un: silverrose

[fionnuisce]

WHO: Waver + open
WHERE: The network
WHEN: After the prophecy post
WHAT: the reason for the (march) season
WARNINGS: Language, mostly.

So, in light of the current information on our next upcoming disaster and knowing not everyone is from Earth or otherwise knows much of mythology, I'd like to put forth a quick rundown on what we could be dealing with. For those who may not know me: I'm Professor Waver Velvet, and believe me when I say I've studied this.

Banshees
Spirits taking the form of cloaked women with long hair. Heard to scream, wail, sing laments, you get the idea. Doing so most commonly foretells the death of a family member, but an omen of death in general is also applicable depending on interpretation. Ordinarily they do not cause death, merely warn for it. Although I am not fully confident in committing to that, where things never quite turn out as I expect them to.

Leprechauns
Largely the bastardized interpretation of vaguely similar creatures, the folklore around them rose to prominence in more recent centuries. In other words: contrary to popular belief, leprechauns are fucking fake. Not that that will stop anything, because collective belief and magic are a hell of a feedback loop. Just in case: don't follow any rainbows, don't touch any gold, and in fact just stay far away from troublemaking little bastards in green.

Fae (general)
Carry iron to repel them. If you have or know of ways to ward against or see through illusions, be prepared to utilize them. Charms of rowan branches might work, as well. If you see anything like mushrooms or flowers growing in a circle do not under any circumstances cross into it.

One more thing.

Don't give out your name.

Don't. Give out. Your name.

DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR FUCKING NAME.

Comments

[fionnuisce]

Sounds like one hell of a complicated school if there's just randomly faeries attending.

[areyuuserious]

Fairies, beastfolk (if you saw the hyena guy around before he left, he was from that world), gods only know what else could be going there.

I mean, there's still mostly humans, but as someone who had a relatively mundane life before my first "yote to another world" rodeo... Whew. It's been an adjustment.

To tell you the truth, after going to Night Raven, school here has been a breath of fresh air.

[fionnuisce]

Yeah, I'd bet as much. At least around here everyone else's baseline level of surreal is tempered by the sheer insanity of multiple worlds making it a matter of course.

[sometimes your friends have scales and horns, that may as well happen]

[areyuuserious]

Yeah, exactly.

Also, I imagine I don't need to tell you about magic school jackassery vs mundane school jackassery.

[fionnuisce]

Oh, you sure don't.

It's been almost a vacation teaching mundane university. No assassination attempts, only the occasional fire risk, same obnoxious teenagers, I could do this in my sleep.

[areyuuserious]

I can actually participate in all the classes, I don't have to babysit a fire-breathing cat-shaped creature because he can't behave in public, no murder attempts or magically sabotaging sports events...

There's still a bunch of pricks but that's just school life. Kaisou High has less of those by volume though.

Yeah. Pretty much a vacation.

[Yuu, what]

[fionnuisce]

Well, I can say I don't have a fire-breathing cat, but Flat's not that far off.

[WAVER.]

All in all, it's not that bad around here. Even with the constant catastrophes.

[areyuuserious]

While I can't say I've directly interacted with Flat, I'm concerned.

Yeah, it's actually pretty nice in some ways. It'd be nicer with less frequent catastrophes, but I'll still take it over NRC's everything.

[fionnuisce]

Believe me, you'll know him if you meet him.

Either way, I can certainly agree with that. Stuck or not, this is a good deal calmer than the Association.