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Ars Arcana Mods ([personal profile] arsholes) wrote in [community profile] arsarcana2022-03-20 12:51 pm
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we've got magic to do, just for...

[You awake in an unfamiliar bed.

It’s not uncomfortable per say but it’s certainly not yours. In the dim light around you the room strikes a second chord of unfamiliarity. On a far wall there is a wide banner hanging from the wooden ceiling beam, designating the color of your dorm and the dorm name smack in the middle: Evocation, Illusion, Abjuration, or Conjuration. Printed at the top and bottom of each banner is another name: The Thanatos Institute for the Advancement of Sorcery and Spellcraft.

The dormitories all contain 3 sets of bunk beds, blankets color-coded to the appropriate dorm color. Each bunk bed set has a chest at either end to keep your belongings, along with one bookcase per dorm and a clawfoot tub/ shower tucked away behind a door. Each trunk is individually labeled with a name, the name of one of the people in the bunk bed it flanks. The key to each one tucked away on your person when you awaken; inside the trunks you will find two fresh changes of clothes, basic hygiene items and your transmitter. They’re small, easily fitting in the palm of a hand, and are fitted with a glittering gem on top that matches the user’s assigned dormitory. At a glance it seems like a normal compact mirror, but upon first touching the glass it activates, illuminating the apprentice profiles instead of the beholder’s reflection. And that’s just one of the many things it can do.

The hallway outside the dorms is wide and tall, made of cold gray stone. The hall goes on until you reach the stairs that go up to a higher floor and down to a lower one. Whichever way you choose it becomes quickly clear where you are: a tower made of stone and wood and grand in every meaning of the word except quality.

Down in the Entrance Hall there is space for everyone to gather where massive doors stand unguarded but are tragically locked tight. Posted on the wall next to the doors, encased on a poster-sized glass frame and written on slightly yellowed parchment, are a set of rules.

For all intents and purposes it looks like you’re trapped- but at least you’re not alone.]
cuttingremark: (asshole)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-03-26 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Amazing how two people can be so versed in the art of sarcastic bowing.]

Well met. I've never heard of the Spectral Sentinels. [He tries to pluck a book from the shelf by feel, wanting to see if the illusion clings to the shelf or the books themselves.]
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2022-03-27 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
You and many of the rest of our fellows, I believe. It is somewhat strange, but I am not exactly hurt by it.

[The illusion does stick, actually! enjoy your Invisible Book.]
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-03-27 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Impressive, not that he'll say that out loud. He lays the invisible book back on the shelf.]

Likewise. It is very interesting that our captors were able to pull us from so many disparate worlds.
guffawsungraciously: jasper is smiling very smugly and perhaps looking down on someone, even though he is probably shorter than them. (big knifecat energy)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2022-03-27 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It certainly is, is it not? Really, what could all this effort possibly be for.
cuttingremark: (agreement)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-03-27 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
My current theory is a combination of sick entertainment and dark magic ritual.
guffawsungraciously: jasper looking off to the right (i could be on vacation right now.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2022-03-28 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Those seem fairly likely, though I have to wonder what someone who had the ability to draw us here in the first place would want for.

...

Of course, I suppose you can never have enough power, but one would think this would be the difficult part.
cuttingremark: (throne)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-03-28 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever their plans are, I hope they're use to disappointment.
guffawsungraciously: a smirky look, like you would expect from a piece of shit (kittyface...???)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2022-03-29 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, as do I. Really, they are certainly playing with fire here, are they not?
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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-03-29 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
A veritable inferno, in fact.
guffawsungraciously: kind of a smile! it's probably about something horrible, but maybe it isn't. (i'm taking a ride with my best friend)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2022-03-30 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I am looking forward to seeing how badly they get burned.