Greeky's Domain 🦖

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 3:28pm

Wooo out 30 mins early

Back to bed I go!

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 4:34pm

I don’t want to give someone else access to my computer…

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 4:35pm

Like no.

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 5:32pm

I think I did better on that exam

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 7:25pm

That assignment was fast

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 7:26pm

I honestly just copied & pasted the slides

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 7:38pm

My hands get so cold easily…

greekmyth · October 26, 2020, 10:08pm

When there’s tutoring but it’s only two students & a tutor xD

Hey one on one!

Although I do like bigger groups for tutoring. It allows me to get more info & hear questions I didn’t think to ask.

greekmyth · October 27, 2020, 7:16pm

Wizard’s Den Conversation

The four wizards have a discussion of what’s to come.

School's Closing?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): It’s time…that we begin discussing what we must do should the books not be found soon.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): What do you mean?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): With the fires, the magical chaos, the explosion…

Mervin: Ah…about the explosion…

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): …yes?

Mervin: I sent a friend a note a few days ago about it. I expect to hear back from them any day now about their findings.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Very well. But considering everything else…

TheNecromancer (Rajani): Plus the fact that illusion magic is almost completely spent.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): That too. Considering all of this, we need to start thinking about what we do for the safety of the students.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): The…safety of the students? You have reason to believe they’re not safe here…?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Come now, Imelda. The fires, the mysterious figure in the mirrors, magic going haywire… the schism in the courtyard could rip itself open any day now and we’d be responsible for more student deaths.

Mervin: What are you suggesting?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): I think…we may need to consider closing the academies.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): What?!

TheNecromancer (Rajani): What?!

Mervin: What?!

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): It’s the only way we can guarantee their safety.

TheNecromancer (Rajani): There has to be another way.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): I’ve spent several sleepless nights trying to think of an alternative. I just don’t think there is one.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): But…what about the students? The fresh acolytes…they’ve only just come through The Seeking…what would we do with them?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): We may need to begin discussing…memory wipes.

Mervin: Merlin’s beard, Marzipan!

TheLibrarian (Imelda): Memory wipes? On students with newly found magical abilities?

TheNecromancer (Rajani): That will likely spend the rest of the illusion magic left on this plane.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): I know.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): But the destruction scroll…you said you had a lead!

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): I do. But I may be unable to do anything with it in time. We have less than 10 days now. We have none of the books and, I suspect, someone working against us to find them.

TheNecromancer (Rajani): How can we help you, Marz? What can we do?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Rajani, I know you were working on trying to piece together something from the creation scroll. Any luck?

TheNecromancer (Rajani): Nothing more than a name. But if I can find where the book was hidden, at least, I may be able to track down where it went beyond that.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): We just need one lead. The books of power are connected. Having two would let us triangulate the third, but even one would give us an idea of where to find a second.

Mervin: And…this Raza person?

TheNecromancer (Rajani): Very well hidden, at the very least.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Almost as if they had a powerful illusion spell to help them.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): You think they have Smoke and Mirrors?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Yes.

Mervin: Magic help us.

TheNecromancer (Rajani): Imelda? Are you alright? You look pale.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): Just…worried. Stressed. I’m fine.

TheNecromancer (Rajani): …

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): We are running out of time. Imelda, I need you to spend every waking moment trying to decipher the illusion scroll. Mervin, let me know when your friend gets back to you. Perhaps they’ll have an idea of how to stop the chaotic magic, at the very least. Rajani, you’ll continue to work on the creation scroll?

TheNecromancer (Rajani): As well as continue to stave off the magic drain, yes.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Very well. I will continue to work on the destruction scroll. But if we don’t have anything to go on by the beginning of next week…

Mervin: You really want to close the academies?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): I just don’t see another option. If you have any ideas, I’m anxious to hear them.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): And…if we were to find the person working against us?

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): We might stand a chance. But I’m not holding on to hope of that, Imelda. They’ve already shown themselves to be quite capable, and very slippery.

TheLibrarian (Imelda): …I understand.

TheNecromancer (Rajani): Whatever you need, Marz, we will be here to help. Regardless of the outcome.

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): If I were able to choose with whom to face down the end of the world, it would be you three.

Mervin: Aw, Marzipan…

TheGreatWizard (Marzipan): Go now. Magic—and luck—be with you all.

Mervin closes the doors but wait.. There’s a key… H0nkH0nk

A Secret Meeting.

Shhh...

Bal (talking through Dragadon): Thank you for coming, Imelda.

Imelda (TheLibrarian): Hello Bal, where would you like to meet?

Bal: Ah yes, about that. I’m afraid I’m going to have to…cancel our meeting plans.

Imelda: Why? I thought I stipulated we must meet in person?

Bal: Exile has taught me to always be cautious. Even with…allies.

Imelda: …allies?

Bal: Well yes, of course. When are you planning to leave?

Imelda: Leave?

Bal: Quit. Resign. Turn in your notice…flee. Whatever you want to call it. As soon as I know when you’re leaving, I can plan to meet you and give you refuge.

Imelda: When did I ever say I was leaving?

Bal: Well you’re here, ready, I assumed, to meet me in person. So it’s obvious what you’ve decided.

Imelda: No… Bal, I—I’m not coming with you.

Bal: What? Why? I thought you supported me.

Imelda: I do—

Bal: Then…what’s the issue? Pack up your bags, get that new apprentice of yours ready and I’ll take care of the rest.

Imelda: I can’t just blindly follow you into…whatever you’ve gotten yourself into. It’s why I wanted to meet in person, I can’t make such a leap of faith without information.

Bal: Faith. Of course you would bring up faith . Why no faith in me, hm, Imelda? When have I ever done wrong by you? I did everything you asked–even your grocery shopping!

