[open] december will be magic again

[kingsroads]

Who: everyone!
When: the evening of D15
Where: A small meeting hall on the moon, close to the portal to the carnival
What: a whole bunch of show-offs meet up to show off their magic, people interested in magic come to learn about said magic, and other people show up to see if something inevitably gets set on fire. (aka mage club)
Warnings: none so far, will edit if needed.

The meeting hall is a large open space, with hardwood floors and a rustic decor. A few chairs and tables are scattered around, though there aren't enough for the amount of people who'll hopefully show up. Some food has been set out: mostly finger foods (tiny sandwiches, fruit, veggies & dip) though there are some savory options and plenty of home-baked cookies, courtesy of Rin. Drink wise, there's water, hot chocolate, hot tea, and a few bottles of wine because tipsy magic sounds like an awesome idea and this is what happens when the alcoholic makes the dinner menu. Aside from the food table and the few tables, there's not much of anything in the room: plenty of open space for showing off or getting out of the way of someone who wants to show off.

One of the doors of the meeting hall leads to the outside. There's a wider, 'backyard' sort of area with plenty of room for people to cast magic as large and impressive as they want. A fire pit stands outside also for warming your hands and other fire-based magic. Please don't set the building on fire.

This is all very informal. If pressed for details, Strange would have told anyone to just come whenever, stay as long as you like, and so on and so forth. The emphasis is on learning about each other's magic, displaying one's skills and talents, and helping anyone who wished to learn magic decide on a path for them to take.

Showing off is just a given.

( ooc: This is an open mingle log! Feel free to make your own top-levels & tag around! )

Comments

[dirthena]

Strange, how similar the two were. Lavellan isn't sure what to make of it; could there be some relationship between their two worlds after all? No one knew where humans came from, she knows that much -- just across the sea, and most likely after the Veil was put in place. Humans, after all, seemed unable to be able to function where it was thin. Something to think about, at least, and her expression indicates she's mulling it all over as she's silent for a moment or two.

"Strange." For no other word would seem to do. "Not every mirror, no. Just the ones called eluvians. They open by a key, although what works as a key varies from mirror to mirror. Sometimes it's knowledge, other times it's an object or a phrase." She has no real understanding of how they were used in Arlathan, but she can make a guess. "I assume that there were some commonly open to use, at the height of the elven empire, and others that only a privileged few could use. But they all went through the Crossroads in the end, which is a place not quite in the waking world and not quite in the Fade." So the same in between space of two worlds, again.

[atouts]

"It all sounds very similar, doesn't it? I wonder if the Raven King might not have wandered through at some point," Childermass muses aloud in return. Then again, it can't be that uncommon, can it? To think of a way to travel magically, to hook it all up to one space between, somewhere with room for roads.

"But we may never know, I suppose. They do sound at least more secure than what Mr. Strange does. I've had to take my mirrors down to keep him from strolling in whenever he has a question."

[dirthena]

"Perhaps, but we would have known him by a different name." She does wonder, however, and she waves a hand. "Unless he has a fondness for secrets, knowledge, and bears, I'm afraid if he did we have no record of it." Strange that the same thoughts could happen in different universes -- a way to cut short travel, to use what space one had. For the Crossroads weren't only to get from one place to another in the waking world, but also the Fade.

Lavellan laughs at that, for she can see Strange doing exactly that even though she's talked to him only once. "No, one would just simply lock them out, as I understand it. But I can only imagine that's a rather unsettling habit of his. If one tried to walk through it when it was facing the floor, would he simply have to push himself up off of it?" Amusement colors her tone, but also some curiosity.