Fiona needs to invent Orange Liqueur.

[Peregrine_Bjornaer]

@Jonathan.Link

@Peregrine_Bjornaer

@Trogdor

Imric also offers Averell some words of encouragement. "See, you take all the pressure of class away and you have an easy time of it. You just have to learn to relax a bit in class."

Then he follows up on Fiona's comments. "Do you have an orange tree in here? We got oranges from Spain once when I was about seven, and they were wonderful. I've always wanted to have another orange."

[color=blue]"Why, yes, we do," she says, and leads him to a tree in the center part of the greenhouse. [color=blue]"One of the first trees I acquired was an orange tree, from some sodales in Iberia. In fact..." She finds a couple of ripe oranges and pulls them off, handing one to each student. She uses a knife to peel her orange before handing the knife to Imric. She sucks on the orange slices for a moment before eating them, licking the juice from her lips.

FWIW, oranges of this time were really bitter and were only good when candied. Maybe Fiona needs to invent Orange Liqueur.

I did not know that. Okay...let me edit the post, tweak the taste just a bit.

[Peregrine_Bjornaer]

Is it wrong that, when I rolled that initial zero, I was hoping to botch so I could see how [strike]much fun Turbulence could be[/strike] Turbulence worked?

[Jonathan.Link]

In my game last Tuesday, the one where I mentioned my magus ended up passing out, I had 3 botches on spontaneous spells. The last one I was arguing that I needed more botch dice so I could get a Twilight experience.

But, you can always force a turbulence to get more power...

[Severus_Snape]

One of the reasons I took weird magic is for that extra botch die. I am hoping to go into twilight...or turbulence, as the case may be.

[qcipher]

Averell takes his seat after performing the spontaneous spell, grabbing a quill, a vial of ink, and some parchment as he does so. He then scratches his head a few times before putting that quill into the ink and then onto the paper.

What does the wind feel like? It's as cool as the water, and as hot as the sun. It can be as gentle as a baby's breath, or as hard as a solid stone. We need air to live; without it we die.

But none of that can tell how it felt to have the air flowing FROM me. It was like running through the fields back home on the day of the summer equinox, the wet grass clinging to my breeches. It was like taking a bath without getting wet, streams of air flowing around me and doing what I wanted them to do. It was like my mother's breath on my cheek when she kisses me goodnight.

It's hard to say what it was truly like, because it didn't last very long. But I know it was special, and amazing, and worth doing again.

He reads what he has written several times over, making sure everything sounds right. He can't truly put into words what he felt, and even though he's only somewhat happy with what he put down, the smile on his face lingers on. The feeling of magic flowing through him...

...it can't be described, he adds to the parchment at the bottom. It's as if I am dreaming.

This is what I was looking for, thanks.

[Severus_Snape]

Figured as much. It was actually a lot harder to write it than it seems. I have to remember that Averell is 10 years old and doesn't have the vocabulary or articulation that I do.

[Makarion]

@Severus Snape

One of the reasons I took weird magic is for that extra botch die. I am hoping to go into twilight...or turbulence, as the case may be.

Amusing - that makes two of us. Vanadís has Weird magic, too, and Faerie Warping from her background. Her more recent years have repressed her earliest youth somewhat, but I was hoping that her somewhat bizar magic, once let loose, would re-awaken her upbringing from before she returned to Europe. I'm also looking for her to gain Enigmatic Wisdom before it's too late, mind!

[Trogdor]

@Severus Snape

Figured as much. It was actually a lot harder to write it than it seems. I have to remember that Averell is 10 years old and doesn't have the vocabulary or articulation that I do.

I have the advantage of having a 10 year old daughter. So I get an example of ten year old speech every day.

[Jonathan.Link]

I get a lot of Katy Perry and some other current pop artists that I can't think of at the top of my head from my daughter.

And can we please invite some neighbors to jump on the trampoline?

[Jonathan.Link]

I've threatened this before, but I think I'm going to make this happen sooner than later. When Trogdor returns from his cruise, I'm going to reset to the second semester. I think we've done most of what we can do for the first semester. I'll award confidence and XP in each active class thread.

[Severus_Snape]

@Jonathan.Link

I've threatened this before, but I think I'm going to make this happen sooner than later. When Trogdor returns from his cruise, I'm going to reset to the second semester. I think we've done most of what we can do for the first semester. I'll award confidence and XP in each active class thread.

Although you are going to do that, is it possible to get just one long OOC post somewhere that breaks down the XP and Confidence earned by each student for the term? I don't want to miss anything, and my eyes are bad....

[Jonathan.Link]

Yeah, I can summarize here, too.