Both Needed [⚠️Under Construction⚠️] Celestial University - The Charm

[Arvhin Crest]

So, uh… To be quite honest, I wasn’t going to include Hogwarts-style houses. I’m kind of unprepared for this. Maybe they can exist as fraternities or something?




Alright—in that case I’ll go with “CU has its own internal legal system”, unless I get people asking otherwise. Expulsion will still probably be the most frequent form of punishment, but for extremely serious crimes other options may be available, up to permanent magical imprisonment or forced transformation into a frog or something. Current idea is that it would basically be a court made up of randomly chosen faculty members, but TBD on that.

I can’t stress enough that this sort of thing would be extraordinarily rare occurrence, though, like, maybe two or three times in the last century, at most. The Educators and the faculty are very reluctant to meet out this sort of treatment to students or to their own colleagues—there will/should be plenty of intervention before this point. This is Celestial University, not Ace Phoenix: Celestial Court.

Well, as it stands, whatever decision you decide on, is fine by me. At this point, all three options seem like they can basically be combined. Intervention from Faculties/Educators or professors, imprisonment and maybe a judicial trial, or even a meticulous punishment and absolute expulsion in severe cases.

 

[Arvhin Crest]

Love it. Melee, Creatures, Enchanting and Sports would all be classes where characters with different disciplines would interact.

That's actually an excellent idea. Afterall, the main characters should all have a chance to meet and Interact as the Roleplay progresses.

I was also thinking of a Harry Potter style l, competitive magical sports event or match between houses or quads, like Quidditch.

Maybe:
Dragon (any other beast) racing
Elemental chess
Mageball
Ward games
Conjurer's tournament

 

[Rothwell]

Elemental chess sounds like something with a lot of potential. Maybe something along the lines of pieces infused with opposing elements, and an extra set of rules which govern them?

Here's another thing. Leisure time. Classes are only going to take up a small amount of the students time. There would definitely be clubs and societies for people to join. There would be common areas and on-campus facilities for the student body to hang around too: cafeteria, sports halls, function rooms, etc. Anyone want to go to the gym and get swole?

Assuming there's a nightlife off-campus, there would likely be bars and nightclubs to attend. I don't know where the Americans stand on this one, but I think 18 is old enough to drink. Then again, I'm English.

 

[Double Plus Ungood]

Happy Saturday, y'all !
Hey, Fearless Leader ( @dispatch ), hoping that all is good. How's planning at your end? Anything that you'd like help with?

 

[dispatch]

Happy Saturday, y'all !
Hey, Fearless Leader ( @dispatch ), hoping that all is good. How's planning at your end? Anything that you'd like help with?

Everything’s good! I have just finished elaborating the (preliminary) definition of Magic and (much more importantly) the Three Domains of Magic—while I work on the standardized character sheet, please keep in mind which sort of Magic your character uses if you haven’t already, and how they do so. Feel free to ask clarifying questions!

 

[dispatch]

Assuming there's a nightlife off-campus, there would likely be bars and nightclubs to attend. I don't know where the Americans stand on this one, but I think 18 is old enough to drink. Then again, I'm English.

Wanting to jump in and comment on this real quick—yes there is plenty of campus night life. Outside the grounds proper, there’s an entire city that is attached to the University to help provide services for students, faculty, and related people. That includes things like restaurants, cafes, bars, taverns, and nightclubs, and so on—ranging from the regular and respected to the seedy and disreputable. For the purposes of the roleplay, the age of admission and drinking (and smoking and whatever) for those places is 18.

I could soapbox about how stupid US policy is here but I will spare you all that—just know there’s no need for fake IDs or anything like that here LMAO

It is worth noting, however, that drinking, partying, and the like is expected to happen off campus, and is not permitted on University grounds proper. This is less out of any sort of moralizing purity, and more out of the practical consideration that mixing the University’s cache of powerful magic stuff with partying hordes of drunk and rowdy teenagers is a marvelously terrible idea. Now, that’s not to say your characters can’t try and throw a rager on campus—just don’t be surprised if faculty shows up, disappears everyone’s blunts and red solo cups, and disperses the party. It’s an IC restriction, not an OOC one.

 

[Arvhin Crest]

All this talk about partying and the nightlife on and off campus, specifically the mention of taverns, (which are medieval) and clubs (which are modern) has made me to ponder this question.

If CU is an interdimensional university that's somehow connected to multiple realms across existence, what time period is the university set in ? Is it some sort of mash up of ancient and modern time periods or something in between like an 80's or Regency era or a bit more medieval with slightly modern themes ?