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sgtpendulum Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#51: Aug 16th 2015 at 8:13:50 AM

"You see, brah?" Felicidad added as Adrienne walked away. "Now that bitch ain't fucking wit ya fo' real!"

http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
MusikMaestro from Ireland Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Heisenberg unreliable
#52: Aug 16th 2015 at 8:49:09 AM

"Wow, that's really cool! Could you make me one? I think a sheep would be nice, they've got that whole connection to sleeping thig going for them, and maybe it could carry me stuff, or, oh! I could ride it around the place! That would awesome!" Cody finished talking, but continued to let his mind run wild thinking of what he could do with a robot sheep.

HazzyHaz Slice and Dice Since: Oct, 2011
Slice and Dice
#53: Aug 16th 2015 at 9:07:37 AM

"Profit? People pay for this shit?" Calvin stood back, just a little, enough to see the girl watch her magic. The figurative kind, of course. The first comer was... a walking carpet of a dog, all slobbers and grins. It shambled up to the booth, slamming a bill on the table. The creature spoke, words spewing between the two of them.

Calvin frowned, torn between amusement and revulsion. He always liked seeing people get their comeuppance... but it was this hyena thing! Why couldn't it have been a greasy fat kid or something? Just gross. He folded his arms as the thing huffily turned away, waving the fiver in its paw. "C'mon bud, you don't have to stoop to paying..." Calvin called out. "...The farm should take you on for free. They're always looking for breeding stock!"

edited 16th Aug '15 9:32:01 AM by HazzyHaz

KarrinBlue Wielder of the satireKind Abstratus from the Land of Hummingbirds and Lanterns Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Wielder of the satireKind Abstratus
#54: Aug 16th 2015 at 9:49:07 AM

Adrienne grinned and hmmed theatrically as Hela made her offer. "Tempting, tempting. And frankly, with that girl's mouth I'm sure any kisses would taste rotten," she added. Her eyes narrowed as she heard Calvin, and she spun around. "Wow, we've got a real class act here. Insulting a fellow student anonymously! Your bravery is truly awe-inspiring," she said, her voice dripping disdain.

edited 16th Aug '15 9:49:23 AM by KarrinBlue

Exist, pursued by bear
EviIPaladin Some Guy Or Something from Middle-Of-Nowhere, NS Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Some Guy Or Something
#55: Aug 16th 2015 at 10:59:25 AM

As Marvin was pulled into the crushing hug, he thought of his happy place; where he was filthy rich and people did everything they could to make him happy. Also, no one touched him with their filthy bodies.

"I know what magic is!" Marvin scowled as he was finally released from the embrace. "I just performed it on-stage! My name is Marvelous Marvin, Master Magician, for Pete's sake; what kind of magician would I be if I didn't believe in my own craft?" A proper one.

Marvin grumbled as he tried to uncrumple his tuxedo, glad that the protective pockets kept anything else from getting crushed than his joy. He pointedly ignored the flier being offered to him. "I am a nice guy so I can handle insults directed at me. But you called my new friend a monster and that deserves an apology."

Other people were talking to him but he wanted to make sure the big robot guy was on his team the most. After all, muscle was a good thing to have on his side.

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val
HazzyHaz Slice and Dice Since: Oct, 2011
Slice and Dice
#56: Aug 16th 2015 at 11:40:15 AM

Raised eyebrow. Calvin stepped forward, arms wide. "Who's anonymous?"

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#57: Aug 16th 2015 at 2:59:18 PM

"Sure, I could do that, sheep...heh." He got what the other teenager was referencing, thinking for a moment that he could get it sooner if his name would be remembered, though he quashed that petty feeling.

Do my creations live? Or are they simply approximations...

"I hope you guys are ready for the real orientation, this show out here is going to end soon. I have a map if you need help getting around."

Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#58: Aug 16th 2015 at 3:26:23 PM

Kissing Booth

"Well..." Hela stood up, even uncomfortably straightening her back to get all the way up to around seven and a half feet tall. "I dunno about now..." Hela thanked all the gods of the land she could think of that Adrienne was around to set her up like this. "But once I'm done with your face, you're sure as hell gonna look like you're wearing some type of mask!"

