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Dai Stiho, and thank you for coming. :)
This is a public comm for fans of the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane - or people who are interested in becoming such. Anyone interested can join with any type of account - personal, Young Wizards muse (canon or OC), non-YW muses, etc.
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A New Year's Meme! With Cookies In!
Jan. 1st, 2024 06:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unfavorableinstigationTHE COOKIE MEME
A holiday tradition... just a few days late! Whether you squirreled a tin away and are only just bringing it out to savor, you picked one out on a steep discount, or you went the extra mile and made some from scratch, for some reason these are... different than you'd intended them to be.
(Or maybe you didn't. Heheheh.)( Prompts Behind the Cut! )
VOID TIME EVENT (For Kira)
Oct. 14th, 2023 10:20 amunfavorableinstigation[A Quick Time Event, in a video game, is when an action must be performed in a short amount of time in order to progress
Void Time, the concept that the void itself has a 'flow' of time, akin to 'one second per second', however, is an oxymoron: with no physics guiding the void in parallel to any one world, all perception of time is subjective, with all trappings thereof put in place on voidcraft simply used as infrastructure for most traveling species' sanity.
Therefore, a Void Time Event can be considered a way to describe something that does not exist, or cannot exist, yet is drawn up in pursuit of a hypothetical.]
Visual
( And for anyone other than Kira... well. Can you really say you didn't see this coming? )
Void Time, the concept that the void itself has a 'flow' of time, akin to 'one second per second', however, is an oxymoron: with no physics guiding the void in parallel to any one world, all perception of time is subjective, with all trappings thereof put in place on voidcraft simply used as infrastructure for most traveling species' sanity.
Therefore, a Void Time Event can be considered a way to describe something that does not exist, or cannot exist, yet is drawn up in pursuit of a hypothetical.]
Visual
( And for anyone other than Kira... well. Can you really say you didn't see this coming? )
unfavorableinstigation[This is a catchall post for memes for ![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
Autistic_Ace's characters.
Current list of memes: Relationship Questions;
Truth Meme;
Texts From Last Night and General Texting;
Two Truths and a Lie;
Carnival/Fun of the Fair;
Denny's (which apparently does delivery now! Order-in?);
Words; Hurt/Comfort;
Lap Pillow;
Rescue Meme;
Train to the Afterlife Meme (which can ALSO double as a rescue meme, heh, especially for CRAU.)
Hurt/Comfort Meme, for kicks;
Wal-Mart;
Hygge;
If smut ( ahem ) feels like an option for a character/CR, then go ahead and ask! May require an AU/ageing up of some sort, but I digress.
Please specify a meme when tagging a character's respective toplevel - then we can go from there!]
Current list of memes: Relationship Questions;
Truth Meme;
Texts From Last Night and General Texting;
Two Truths and a Lie;
Carnival/Fun of the Fair;
Denny's (which apparently does delivery now! Order-in?);
Words; Hurt/Comfort;
Lap Pillow;
Rescue Meme;
Train to the Afterlife Meme (which can ALSO double as a rescue meme, heh, especially for CRAU.)
Hurt/Comfort Meme, for kicks;
Wal-Mart;
Hygge;
If smut ( ahem ) feels like an option for a character/CR, then go ahead and ask! May require an AU/ageing up of some sort, but I digress.
Please specify a meme when tagging a character's respective toplevel - then we can go from there!]
unfavorableinstigationNita couldn't help but feel she'd been relegated to janitorial duty - being out in the parts of the world people rarely visited, in places that were growing just fine by themselves but not necessarily in ways healthy for the rest of the population...
If she hadn't known better, she would have thought it lonely. But then, there's no way that can be right. Not when there's so much life here!
Still, she'd been out working here for a while, and surely someone was going to come check on her at some point. Right?
If she hadn't known better, she would have thought it lonely. But then, there's no way that can be right. Not when there's so much life here!
Still, she'd been out working here for a while, and surely someone was going to come check on her at some point. Right?
unfavorableinstigationNita had been given a little more info than the last time she'd been sent to another Earth - Pokémon were real here, among other details - but the biggest thing in the précis had been the malfunctioning worldgate in a high-traffic area in a bustling city.
Said malfunctioning worldgate had hijacked her travel over there from her own New York, and now she couldn't call home. On top of that, the nature of the worldgate's malfunction meant a literal storm was brewing, darkening the sky.
She wasn't even sure if she could be expecting any help, wizard or Trainer.
She'd been dumped within half a mile of the worldgate's current location, a very loud POP! accompanying her arrival, and as much as she wanted to get back there and save everyone, she also knew she wasn't nearly prepared enough to handle this alone.
"Er, excuse me," she asked someone - their hair had caught her eye first - using the Speech to at least make it sound like she was speaking Japanese.
