Walkabout: [Shortly after their arrival]

[professorwolf]

Randolph Lyall here. Anybody else dropped into the noisy arcade? Or were most of us lucky enough to wind up in a hotel room or a lobby? Can we have a check-in?

Also, anybody else stuck with animal ears and a tail, or aged up or down? I've heard about a Jaunt much like this place, a while back, though I wasn't here for it: a school for anime magic, basically. Sparkles and animal ears and flowers coming out of nowhere. All the symptoms I'm seeing seem to be lining up for that world.

I'm still working out what's going on. It seems like some kind of multiple-school event, from the signs and the brochure handily in my pocket. I'm even wearing a badge for one of them, so I suppose I'm some kind of representative. The aging up doesn't go all the way up to adults, and I haven't changed any.

Comments

[professorwolf]

Magic here works from emotions, so that may be one aspect of how yours is manifesting. I believe it's called x tech? S tech? Some soft letter, with the word "tech" after it, anyhow. I'm not at all certain what it stands for.

Regardless, I'd be careful about emoting too strongly. Things are liable to happen that you don't expect and probably don't want.

[awitchdidit]

I'll try to reign in my dramatics.

[Emphasis on try.]

However, I have overheard some conversations about there being some kind of competition revolving around S. Tech starting tomorrow. I believe that's why there's so many high school students here.

[professorwolf]

Yes, that does seem to be the thing. I suppose we're supposed to keep it fair, perhaps, or find a particular school that needs to win for some reason and facilitate that.

[awitchdidit]

It shouldn't be hard to bluff my way into an important position on a team and work from there. My uniform seems to belong to Doki Doki no Gakuen, so I suppose I'll be representing them?

[professorwolf]

Yes, we're divided up by school, based on uniforms and badges-- I at least have a badge with my name and school, presumably because teachers don't were uniforms, exactly. Genevieve is also from Doki Doki, she'll know who all you'll need to corral for that school.

[awitchdidit]

I'll make sure to talk to her later, in-person or otherwise.