Hela dropped back into her natural predatory hunch—lowering herself from seven and a half to a mere seven feet—and stepped forward. She then lashed out with her left hand and brought her right knee up, hoping to grab Calvin by the head, bring it down, and send it colliding with her knee.


Magic Show

"Yeah, magic, in the dictionary, has two terms." Al piped up. "You want to maybe call his prestidigitation or illusion since they're magic tricks specifically for entertainment purposes?" He shrugged. "I'd rather we all get our words right." He settled two big screen-eyes on Damon. "Like monster? Bit of a slur to some people. And, I'll just side-step the anti-semitic implications of calling a construct created to protect Jews from institutionalized violence a monster, because you probably didn't know, but in the future, please, just call me a Golem if you aren't going to call me by my name."

Leliel Since: Aug, 2009
#59: Aug 16th 2015 at 4:28:56 PM

Having Made a Good Impression on Adrienne (he hoped) and making note of the gnoll girl (hot girl was friends with another hot girl-nice), Bay overhears the conversation between the mundane illusionist and the Golem.

He slides up. "Hey, um big guy. Don't go, er, knocking the guys who can still make you believe in what isn't there if they're, um not tattooed. And little guy...what he said. I'm not offended, but then again, I can pass as long as I want. Go illusions."

"Name's Li Bayani, call me Bay. Me, I'm here for the Advanced Engineering scholarship so I can sail the seas and get as close to a pirate with a lover in every port as we can get in the modern day. Speaking of, I don't see Justin-has this mechanical bird, probably a classmate in my electives-hey Justin?"

edited 16th Aug '15 4:29:23 PM by Leliel

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#60: Aug 16th 2015 at 4:43:12 PM

Justin came running over as soon as he heard his name, almost tripping several times due to the tiredness. His bird flitted several times as he approached Bay and the..the Golem. He made his fascination apparent on his face. He'd always wanted to study a golem up close, understand the rune-work that animated it, the spells and contingencies that went into giving life to stone.

I must discover how that's done. It would improve the quality of my magitech experiments many times over. A pity that on average the Golem's creators are extremely tight-lipped.

“Yes, Bay?” He spoke, making it apparent he was thinking of something.

Leliel Since: Aug, 2009
#61: Aug 16th 2015 at 5:03:35 PM

"Yeah, I assume we're in the same class, so I'd figure I'd get to know you better upfront. So, to begin with-nice bird. Does it have a name, or is that just a toy you animated as the magical version of a paper airplane."

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#62: Aug 16th 2015 at 5:11:13 PM

"Its pretty much just a toy, though it has some pretty...interesting functions. I increased most if not all of its attributes beyond the level of a normal, natural bird. So...Super Bird."

To illustrate, the bird flew up, flying quickly through the air, faster than a similar small grey bird of the same look and size.

"It also has a little extra." When the magitech bird spotted a fly, it illustrated its small "Mana Beam" ability by frying the fly precisely, a small, thin and restrained blue beam scything out from the bird's beak.

It flew back down and landed on Justin's shoulder, simply standing there awaiting further "orders."

edited 16th Aug '15 5:11:27 PM by NickTheSwing

sgtpendulum Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#63: Aug 16th 2015 at 5:59:32 PM

Julia patiently awaited responses to her introduction, maybe I should get myself to be louder, she thought to herself but then she overheard about some stuff about some arguments about magic and then slowly escalated to a negative connotations about 'monsters' and stuff. Oh shit, she thought, this is getting too heated for her liking. She could just step away from all this or...

"I don't mean any offence but I think he just meant 'monster' as a neutral label," Julia suddenly poked into the conversation. "It's kind of a blanket term for all sentient beings that's not physically human...But that don't mean they lacking human thoughts as well, that's what the Avalon Treaty is all about. I am just relaying what I've learned what my dad taught me, though. It's...kinda of like calling African-American blacks or...erm..."


