new bulletin board, who dis?

[temptationaccomplished]

[That title is absolutely not ic or present at all ok. This angel is NOT that cool.]

Now that we're all getting settled in, I thought it might be nice if we introduce ourselves! So many lovely new faces, and I'm sure much has changed for those of us making a return as well.


So let's put this bulletin board to good use: Who are you?


And we should probably share a little tidbit about ourselves as well. A get-to-know each other--but nothing like those hellish corporate ice-breakers. You're absolutely not obligated to participate, of course, but it does seem like good fun, doesn't it?



I'll go first: My name is Mr. Fell; I love cocoa and long walks in the park, and I own a bookshop back home.

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[noasark]

Incredible...

Well. Admittedly it's more incredible because I'm used to 'Camelot' as a story based firmly in bygone eras but...still, that's amazing.

Well, there won't be much modern here...not that we aren't managing as you can see with the bulletins, but computers are certainly not a thing. Let alone....

...Smartphones? I'm picturing a more advanced cellphone, tell me if I'm right. [Mid-90s canon struggle is when your technology is advanced but only in certain places, really.]

[phoenixwiz]

I also thought that Camelot was a story from the medieval times until I arrived in Avalon months ago.

That’s okay, I am more used to not having access to modern technology in my world: back in my old world, we don’t have computers that are super advance, but I did recall my uncle having a PDA for work. The wizarding side of my world, not so much.

[noasark]

Hmmm, a PDA...those were definitely around at my point.

I suppose technically what I inhabited would have been considered advanced, but part of that is the fact that no one actually unveiled the technology- more important priorities for the then CEO.

Wizarding side?

[Give him a second.]

Just a guess, but is magic separated from mundane where you came from?

[phoenixwiz]

Oh, you’ve stayed inside a computer for a long time? That’s something I have never heard before.

Unfortunately yes: the magical and mundane exist in my original world, but they couldn’t get along most of the time compared to Avalon. Let’s just say that in my world, not everyone in both sides wouldn’t get along with each other; it’s very complicated to say the least.

[noasark]

Putting it lightly. I was uploaded to it, and then left there for 7 years.

I don't recommend it. [0/10, bad times all around.]

Hmmm. That sounds...very much like it could backfire so hopefully some sort of back-up is underway there in that case.

[phoenixwiz]

Yikes, sorry to hear about it. I can’t imagine being stuck inside on for that long.

Same here. I was hoping that everyone in my world could get along in peace regardless if anyone has magic or not after we have ended a major crisis in the magical side, but I guess that must be wishful thinking on my part since it will take a lot more effort and time to change people’s minds.

(Harry hasn’t mentioned how poorly treated he was under his maternal relatives (minus Dudley who has since changed for the better) and how serious the magic blood issue was in his world just yet.)

[noasark]

Admittedly it was that or death...but there are things you don't learn until after the fact.

Ahhh. The trouble is internal for the most part then. That would definitely make re-integration messy- messier still if it's found out right off.

Hopefully with time things are worked through enough to step forward willingly...but if your society has been hidden away especially long, that could be a matter of decades anyway.

['Plenty' of time, loosely put.]

Well, we're here instead now~ So there isn't much use in dwelling on that.

[phoenixwiz]

I agree with you as well: the magical side of mu world have been hiding from most of the world for so so long, I am pretty certain that it will take so many years to fix an already messy relationship between the two of them.

But since I am far away from home for so long, I can’t just dwell on those thoughts all the time.

Oh wait a minute, I didn’t get your name by the way, can I ask what it is please?

[noasark]

Ah, yes

Noa Kaiba. I'm in the Valhudor house, I've been here for a few years now.

[phoenixwiz]

Nice to meet you, Noa. I’m in Aer et Calculum and I am new here too.

[noasark]

The pleasure is mine. I can only imagine it's a bit more intriguing from the standpoint of someone who had magic in their home to begin with.

(I'd certainly encountered it, but having been quite locked to a computer that was minimal as you might imagine)

[phoenixwiz]

Why thank you, Noa. I must have gotten lucky with the house selection since I wasn’t sure of where I would have ended up in.

[noasark]

I take it your magic was similar to the primary focus of that house then?

[phoenixwiz]

Yeah, that’s what I’ve found out when I got into the house. I’m hoping that the transition will turn out alright for me.

[noasark]

Hmmm, most likely!

I can at least confirm that having something of an upbringing with musical training helped for Valhudor.

[phoenixwiz]

Oh wow, so are you a musician back in your world, Noa? I wonder what Valhudor is about.

[noasark]

Ahhhh not quite-

Music was one of the subjects I was tutored in. It was something of an expectation, and naturally I did my best to excel as part of that.

Grant you, I was playing violin, not ocarina... ...but the basic principles were still there.

Valhudor focuses on 'Fantastics', however- magic through music and sound. Case in point, the head of the house isn't actually a professor of magics- she's a completely mundane professor of music.

[phoenixwiz]

Oh that’s really nice: the use of sounds and music does sound very interesting. I didn’t have something similar to that in my world.

[noasark]

It's been fairly fascinating~ Naturally there's the simple idea of carrying magic along through the power of holding a tune in addition to lyrical play, but there's subtler applications as well. I believe the first example we were given involved simply humming bass notes in order to avoid notice because, and I quote, 'No one ever notices the bass player'.

[phoenixwiz]

Hm, that’s really neat. I am staring to get the hang of it already.

My house specializes in Thaumaturgy: basically magic for magic’s sake.

[noasark]

Glad to hear~

Ah yes, I take classes in that one! Though I don't think we'll be sharing- I'm in the fifth semester of the course run.

[phoenixwiz]

That’s pretty understandable since I’m just a new student and in my first semester right now, so it is possible that we might not see each other a lot in class often.

Guess that I’ll have to wait and see for the first day of classes.

[noasark]

Indeed we shall. Worst case, I'll no doubt see you somewhere on campus. If you want to try spotting me, look for the young teenager with green hair.

Yes it's natural. [Don't ask, he's not sure either.]

[phoenixwiz]

Okay, I got it. I definitely wouldn’t miss the green hair whenever I might see you around campus.

A friend of mine from used to change her appearance at will, including the colour of her hair.

[noasark]

Just like that? Did she have any favorites?