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Wednesday Assembly, Wednesday, December 1, 2020

Today's assembly was being held in the Danger Shop, which was mocked up to look suspiciously like downtown Fandom--including all of the tinsel that had invaded--but weirdly empty of any people aside from the students who'd found themselves there.

"Right," Anakin said. "This will hopefully not end up in another food fight. Today we have a guest from out of town," he said, pulling out the card from the front office from the pocket of his cloak. "Please welcome Lord Shaxx and his discussion on...The Crucible!! With two exclamation points."

Anakin had such a bad feeling about this.

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Grab a seat, wish the Perk was staffed, wonder what fresh hell was about to be unleashed this time...

Troy would absolutely not mind another food fight! Those were kind of the best? But, anyway, he was actually ~~pinged in~~ there and thinking the whole empty town thing was a little creepy, which he felt didn't bode well for what might follow, but he was more than willing to be proven wrong!

If anything, it was a good distraction from worrying about whether or not he'd get in trouble for celebrating all this Christmas stuff coming up. You'd think since his whole family was all half a country away, it would be no big deal, but there always seemed to be ways of finding things out...

Shuri was trying to keep the tinsel out of her hair and was being fairly unsuccessful. She supposed she was just doomed to be sparkly.

Sabine took a seat, eyeing the setup but thinking this could be interesting.

While also trying to fish a piece of tinsel out from under her collar because it itched.

Illyana grabbed a seat, and immediately started removing tinsel from her hair. Again.

Between classes yesterday and...this...whatever this was going to be. She was feeling a bit jittery.

Take it away!

There was boisterous laughter from the very large man in the bulky armor at Anakin's side. He had his hands on his hips as he surveyed the gathered people before him.

"Welcome to the Crucible, Guardians! Where you will test your might and see who has the skill to come out victorious and who needs to spend more time honing their skills!"

There was a slight pause as a floating shape zipped up next to his ear as though to whisper something.

"What do you mean they're not Guardians? Of course they are!" Shaxx never learned how to modulate his voice for what could be considered the indoors. It was part of his charm. "In their hearts lay the burning desire to protect the weak and crush those who oppose them, I can feel it!"

Hopefully everyone was ready for some video game bullshit, because they were in for some video game bullshit.

"Now get in there and fight! Don't just look at me, go. And remember! If you're losing, you're not throwing enough grenades!"

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There were multiple sets of armor at the ready should anyone wish to take them along with the provided laser tag guns for each participant.

"Show us what you're made of! In a fireteam or on your own, I believe in you!"

Oh, it was a battle royale, folks. Don't let his supportive words fool you. Get in there and 'kill' each other as a training exercise.

Anakin was trying to get the hell out of the way but nooooooo. Now he had a laser tag gun and was floating a few feet off the ground, shooting electricity from his hands.

Great. Just great.

Lana also was floating (she had a glowy purple ball), but she was definitely side-eyeing the Jedi with lightning.

And surreptitiously taking pictures.

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Anakin smirked a her. "I see you taking pictures."

Lana smirked. "Just admiring the technique."

Which wasn't going to stop her throwing a glowy purple ball at him.

Which Anakin tried to repel like he would Force lightning, hands outstretched before him.

But it wasn't Force lightning and now Anakin was fake dead and really cranky.

And Lana was smug, which was probably going to get her fake-dead in turn if she didn't get over it. Still, she thought she deserved a second or two.

"I HAVE A SWORD MADE OF FIRE!"

Guess who definitely should not have a sword made out of fire? That's right, Tahani al-Jamil.

"Anyone who says that probably shouldn't have a sword of fire," Sabine noted under her breath.

Tahani made a face at her. "That's what jealous people say."

"I'm good here," Sabine told her, holding up her golden gun.

"Oh, that's pretty," Tahani said, missing the entire point of this exercise.

"See? I'm good."

And trying to give Tahani a sporting chance to not get shot at.

That would require a modicum of tactical awareness, which Tahani did not possess.

"Just not as good as I am!" Tahani said, running at Sabine in stilettos while wielding a sword she'd never held before.

This would end so badly.

Honestly, Tahani, she tried.

But now Sabine was shooting at her, so.

And now Tahani was fake dead because she had the survival instincts of a lemming.

"Rude!"

You know what Sabine was happy to use? A cool golden gun. Even if it wasn't what she was used to, she could adjust!

And she was a great shot! So good luck there.

Anakin floated by, cackling a little to himself and just leaning into the whole Palpatine aesthetic.

Weirdo.