Felicidad was rather confused when Bay walked away without ever acknowledging her. Dahell, she thought. She would readily admitted that what she did just now was rather obnoxious, though for friendly trolling reasons, but that would at least elicit some form of response-

And at the corner of her eye, a hyena looking girl had just launched an attack on an Asian dude. At the first instinct she wanted to help them, by pre-emptively stopping a fight. And she tries to do it with an attempted tackle onto the attacker, with her newfound supernatural strength and speed, she should reach the gnoll pretty quickly.

edited 16th Aug '15 6:00:14 PM by sgtpendulum

http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#64: Aug 16th 2015 at 6:39:32 PM

Ring Booth-Continuing the conversation with Isra.

"What about you? Do you have any hobbies?" Victor asked, curious.

KarrinBlue Wielder of the satireKind Abstratus from the Land of Hummingbirds and Lanterns Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Wielder of the satireKind Abstratus
#65: Aug 16th 2015 at 6:45:02 PM

Isra hmmed. "Well, photography is fun. And birdwatching," she answered. "And I'm in the newspaper club. What about you?"

Exist, pursued by bear
Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#66: Aug 16th 2015 at 7:02:20 PM

"I don't know, Bay, Miz Kitty..." Al remarked, turning to Julia. "Still makes me uncomfortable, especially since nowadays you should probably just say person, you know? We have that now. Monster isn't even descriptive like black guy, so there's little practicality in it." He clacked out a few lines on his keyboard. "There are a few insufferable essays on the topic on tumblr, but honestly beyond whether or not you get offended by it the more important thing is that it's not actually descriptive to use monster." He ground his head back to the Accuser. "And more to the point, it's just another way you're trying to throw shade on us, and I don't appreciate it."


Hela was too focused on attacking one target to notice the second one. Stupid. Normally she was on the other end of an attack like that, so the guy slammed into her without a fuss. Stepping forward, she didn't have as solid of a center of gravity to stand on, and her fingers merely succeeded in brushing against the back of the bastards head before she started falling. "Son of a bitch! The hell you thinking boy!" She slammed into the ground, attacker on top of her, and immediately started throwing haymakers. "Asshole insulted me, you're now his accomplice, you understand?!"

Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from in my house Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#67: Aug 16th 2015 at 7:19:30 PM

Dian sighs.

“If I must get serious for a second, there is a reason that bothers me. Calling it magic when it's really prestidigitation, doesn't seem that bad, does it? Then, one should remember how for many, many, years, mages and monsters were persecuted for practicing magic. Most mortals considered it harmful, often without reason. Buuut, one day, some got it in their heads to call some attention shifting tricks magic. So then, 'magic' was considered harmless and even entertaining. If this rushed explanation is too unorganized, let me just lay out why this bothers me: 'magic' in a watered down form was, at least in part, only accepted after being nameclaimed by mortals. Forgive me if this whole issue makes me a bit… salty.”

He hears the chime, and looks down at his clearly nonexistent watch.

“Oh my, look at the time. Well, I suppose I should head off to class now. See you whenever.”

He then starts walking towards the building.

edited 16th Aug '15 9:05:49 PM by Daydre

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Leliel Since: Aug, 2009
#68: Aug 16th 2015 at 8:45:06 PM

"Nice. Me, I'm more of a mundane engineer, but-"

Out of the corner of his eye, he notices the too-young(-seeming)-for-informed-consent girl suddenly rush at the gnoll, who was now smacking an unfortunate other guy around.

"Excusemeforaminute-"

With that, Bay runs over himself, shifting to look tougher. "Whoa, whoa! Time out, guys!"

svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#69: Aug 16th 2015 at 9:20:25 PM

"Archery club for me." Victor said. "Other than that, I sometimes help out at the Infirmary to gain experience."

edited 16th Aug '15 9:20:33 PM by svenorzokarkoff

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#70: Aug 16th 2015 at 9:57:22 PM

By coincidence, as Justin went running over with Bay, Matthew overheard people chatting about something like a fight going on, so being who he was he went running over to try to break up the fight too.

