Fun with Magic | Friday, First period

[nuclear_snide]

Class today was to meet in the Danger Shop; when they got there, they'd find themselves in a bright little gazebo on a sunny day, though there was an odd fog concealing the landscape

"Welcome!" Bob grinned. "We could probably have done this outside, but...well, the safety protocols seemed like a good idea." And then he'd gotten a bit creative.

"Today, you've got a different sort of equipment." Which Anders had probably noticed was suspiciously light as he carried the box from Portalocity. Bob waved at the box, inside of which were brightly coloured life-vests. "Everybody put one on, and then your task for the day is to race to the other gazebo exactly like this one on the far side of the room. Doctor Lecter kindly was nagged into donated chocolates for you all to share once you arrive. Winner gets the best choices," he pointed out.

"Winner won't necessarily be the fastest, though" he said, grinning. "You've also got to find your way there." He gestured and the fog lifted, to show a hedge wall several stories high. "The hedges form a maze. You'll have to think to get through it. Oh," he added as if in afterthought, "and it's three-dimensional. So you'll want to work on your flying."

He smiled at them all. "Any questions?"

Comments

Sign in!

[nuclear_snide]

Ready to get lost!

Re: Sign in!

[bestatmystery]

Lottie Grote

Re: Sign in!

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka Zoldyck

Listen to the lecture!

[nuclear_snide]

Wonder if the teacher's lost it!

Grab a vest!

[nuclear_snide]

The vests are various neon colours, and very light. And when you put them on, you will be, too. Congratulations, you can fly! Try not to break anything.

Re: Grab a vest!

[bestatmystery]

Lottie picked up a bright neon green vest and put it on. And promptly started doing little somersaults in the air. She pulled out her phone to get a selfie and promptly dropped it, only to end up swimming awkwardly through the air downwards to try and get it back.

Still. FLYING!

Re: Grab a vest!

[nuclear_snide]

"You may want to keep a better hold on your things," Bob called out - a reminder to everyone as much as to Lottie. "I'm not sure how much this room will protect them from a fall."

Re: Grab a vest!

[that_oldsaying]

Neon pink! NEON PINK!

Alluka beelined for a pink one and slipped it on. Then she bounced into the air and, as she did a spin, just started giggling.

This was the best!

Re: Grab a vest!

[not_every_mage]

Anders put on a neon blue vest, and then followed Lotie's lead and did little somersaults. he couldn't hold back his laughs of delight as he floated away.

Re: Grab a vest!

[nuclear_snide]

"Is this something your mages learn to do?" Bob asked.

Re: Grab a vest!

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Dipper grabbed a neon blue color and did his best to figure out how it worked.

He spent a good deal of the time hanging upside down before he got the hang of it.

Re: Grab a vest!

[nuclear_snide]

"The other end generally goes up," Bob said helpfully.

Solve the maze!

[nuclear_snide]

Nothing jumps out at you; it's just a maze.

...well, Bob may pop through a wall sometimes.

Re: Solve the maze!

[bestatmystery]

So Lottie knew allllll about regular mazes and how to get through them. Always turn in the same direction. It was elementary mystery-kid knowledge.

She hadn't really thought it through for a three dimensional maze you flew through, though. You couldn't always turn up, could you?

Re: Solve the maze!

[that_oldsaying]

"Lottie, Lottie, Lottie! Hi!" Alluka said cheerfully, flailing her way after Lottie. Alluka was not super great at flying, but she was enthusiastic about it! "Can I come with you?"

Pleaaaase?

Re: Solve the maze!

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

So Dipper was taking his usual analytical approach and was going to diagram each turn he took so he could work out a virtual map of the maze.

It wasn't going well.

Re: Solve the maze!

[nuclear_snide]

And as promised, Bob was walking through a hedge wall next to him. "What happens if you drop your pencil?"

Lounge about after the maze!

[nuclear_snide]

There are moddable homemade chocolates, tea, milk, and coffee catered by Hannibal. There's also a magical TV feed to watch the folks who haven't finished yet.

Talk to Bob!

[nuclear_snide]

He's around as usual!

Re: Talk to Bob!

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka made her (somewhat ungainly, but happily, as she flew) way over to Bob.

"Um," she said, a bit tentatively. "Excuse me? Hi!"

Re: Talk to Bob!

[nuclear_snide]

"Hello there." Bob stepped a bit further up in the air to her level. "What can I do for you?"

Talk to the TA!

[nuclear_snide]

Once he pings in!

Re: Talk to the TA!

[not_every_mage]

Anders was more interested in flying than in TA'ing, truth be told, but he was around. And probably up for another race.

OOC!

[nuclear_snide]

Yay for flying!

Re: OOC!

[bestatmystery]

I have the "I'M FLYYYYYYYYYYYING!" song from Peter Pan stuck in my head now and it's ALL YOUR FAULT.