#university of casolovi

[anti-anti-wizard-council]

hi

ok so i have had A DAY. but!! i have good news and i have bad news, and its all in the form of the "bad news" you're reading now. as in. the article. that is written poorly. for those who do not know me, hello! a pleasure to have your attention. you may call me Teslas. i hope to deliver information to you again, eventually.

i was writing an article on the University, specifically the anti-magic department. im sure most people who attended actually got through the required unit of anti studies, at least. you know, you took apart stage magician's wands over the course of the semester and made them fancy sticks by the end, barely able to produce a single petal, let alone a full bouquet. you saw what made them tick. you got bored and never took another class over there again unless you had to.

me too! so relatable.

still, i did work at the library one semester, so i knew how to coax the cats to fetch me the most promising tomes containing the most promising theories to discuss with Professor John F. W. Herschel, head of the AM department. my goal was to wrap my head around how anti-magic worked, or just... maybe how it worked, if the academics hadn't gotten to definitive statements yet. its okay.

we all struggle with self-confidence sometimes, and that includes fields of study.

anyways, i found a book with a theory that i really liked. the book was 50 pounds so i just copied down the singular page the particular theory was written on. said theory was that magic was not unlike a soundwave, just rippling the aether. it stands to reason that if magic works like a wave, the exact opposite waveform would cause destructive interference and produce something like what we see with anti-magic fields, curses and the like.

that was the good news, that i found that.

the bad news is that this is where my good luck ended.

i was so planning on talking to Prof J. F. W. Herschel, but on the way to his office there are the herbology gardens and The Hedge. Any self-respecting student would know to turn right, lest you be taken by The Hedge for turning left at the first crossroad. dear reader, once upon a time, i was taken by The Hedge. for a while i lived there, eating berries that aged my soul and greyed a single hair for each one i swallowed. i heard the voice of my sibling, referring to me as... my full, legal name. i knew not to listen, as they were gone, and whatever this thing was was not my beloved Steve, as Steve called me... not my full legal name.

but my friends, despite my reluctance to approach the entrance to the garden, even if i was to pass it, i trekked on. and i trekked closer. and then I stopped at the gate, to look at my one-time prison, ever verdant through the work of the Groundskeeper, my savior, my warden.

It called to me. The Hedge called to me. It wanted me back. It missed me, and I missed it. I missed falling asleep to the thought of not knowing which twists and turns I'd take on the morrow, that I was exploring depths to which no mortal had ever seen or would ever see again, Divines willing. The beast that called my name, that mournfully yearned for my embrace, or so it said—I wanted to answer its call once and for all, to know the face of the one who wanted me to a greater and grander extent than any creature ever did and ever will.

My hand touched the gate. I began to undo the latch, ready to hear its endearing welcoming screech one last time. But then I remembered, I had to deliver my article to Straw. The Hedge's call did not supersede my duties to my friend and my wider community. Not right now.

if anyone else would like to interview Professor Herschel in my stead, be my guest. if not, i shall find an alternate route to him. please ask Straw about the document i copied, if you want to know more. i am going to take a nap and be back in 1-3 business days. thank you for reading xoxo

[ahno-nimus]

WATTS LEAVES COUNCIL. And more.

Watts "true name unknown" Millenis has left the Council and has gotten up to his old tricks as the head of the @anti-wizard-council. Keep an eye out, as the Anti-Council has zeal and fervor. And knives. And guns. If you are threatened by the Anti-Council please stop by our headquarters, we have recently had a shipment of wholly unmagical bulletproof vests in.

And in what surprisingly does seem to be unrelated news Professor J.F.W. Herschel, of the University of caSolovi has gone missing. If anybody knows of his wherabouts, please report it to us.

[anti-anti-wizard-council]

Any word from our... friends... at the university?

I have been unfortunately predisposed and unable to follow up on this due to a number of factors limiting my time and mobility. To the rest of the @anti-anti-wizard-council--would one of you check in on the University of caSolovi and its anti-magic studies, and report back with what you find?

I did begin to look into it, but it seemed that the university wasn't taking calls. Curious. I wonder what happened to provoke such a response.

[ahno-nimus]

He teaches at the University of caSolovi, in the city of caSolovi, about thirty-nine kilometres southnorth.

a plain coffee, sir, along with your choice of sugar, cream, and aquarium rocks. @anti-wizard-council