Justin angrily ran forward and looked between the students, “Which of you two started this? Just so I can know whose going down for this.”

Justin's forehead itched, sweat clinging, his right arm twitched a little.

Matthew however stood by Bay and tried to calm the students down, speaking in a more conciliatory tone. “Cmon, guys, its the first day, lets not talk about taking each other down and fighting. It'd be a really bad start to a great school year, y'know?”

TruthHurts22 You can't handle the me Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
You can't handle the me
#71: Aug 16th 2015 at 10:29:44 PM

Well this wasn't going as planned. All Damon wanted to do was make some new friends, pass out some more fliers, and engage in a bit of well-meaning banter. But somehow, he happened to offend several people on different topics, all in one fell swoop. Time to backpedal.

"A-Ahah, monster? Psht! I didn't say monster!" He rolled gently over to Al and patted the highest point that he could reach, somewhere in the middle forearm. "I said, ah...sponsor! Of this guy's fabulous magic! And I wasn't talking about his tricks being not-magic as a bad thing. S'just that when compared to the whole 'dancing dead cat' thing, it may be misconstrued as fake." Damon fell into a silent grin as he made sure his words were in unoffensive order, then leaned close to Marvin again. "Though if that was the actual kind of magic, it was great."


Allison was about to respond to the Gnoll's loud accusation of being "racist", but the bell and the upcoming fight distracted her from retorting. Instead she just collected her things, stood up from her seat, and moved away from the booth. "Well, that was unproductive and pointless."

MusikMaestro from Ireland Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Heisenberg unreliable
#72: Aug 16th 2015 at 11:12:25 PM

Cody had no idea what to do- there was a fight going on, and it looked like he might be able to slip into a conversation with the Illusionist and the Golem now, and- was that a Gnoll? This was all so exciting! In the back of his mind, he vaguely heard the bell ring, but rather than act on it, he walked over to Marvin and Al's group, hoping to get in on their conversation.

HeroicSociopath Mike Jones from Nebraska Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Mike Jones
#73: Aug 17th 2015 at 12:45:33 AM

Kleiss grabbed at Hela with one hand, Felicidad with the other, trying to pull the two girls apart. He turned to Justin. His head swivelled all the way around, in fact.

"Don't touch anything! I'll handle this!" It was true. Despite looking like a putz, the man was incredibly strong. It would be really hard for the two of them to stop him from pulling them apart. "You two are going to see me after the tour. Understand?" Dr. Kleiss was red in the face. Well, more so than usual. Behind him, the clock tower rang out a final time, signifying that it was time to go inside.


A few minutes later, the students were broken into groups of 20-ish to tour the grounds. Leo had been amazed at all the stuff they had. His group had been touring the library. It was located in a building built into a hill, so one part of it was an enormous balcony. The building itself extended deep underground.

"Nobody knows how deep it extends." Their guide and Battle Magic teacher said. He was a tall, thin man, with dark skin and frizzy black hair under his denim-colored baseball cap. He looked more like a dock worker or sailor than a teacher, with his thick overalls and white shirt. But then, maybe he looked more like a violent thug. He had an eyepatch over his left eye. And Leo had done a double-take at his arm. It was a massive stone machine, built of granite. No human should have been able to move with it, but Mr. Strake used it as easily as any person would use a normal arm.

"If you need any help finding a book, we have computers that can help you." Mr. Strake said. The librarian peered at them from behind her desk. Leo noticed that she seemed to be crouching behind it, so only her eyes and long nose were visible. She stared at the entire group with squinty eyes behind her tiny, circular glasses. "Ms. Bonham is a bit of a cr-" He was cut short by a book to the back of his head, knocking his hat askew. Otherwise, the teacher remained completely motionless. Like a statue.

"Now, let's have a look at the dorms, shall we?" He asked. They exited the library through a pair of double doors. The dorms were very close to it. They were split into two buildings, with a bulletin board. "This list has your assigned dorms on it. You get what you get. You can trade if you really want to, but you have to get the paperwork in by 6 tonight." Mr. Strake reached into his pocket and took out a phone.