"Sorry about the noise. I need to get downtown in a hurry. Can you help me, please?"
Said malfunctioning worldgate had hijacked her travel over there from her own New York, and now she couldn't call home. On top of that, the nature of the worldgate's malfunction meant a literal storm was brewing, darkening the sky.
She wasn't even sure if she could be expecting any help, wizard or Trainer.
She'd been dumped within half a mile of the worldgate's current location, a very loud POP! accompanying her arrival, and as much as she wanted to get back there and save everyone, she also knew she wasn't nearly prepared enough to handle this alone.
"Er, excuse me," she asked someone - their hair had caught her eye first - using the Speech to at least make it sound like she was speaking Japanese.
"Sorry about the noise. I need to get downtown in a hurry. Can you help me, please?"
unfavorableinstigationThis, Nita decided, is the worst day of my life.
It'd been a normal day for the wizards living in Hempstead, New York - and for the nonwizards, for that matter. But, as seemed to always be the case in her life, things hadn't stayed that way.
To put it simply, Bobo (also known as the peridexis, and more than occasionally The Spirit of Wizardry) had gone rogue. Manuals had glitched, stopped working or - as the range of effect was revealed to be, ahem, not limited in the slightest - disappeared altogether.
Thankfully, the associated wizards hadn't, but no explanation was forthcoming from the Powers - and from what Nita, Kit, and Tom and Carl had been able to gather, even They were at a loss.
And now, apparently she'd stopped being on Earth altogether, if the atmospheric change and necessity for shielding were any indication.
The inside of her head was silent - though perhaps that was better than the alternative.
Nita made her way through - was that actual purple rain Geeze, - some sort of snow, struggling to keep her shield powered long enough to get her to shelter.
Then maybe she could come up with a more long-term plan...
It'd been a normal day for the wizards living in Hempstead, New York - and for the nonwizards, for that matter. But, as seemed to always be the case in her life, things hadn't stayed that way.
To put it simply, Bobo (also known as the peridexis, and more than occasionally The Spirit of Wizardry) had gone rogue. Manuals had glitched, stopped working or - as the range of effect was revealed to be, ahem, not limited in the slightest - disappeared altogether.
Thankfully, the associated wizards hadn't, but no explanation was forthcoming from the Powers - and from what Nita, Kit, and Tom and Carl had been able to gather, even They were at a loss.
And now, apparently she'd stopped being on Earth altogether, if the atmospheric change and necessity for shielding were any indication.
The inside of her head was silent - though perhaps that was better than the alternative.
Nita made her way through - was that actual purple rain Geeze, - some sort of snow, struggling to keep her shield powered long enough to get her to shelter.
Then maybe she could come up with a more long-term plan...
iamnotgod[So the World Wide Web is also a wizard...
Option 1: Do you have a question for him?
Option 2: Have you just gotten a question from a distressed Internet? (May or may not tie into 3:)
Option 3: Is this an errantry? Or some other situation where you're coordinating to punch the Lone Power in the face? /halo
Option 4: WILDCARD! Just have at. ;)]
Option 1: Do you have a question for him?
Option 2: Have you just gotten a question from a distressed Internet? (May or may not tie into 3:)
Option 3: Is this an errantry? Or some other situation where you're coordinating to punch the Lone Power in the face? /halo
Option 4: WILDCARD! Just have at. ;)]
Galvan Wizards! [For Nita and Azmuth]
Sep. 15th, 2018 12:52 pmunfavorableinstigation[Based off of this story by Cybra]
Oh, great, Nita thought, awareness coming back to her. Her first real interaction with the First Thinker himself, and what does she do but faint!
He must think terribly of me...
Oh, he will if you don't get up now!, some other voice - which was really probably her conscience, or so she assumed - snarked, so she reached out to do just that-
Oh, great, Nita thought, awareness coming back to her. Her first real interaction with the First Thinker himself, and what does she do but faint!
He must think terribly of me...
Oh, he will if you don't get up now!, some other voice - which was really probably her conscience, or so she assumed - snarked, so she reached out to do just that-
a very strange 'cousin', indeed...
Aug. 10th, 2018 10:16 pmcrouching_sinSometimes, things happen. Powers know why, but sometimes unique existences are pulled into the universe from others. Things that don't quite line up, but are there anyway.
Things like this - a man with geta and a matrix-pattern haori appearing on a street in New York, looking around at the street signs. His lips press together in confusion - he'd used his demons to teleport away, but this? This was far too different to be Tokyo.
He moves himself from the street to the sidewalk, walking down to try to figure out where he is. At least he's out of the Lockdown, and doesn't have to deal with... well. The mess that Kazuya is about to make...