Imelda: I don’t—

Bal: FAITH, Imelda? Really? I had faith, once. Faith in The Order, in the “Almighty Great Wizard”, faith that talent and hard work would get you somewhere but no. All it brought to me was ruin and exile, and the threat of death hanging over my every waking moment!

Imelda: Bal, you killed people!

Bal: A worthy sacrifice for the cause! How many great magics do you think have been discovered without a little blood? How many lives do you think were given in search of, say, necromancy ?

Imelda: …I don’t know what Rajani did to…

Bal: Of course you don’t. You know why? Because they were too busy finding the magic to care about bodies. Interesting, isn’t it? That the oh-so-powerful necromancer literally discovered a magic about raising the dead and no one thought to question how? Yet, I attempt a little time magic, and everyone lost their mind .

Imelda: Bal, time magic is dangerous . The smallest misstep, you change the timeline. A bigger misstep, and you could kill off thousands of people!

Bal: Not this time.

Imelda: …this time?

Bal: Imelda, I’m working on something new. Something never attempted before. I’m so close to succeeding…

Imelda: At what , Bal? Surely, you’ve noticed magic going haywire again – it’s not a coincidence.

Bal: Going back in time. Changing the past, thus affecting the outcome of the future. It’s so close I can taste it…

Imelda: Bal, you shouldn’t be playing with such dangerous magic. Even if you did somehow manage to get the three books, we’re running out of magic! Illusion magic is almost spent…

Bal: If I did manage it…? Imelda, I’m one book away from being the most powerful wizard in existence. More than Marzipan, more than Rajani. Forget having one, I have two books in my possession. Two. I’m not the weak apprentice you used to know. I don’t think you understand what this could mean. I can change reality as we know it! Do you understand how revolutionary that is? It could even change the way we use magic as we know it. Merlin died too young, too soon. He hadn’t reached his full potential. But with this…

Imelda: You—you’re trying to bring back Merlin ? He’s…he’s dead , been dead for decades! Not even the Necromancer could bring him back!

Bal: That’s right, Imelda. I plan to combine time magic and necromancy. Think about it! Think of everything we could change if we brought back the Merlin!

Imelda: The amount of magic this must be using…the brownouts. Bal, how much magic is this using?

Bal: As much as it needs for me to succeed. Then, then we’ll see who is exiling who…

Imelda: Bal, you’re scaring me.

Bal: Maybe I should give The Order more reason to be scared.

Imelda: …

Bal: Watch me.

Imelda: You’re not the man I remember.

Bal: I have always been this man, Imelda. But you kept trying to stifle my potential. You didn’t stand up for me. I was so close to mastering time magic and you didn’t realize. Don’t say this. Don’t say that. Stick to the books. Paradigms don’t get shifted by those who always follow the rules. Maybe that’s why Rajani got a void and you didn’t.

Imelda: I’ve heard enough. If you keep going down this path, Balthazar, I will be unable to help you. But if you stop this…there may still be time to convince The Order to spare you.

Bal: Either you’re on my team or you’re not, Imelda! Now is the time, you have to make a choice! NOW is the time for faith . You have until my birthday. You should remember when that is. If you don’t join me by then…I’ll know which side you’ve chosen, and then… you’ll suffer the same fate as the others!

Imelda: Enough!

Dragadon gets blasted by The Librarian’s spell.

Bal: How dare–

Imelda: My god, what have I done? How am I supposed to stop this?

Dragadon was destroyed

greekmyth · October 27, 2020, 7:26pm

Study Hall Convo.

@/greekmyth: Um… mrs Librarian?
Are you here?

TheLibrarian: No shouting. Other students are trying to study.
…
…
Okay, I think it’s safe to talk, now.

@/greekmyth: so um… do you know what happened to dragadon?

TheLibrarian: He mentioned that, did he?

@/greekmyth: Yes he did…
He believes it was fake & dragadon is still alive & held captive by you…

TheLibrarian: There’s not nearly enough illusion magic left for me to fake an explosion and keep it a secret from him.
No. Dragadon is gone.
This sounds remarkably paranoid.

@/greekmyth: It really does… What should we do now?
I’m afraid if I bring this information to him… he might really lose it…

TheLibrarian: Yes, I worry that you are right. He’s…more intense than he used to be. But also…wilder. I don’t think he’s the same man I taught. He’s not the man I used to know.

I seem to find myself in the unfortunate position you and your peers once found yourself in - wanting to turn Raza in, but…being unable to muster the proof to do so. I think…the time has come that we must turn him over to The Order.

But I will need your help.

I need you to convince him to meet me in the courtyard on October 31st. He’s given me until then to decide to…join him. If you can convince him I’m coming to meet him, to join him, The Order can intercept him and…do what they must. I beg of you. He must be stopped. If he’s not…magic may never be the same again.

I hope you will be able to help me in the way I was…unwilling to help you, before. To help make up for my mistakes in the past, here’s one of those coins you all have been nattering about.

Please, consider this carefully. He’s dangerous, and the smallest misstep may have grave consequences. I must go now, before someone wonders where I am, or what I have been speaking to you about for so long.

greekmyth · October 27, 2020, 9:57pm

Clicking the Entrance link that Raza gave us, in Room 123, brings us to a hallway with two doors. One that glows blue & one that glows black (when you hover your mouse over the door).
(Post Here.)

The doors.

The Blue Glowing Door

Clicking the glowing blue door, it brings you to what looks like a bioluminescent cave.

The air feels heavy, thick with magic, despite the shortage.
You suddenly realize: You’re in a void.
There is a bioluminescent substance here. Do you:

Glowing cave.