"Once you get settled in, there's lunch in the main building." The battle magic teacher said. Then he noticed a few students giggling. He turned around and looked at the board, and rolled his eyes. It had been vandalized! Well, not really. Maybe? The names had all been changed.

"You still have to find your dorms." The teacher said, then wandered off.

The bulletin read:

Foolia Altano & Gertrude Shitros & Adrienne Wilnothelpmina -9AF

Cody Atwerp & Victor Lametra - 4BM

"Miraculous" Marvin the Martianez & Calvin Guano - 6AM

Allisandra Get Bentin & Allison Nuder - 3DF

Nicholas Jokeley & Li Banani - 1AM

Lameo Cortez & Kurt Jones - 2CM

Isra & Magdalena Wegryzn - 7BF

Hell No Varaide & Felicidumb Altano Rodriguez - 3CF

Matthew Stress & Lamon Wiles - 1DM

Marianne Pikachu & Octapus Moss - 8DM

Al Berners-Lee Turing Ghengis Khan & Dang Xyiang 4CM

As far as Leo could tell, the number meant the room number, while the letter designated the floor. As he headed in, Leo noticed a figure in heavy black armor watching from the woods. He wasn't sure what to do. His mother always told him not to talk to strangers. Did men in black platemail count as strangers? Leo imagined the guy's suit was full of sweat in this weather. He headed in, and navigated to his room.

OOC: Alright, so feel free to go to your dorms. As Strake said, you can trade if you feel so inclined. Describe your dorms however you like. Some of the dorms are really good, some of them suck balls. The school decides. Also, sorry for not being on much. I work on the weekends. Now that the week has begun, I'll be on a lot more.

edited 17th Aug '15 12:46:54 AM by HeroicSociopath

EviIPaladin Some Guy Or Something from Middle-Of-Nowhere, NS Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Some Guy Or Something
#74: Aug 17th 2015 at 1:01:58 AM

"Aye, aye, cap'n," chuckled Marvin under his breath. The tour had given him time to simmer down about all those weirdos calling his magic 'fake'. They were right, of course, but he wasn't about to admit it. Although he could see why his own illusions would pale in comparison to the technological marvel that was this school. If only he had the kind of money these people had access to, he'd be the world's greatest magician.

Taking a break from yet another day dream of being disgustingly rich and famous, Marvin glanced at the dorm list and groaned. "It's The Marvelous Marvin Martinez, you clods. It's a name that the world will know and I will not stand for it being smeared already!" In his quiet fury, he forgot to check who he was rooming with.

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#75: Aug 17th 2015 at 1:30:24 AM

Matthew looked at Justin and vice versa as Kleiss pretty much put an end to that fight, grateful for once for his presence.

As the clock tower rang a final time, and everyone started to head in doors, Matthew whispered to Justin, "Hey, uh, you look tired, man, you okay?"

Justin managed to fist bump the much larger teen, "I'm...fine. Mostly. Gotta say you're an even-tempered man..."

"Matthew."

"Name's Justin Henderson. Nice to meet you, Matthew." Justin smiled, legitimately, Matthew seemed genuine and good, a definite change from what he was used to.

The two split up, both young men thinking about what they'd seen so far on the first day.

Matthew thought as he went in with the crowd, keeping a good pace, Damn this place is biii-HOLY SHIT!

The teacher was also an interesting sort - he looked like a big, dangerous thug, but Matt had learned that you shouldn't judge people by appearances. Man was probably good.

When they got up to the board with the names, Matthew winced and looked over the names. Yeah, they had a regular Banksy running around here. "Real mature, guy, real mature."

Taking out the i from Streiss is the best you can do? Lame pun, dude.

Time to find his way to his room at 1 DM, and meet his roommate. He hoped they got along. It'd be great to be friends with the person he'd be staying with.

edited 17th Aug '15 1:35:57 AM by NickTheSwing


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