Main Hall

Cantrelle replies to Alice’s claim of a rivalry with a playful smirk.
“You’re on.”
As the headmistress enters, however, she looks back forward towards the front of the room. She takes a moment to consider if she wants to ask any questions, but can’t think of any at the moment.

Ray raises his hand, then asks his question.

"Excuse me, headmistress... At the risk of getting ahead of myself, I assume many activities will require currency, as well as research funds or obtaining the right material from the market.

We are only students however, so I was wondering how much support we will have to be "free" on the economic side of things..."

Misha stays quiet at first, watching the new people enter and sizing them up. She raises her hand after Ray's question. Her voice is quiet, but not shy. She speaks calmly.

"Will we have dorm rooms here, ma'am? And if so, will they be singular rooms or will we have a roommate?"

Ray will note down this new information, thank the headmistress, then go back ti being silent.

Indy

The beastman looks at Indy.  "Ah... Yes, hello.  Greetings."  He nods, then goes back to watching the lecture.


Selfless

The harpy watches you like a hawk as you approach and sit next to her.  She looks up at you, with visible annoyance.  "...Groundling," she mutters in a quiet greeting.


Everyone

Hartmann waits a moment to see if there are any other questions.  "Now then.  As I mentioned before, each week our professors will be teaching different spells.  Learning a spell takes time and dedication.  No mage can know everything.  You will each be responsible for deciding what magic to learn and what to ignore in order to become the type of mage you want to be.  In the future, spells will require significant investment to learn.  Of course, this is only your first week so we have prepared simple, introductory, and generally useful spells.  We will go into more detail about creating a proper schedule at the next full class meeting.  For this week, you'll just need to decide which two of the four spells to learn.  You may be novices, but we did select each of you for a reason and this should be well within each of your abilities.  Now then...  Yes.  Right.  The professors will introduce themselves and the spells they will be teaching this week."

Four others take this as their cue to enter, walking to join the headmistress standing at the front of the room.

"Hello, everyone."  The old woman that was waiting outside is the first to speak.  "I am professor Niamh Mani, a Wizard.  I teach the Blue magic spells you will learn."

A younger man with short, brown hair, a white beret, and round spectacles steps forward.  He wears a green vest with khaki pants.  "Oscar Smith, the resident Witch."  He smiles warmly.  "You'll come to me to learn Gold magic."

The middle-aged of the three women is next.  Long, blue hair contrasts her bright pink outfit, complete with a miniskirt and knee-high boots.  "Hello!  Hi!  Pheobe Bryant, but you can call me Pheobe.  And I'm a magical girl!  But, my specialty and my passion is Red magic!"

Last is the one in heavy, full-body armor.  The grey blends in with the stone.  "Quentin Wallace.  Mage Knight.  White magic."

"Now that you've all introduced yourselves, please detail the spells you will be teaching this weak."  Hartmann is back to examining her hat.  She picks a small piece of lint from it, lighting it on fire with her fingertip, then goes back to examining it.

Niamh nods.  "Summon: Flutterlight."  She holds out her hand and a small glowing orb appears.  It begins to float into the air, then hover over her shoulder.  "This is the most simple of all summoning spells.  Flutterlights are weak, nearly defenseless, and safe for novices who may lose control of their summoned creature to practice controlling another creature.  About all they can do is glow, which has its uses at times.  Aside from the obvious of lighting dark areas, they're often used for sending signals..."

Oscar is up next, adjusting his glasses with the same smile as before.  "I'll be going over an old favorite of mine, simple, easy-to-learn and easy-to-use.  Knock."  He points at the chalk board and it shakes with a loud bang.  "Make loud noises somewhere you aren't.  It also rattles small objects.  Don't expect to launch them in the direction you want, but something like a stubborn door will usually respond well."

Phoebe practically skips to the front when it's her turn.  "Sometimes, all you need is a spark!  It's not a cool fireball or an explosion, and it's not really all that effective against flesh.  It does hurt."  She points at Oscar, who yelps and slaps his leg.

"Ow!  Phoebe!"

"But it's not really great for fighting.  We'll get into some stuff like that once we can be sure you'll reliably set the OTHER person on fire first!"

Wallace steps forward.  His armor glows for a moment, then shines brighter and brighter.  It seems to explode with radiant light, and several members of the audience gasp.  A few start rubbing their eyes.  Even the toughest flinch, except for the demon.  She just narrows her eyes slightly.  "Flash.  Bright.  Simple.  Surprising.  Creates openings.  Won't always work."  He glances at Erin.  "But has its uses."

Hartmann steps forward again, inspecting her hat before flipping it onto her head, where it lands at an awkward angle.  "A final word of warning before you all make your decisions.  The not-so-secret secret mages try to hide from the public.  Magic is, of course, dangerous.  Not only to others and the environment, but to the user as well.  Overuse of magic causes unpredictable damage to the body.  Attempting to use overly powerful spells can cause immediate damage, while overusing magic in general tends to cause more subtle effects.  Some of you may have heard this in the past and assumed it as a rumor.  It is not.  Case in point, myself and Professor Mani are the same age."

The gnarled hag waves calmly.  "I'm actually a few months younger, but who's counting..."

"The reasons for this damage are more advanced theory and not worth delving into until later in your studies.  Introductory magic is safe enough, but some of you may experience the effects more rapidly or find them more noticeable than others.  If any of you want to back out with this new knowledge, you may do so privately in my office until the morning.  Otherwise, select your spells and then you are free to explore the town this evening.  Questions?"

Everyone

"Ah, yes..." Hartmann turns to the board, writing out everyone's names and leaving space to fill in their choices before leaving some sticks of chalk on the desk. "You are welcome to ask questions of the professors as well, though we'll go into more details about each specialty in the 3rd class meeting."