TEST DRIVE MEME - AUGUST

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AUGUST TEST DRIVE MEME
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August is the last month of break before the return of school, all over Europe offices are empty as it was peak time for employees to take their well-earned vacation. The weather is still scorching, and brains are melting, but it won’t be long before autumn comes - so enjoy it while you can.


A. Voluntelling

While the Academy pays for all expenses trips to exotic locales for vacation, there is a quiet expectation that when problems arise that students will jump up and take care of the problem wherever it arises, even if it means interrupting a well-earned vacation for a brief time.

This time, a nightclub in the Azores is suffering from the influx of spirits of early portuguese settlers partying in the club and becoming quite rowdy; how do you plan to get them to move along? It's most certainly not a job for a single person, and you don't want to wrack up the long-distance charges for a certain business to get rid of them, so it's all up to you.

B. Lay over

The flights back to Daybreak, while done on privately owned jets are still beholden to mother nature, and a large bank of thunderclouds have grounded the planes for the next several hours, leaving awaiting students and staff to try to find ways to entertain themselves while stranded in the airport. Charge ports are limited, food and airport fantasy books are overpriced and you can’t leave the terminal - how do you even survive?

C. Come Dance all Night
In Soliel, the Azores, Miami - and other parts unknown, fliers for a free concert appear advertising bands one has never heard of, and it soon becomes apparent the fliers are invisible to those not aware of the supernatural.

Going to the listed locations will prove that the adverts were legit, as bands of witches, elves, and more playing strange but extremely enjoyable hybrid music as people mosh in front of the stage, or floating above it. And overpriced vendor food was hawked from popcorn to more exotic fare such as dewdrops (with humans cautioned against partaking it without a handy friend nearby). All in all it's a fun night of music.

D. IRIS NETWORK
This month’s network prompt is a very simple one.

UN: shinyhappyppl

hey every1!!
hows vacation treating u?? did u get some good photos?? u should totally share them!!

Comments

[shockingblue]

GV works for me, then.

[It gets him fewer weird looks than Gunvolt, admittedly.]

Well, in my experience, all the professors and teachers here have actually been pretty great. Haven't had 'em all yet, but... honestly, almost all of them seem to go out of their way to make sure we get what we need. Though... I've heard stories about Professor Atchison being... well, moody? ...Mercurial? Something like that.

[unlogic]

So GV it is. [And, because it's only fair:] You could call me Desi, if you'd like. I wouldn't mind.

[Avery had been mentioned offhandedly in some earlier discussions, but he wasn't the one that had been recommended.]

Mmm, would you be able to tell me about Professor Valvatorez, or is he not among those whose classes you've taken?

[shockingblue]

[Gunvolt again, nodded, shaking a bottle of sports drink on his tray. He cracked it open and took a drink before he responded.]

Professor Valvatorez? I haven't had him yet. But I have heard a lot of stories about him. Mostly good, other than people complaining that his coursework is pretty hard and that he's strict. But he's gotta be doing something right if students around here like him even with both of those things. He's apparently both a daemon and a vampire, and he used to be some kind of huge deal. Though despite all of that, he's been 100% in on helping us stop the Nightfall.

Probably am going to be taking his Daemon Defense class next semester, though.

[He pulls a large sub sandwich of his own up to his mouth and takes a bite.]

[unlogic]

I see... [Well, that certainly explains a few things.

She takes another bite of the sandwich she had started on earlier, forcing that down about as quickly as she did before.]

He's the one that had been recommended to me, so it's likely that I'll be taking his classes as well. Perhaps we'll be seeing each other then. [There's also the possibility of private lessons instead, or maybe both that and his regular classes.

It'll likely be whatever his schedule permits them to do.]

[shockingblue]

We could be. It'd be good to maybe have someone else to swap notes with, if the class is as hard as people say. I've taken some hard classes so far, though, so... maybe it won't be too far off.

[He takes another sip of his drink before he continues.]

Been mostly focusing on elemental magic and runic inscriptions since I got here. Anything you're hoping to study, other than what you got recommended?

[unlogic]

However difficult the professor's classes are isn't something I'm too concerned with. [That is to say: hard or not, she's going to get through them. She has to.]

As for any other classes, I haven't given it as much thought as I probably should have. Apart from the lessons that I need, I suppose anything I can find the time for would be good. [She fiddles with the straw sticking out of her own drink for a moment.] Assuming that I will have any extra time, that is.

[She picks up her glass and, completely ignoring the straw, takes a large gulp.]

[shockingblue]

I've actually found most instructors here give us a pretty decent amount of free time. There's not as much homework as I thought there would be. Which is good, if you ask me. There's too much stuff at this school to spend all of our time with the nose in the books because of homework.

[He takes a couple of fries off his plate, pausing for a moment to think.]

It's different if that's what you want to do, though.

[And then he shoves them into his mouth.]