Things like this - a man with geta and a matrix-pattern haori appearing on a street in New York, looking around at the street signs. His lips press together in confusion - he'd used his demons to teleport away, but this? This was far too different to be Tokyo.
He moves himself from the street to the sidewalk, walking down to try to figure out where he is. At least he's out of the Lockdown, and doesn't have to deal with... well. The mess that Kazuya is about to make...
For unfavorableinvestigation
Feb. 10th, 2018 08:16 pmimmortal_kittenSissel had witnessed a mugging - a man grabbing a woman from behind, knife to her throat, and demanding her purse...and maybe something more - and wanted to try to help. So he'd quickly found a hiding place close by for his body, his shell, laid down and hopped out, ghost-trick jumping objects until he'd reached the attacker's clothes. He'd been afraid that if he approached physically, the man would have hurt the woman, even killed her, so he'd opted for a much more subtle approach. The man had been in formal business attire (a ruse, maybe, as he certainly wasn't acting like a normal businessman). Sissel possessed his tie, causing the fabric to cling and inch on itself, tightening the loop around the man's throat. Predictably, he panicked and the woman took advantage of his distraction to escape.
Her trouble was over, but that's when Sissel's began.
The man took off running the other way and down the street, continually just out of reach of buildings or lampposts or trash cans or anything Sissel could have used to get off his charging carrier and back to his body. Then the man got into a car and drove . . . even farther away.
It took many long, frustrating hours - night had ended, dawn had broken, and the sun was now high in the sky - before Sissel made it back into the neighborhood. Now to find or make a path back to his body.
Her trouble was over, but that's when Sissel's began.
The man took off running the other way and down the street, continually just out of reach of buildings or lampposts or trash cans or anything Sissel could have used to get off his charging carrier and back to his body. Then the man got into a car and drove . . . even farther away.
It took many long, frustrating hours - night had ended, dawn had broken, and the sun was now high in the sky - before Sissel made it back into the neighborhood. Now to find or make a path back to his body.
Open RP: The Senior Is [IN]
Jun. 6th, 2017 07:18 pmlocaladvisoryOrdinarily, making contact with Tom involves a combination of luck, need, and knowledge. That's as it should be-- after all, if wizardry worked such as that every possible problem that one could have helped with, one must, then there'd be no point to organized senior-structure to begin with. Hierarchies of authority existed for the purpose of funneling work towards those better equipped to manage it; call it evil, if you feel it's necessary, but even bureaucracy has a purpose and a life of its own.
But, there comes a time for the gentler approach. Small problems can fall through the cracks of even the most well-meaning systems. Especially large ones; no system larger than the stewardship of all life.
So, here's Tom Swale, set up outside his home with a driveway filled with junk, a home-made lock box, and a few signs gaudily posted on the street. To most eyes, they read GARAGE SALE, but to the right eyes, they say something different.
Maybe to your eyes, The Speech is more than just fanciful embellishment lending an elegant hand-made touch to a spot of local advertising. And for you lucky ones, it reads also:
TOM SWALE, LOCAL ADVISORY.
ASK ME ANYTHING.
But, there comes a time for the gentler approach. Small problems can fall through the cracks of even the most well-meaning systems. Especially large ones; no system larger than the stewardship of all life.
So, here's Tom Swale, set up outside his home with a driveway filled with junk, a home-made lock box, and a few signs gaudily posted on the street. To most eyes, they read GARAGE SALE, but to the right eyes, they say something different.
Maybe to your eyes, The Speech is more than just fanciful embellishment lending an elegant hand-made touch to a spot of local advertising. And for you lucky ones, it reads also:
ASK ME ANYTHING.
Meta/Discussion Post!
May. 10th, 2017 04:56 pmunfavorableinstigationOr: let's have a FEELSDUMP here on Dreamwidth!
Talk about your favorite books, characters, or ideas in the Young Wizards series! :) Theorize on potential crossovers! Or just have some non-RP feelz.
Talk about your favorite books, characters, or ideas in the Young Wizards series! :) Theorize on potential crossovers! Or just have some non-RP feelz.
tarmaironWho: Gene Khan / the Mandarin, and you!
What: Someone's taking a little breather from his space adventures.
Where: The Crossings!
When: Now? (This AU has him coming from 2019 but /wiggles fingers time)
Notes: Hello, here is your friendly neighborhood "space god", here to get some french fries.
Gene doesn't need to use worldgates, but he finds them convenient all the same. Sometimes you don't want to expend your own energy on teleportation, you know?
Besides, he likes the Crossings. He'd been lucky enough to find it soon enough after the beginning of his self-imposed exile - which was good, because sometimes he forgot to eat, and coming there reminded him of how good food could be. Plus, it gave him the opportunity to sample alien cuisine.