"Weird look for a Dean!" Sabine said, a second after shooting at him.

"It's only pretend!" Anakin yelled back, shooting lightning and feeling really weird about it.

Was getting electrocuted also pretend? Because look who was getting electrocuted.

And shooting at him for it. Could she do that right away? Because she was.

Anakin was not used to being able to just...float fly...thing, so he avoided getting shot but only by cunningly smacking himself into the roof of the coffee shop.

"Ow."

'Yana looked at the floating ball of purple energy that appeared next to her. She would swear it was looking back. Wait. Why was she now floating?

"This isn't *my* magic," she muttered, reaching out with both her mind and hands to get a feel for her New Friend and how to control it.

"So don't blame me when it does... whatever the hell it's going to do."

Shuri waved around her on-fire axes. "Yes, I have no idea, either, but if we write it down, that's science!"

"If we write it down, that's also magical theory," 'Yana joked. And promptly threw two purple glow-y grenade-things at Shuri.

For Science. And Magic.

"Those are neat!" Shuri yelled as she dove behind a bench.

Who is still finding glitter from last week.

Before you get started with the event, please read down here as Lainey explains her cracked-out canon :)

WHO'S READY FOR RANDOM SUPERPOWERS TO FIGHT IN THE THUNDER DOME?

You will die. Or, well, 'die'. Thankfully the danger shop has rules and no one here has a Ghost to revive them. If you're tagged by a teammate with the provided laser tag guns, you 'die' and respawn in a safe spot to start all over again.

And yes, you do get grenades. They're magic space grenades that are generated by whatever damage type you choose. And you can totally accidentally kill yourself on them. Not that I've panic done that to myself before or anything. Shut up.

Classes
Warlocks - Floaty floaty bois who wear robes. In D&D terms, they're the Sorcerers or Wizards.

Hunters - Hoppy bois who wear capes. In D&D terms, they're the Rangers or Rogues.

Titans - SMASHY bois who wear butt capes. In D&D terms, they're the Paladins or Fighters. Sometimes Barbarians.

Damage Types
Solar - It's fire. It's just fire.

Void - Well. It's purple and everyone describes it as cold. So, like the cold of space or some shit. idk, Destiny is weird.

Arc - It's electricity. It's straight up just electricity.

PUT 'EM TOGETHER AND YOU GET
Warlock - Solar You can float around extra long and also you got some fiery wings and an auto-replenishing flaming sword to throw at your enemies to smite them for as long as the 30 second long super attack lasts. (Dawnblade)

Warlock - Void You get one big ol' ball of purple energy that will just wreck shop if people aren't fast enough to run away from it. It's a one and done super that can wipe out a group if they're not lucky. (Voidwalker)

Warlock - Arc ULTIMATE POWAH!!!! You're basically Emperor Palpatine, but you're also floating around, looking for people to electrocute the entire time and it can chain from person to person if they're close together. Also only lasts for 30 seconds. (Stormcaller)

Hunter - Solar You get a magic, golden gun that fires six rounds which will each one-shot anyone you can get in your sights. Super embarrassing to miss with. Have done many times. (Gunslinger)

Hunter - Void You have a bow and arrow made entirely out of that purple energy that creates a singularity that will suck in and tether anyone too close. Can do damage if you manage to hit someone with that, but the main thing is that anyone caught in it will be unable to defend themselves AND will lose their super if they were in it. I hate this one in PVP. (Nightstalker)

Hunter - Arc You get a bo staff made of electricity and you just bounce around, murdering anything you can for the 30 seconds it lasts for. Might be the Monk sub-class for Hunters, tbh. (Arc Strider)

Titan - Solar You have hammers made of flames that you can hurl across great distances for 30 seconds and once terrified so, so many people just from the first CLANG sound of it being activated. Much like the Warlock super, less floaty, still dangerous. (Sunbreaker)

Titan - Void You get a Captain America shield made of purple space energy that you can smack people with or slam into them. BUT you can also convert that straight on though into a bubble that will protect you and any allies from damage for the 30 seconds it lasts for. Clutch defense. (Sentinel)

Titan - Arc You're the Hulk and Thor's love child as you slam your fists into the ground as many times as you can for 30 seconds, causing shockwaves of electricity to cause an AOE attack of anyone nearby. Be glad I didn't talk about Code of the Missile here, y'all. (Striker)

Pick one Class/Damage type combo and go to town! You get to use your super once per-fight! Or just to do it for funsies. Because magic space powers. I won't judge you. It's not like I've randomly used my super at the end of a match just because or anything.

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