Nowadays, since he's re-established himself on Earth, he's just here for fun, or whenever business takes him long distances and he doesn't feel like expending all of that energy to throw himself halfway across the galaxy.
The tall Asian man holding the 'My boyfriend went to the Crossings and all I got was this lousy t-shirt' shirt and chuckling isn't a wizard, but he's got a sense of power all the same. It's biotechnological and clearly tied to his energy signature, but it's not exactly visible. And he's completely unfazed by all of the aliens.
The answer to the question 'so, do you come here often?' is pretty obvious.
What: Someone's taking a little breather from his space adventures.
Where: The Crossings!
When: Now? (This AU has him coming from 2019 but /wiggles fingers time)
Notes: Hello, here is your friendly neighborhood "space god", here to get some french fries.
Gene doesn't need to use worldgates, but he finds them convenient all the same. Sometimes you don't want to expend your own energy on teleportation, you know?
Besides, he likes the Crossings. He'd been lucky enough to find it soon enough after the beginning of his self-imposed exile - which was good, because sometimes he forgot to eat, and coming there reminded him of how good food could be. Plus, it gave him the opportunity to sample alien cuisine.
Nowadays, since he's re-established himself on Earth, he's just here for fun, or whenever business takes him long distances and he doesn't feel like expending all of that energy to throw himself halfway across the galaxy.
The tall Asian man holding the 'My boyfriend went to the Crossings and all I got was this lousy t-shirt' shirt and chuckling isn't a wizard, but he's got a sense of power all the same. It's biotechnological and clearly tied to his energy signature, but it's not exactly visible. And he's completely unfazed by all of the aliens.
The answer to the question 'so, do you come here often?' is pretty obvious.
divaoftimeWho: Piper Cardenas + you
What: AU Wizard Piper, possibly going through her ordeal
When: Summer
Where: New York Earth Young Wizard's World
Warnings Piper has a dirty mouth
So, if the book could really be believed, just by saying that oath she became a wizard? That seemed... too easy. This was obviously a joke. Seriously. She didn't know why she bothered taking this thing home to read anyway. So you want to be a wizard? What a pile of bullshit. Right? Right.
That's what she thought as she was going to sleep in her tiny apartment bedroom. She was reconsidering now that she'd woken to find she wasn't in her bedroom anymore. She didn't even think she was in California anymore. The trees and the sky were all wrong.
She'd woken up in what looked like someone's back yard. She was still in her pajamas, and barefooted. The only thing she had with her was that stupid book. No phone. No way to find her way back home. What the hell had she gotten herself into?
"Oh my god! Someone help!"
What: AU Wizard Piper, possibly going through her ordeal
When: Summer
Where: New York Earth Young Wizard's World
Warnings Piper has a dirty mouth
So, if the book could really be believed, just by saying that oath she became a wizard? That seemed... too easy. This was obviously a joke. Seriously. She didn't know why she bothered taking this thing home to read anyway. So you want to be a wizard? What a pile of bullshit. Right? Right.
That's what she thought as she was going to sleep in her tiny apartment bedroom. She was reconsidering now that she'd woken to find she wasn't in her bedroom anymore. She didn't even think she was in California anymore. The trees and the sky were all wrong.
She'd woken up in what looked like someone's back yard. She was still in her pajamas, and barefooted. The only thing she had with her was that stupid book. No phone. No way to find her way back home. What the hell had she gotten herself into?
"Oh my god! Someone help!"
[OPEN] A New Wizard, Centuries Old
Feb. 18th, 2016 12:15 pmwhohastimeforthatWho: Azmuth, OPEN
What: Safely away from prying eyes and likely pranksters, Azmuth finally answers the message that keeps popping up on his screens. Say "hello" to a new Provisionary Wizard.
Where: New York, Earth, I guess?
When: Now's good.
Notes: Poking with an AU version of Azmuth because I like AUs and kind of want to play around. It's long for a setup, I know, but that's sort of my style.
( ...If this was a joke, it was a darn convincing one. )
What: Safely away from prying eyes and likely pranksters, Azmuth finally answers the message that keeps popping up on his screens. Say "hello" to a new Provisionary Wizard.
Where: New York, Earth, I guess?
When: Now's good.
Notes: Poking with an AU version of Azmuth because I like AUs and kind of want to play around. It's long for a setup, I know, but that's sort of my style.
( ...If this was a joke, it was a darn convincing one. )
General Friending Meme
Jan. 18th, 2016 08:21 pmwingedpowerJust a little Q&A to get things started - the textbox below will have all the HTML coding, so you can just copypasta that and fill in as much, or as little info as you want.
Meme based on this at Bakerstreet
( Explanations and things )
Meme based on this at Bakerstreet
( Explanations and things )
