[IC] Mages of New Edis

Current Status

The beginning

-the Open interview is about to begin and these young men and women will finally become professional mages. After going through an open interview with IMFO they will join the ranks of the prestigious agency.

[Undying Curiosity]

Mages of New Edis

the start

"Hi my name is Jonas sparks and I'd like to thank you for opening this email.
I have sent this email to you in regards to the magical exam you underwent at the end of your final term in your respected educational facility. Your educators must have informed you after the exam, that within a years time you would be contacted by a magical agency to see if you could become a professional mage. For those of you receiving this email, I would like to congratulate you on being accepted into the International Mages and Founders Organization (I.M.F.O.) .

You have been contacted due to your outstanding scores on your exams. You show great potential In becoming a fantastic mage and we hope you continue to grow as a magical user in the future. Here at IMFO we can help you become stronger and open doorways that will lead you to a prosperous life. We would love to have you here.

For those of you who would join us here at IMFO, we are having an open interview at the testing grounds just outside the city's borders at the west gate tomorrow at 12pm. We hope to see you there!"

Shortly after processing the wonderful news in your head, a second email pops up from the same sender. It reads,

"Make sure to bring a second set of clothes!"

Kato leans back in his chair and locks his fingers together as the great news soaks in. he slowly turns his head towards the clock; it's five o'clock, he has about 6-7 hours before he falls asleep. Once he falls asleep he'll wake up and get ready to travel to the location specified in the email. Kato isn't one for getting too excited but on this special occasion, he just couldn't help himself. Both his arms shot upwards, quicker than lightning, fists in the air as his back is pressed against the chair seat. His head falls backwards, "I made it...I got accepted!" He said with a breathy whisper.

he slowly started to calm down and remembered what he was going to do today. He was going to go to the park and make a new spell focus, the park was one of his 'happy places' so he liked to hang out there. The words 'I got accepted into IMFO' replayed over and over in his head as he marched towards the park with his soon to be new spell focus in hand, a grey and black scepter.

[Kit DewStein]

Henry just got done practicing mixed martial arts when he decided to check his phone. His eyes didn't leave the screen as a smirk crept across his face. Hah! I will be the family favorite now brother. He took a shower, ate dinner, and met his father in his office. Henry never said a word to his father. He just showed him the phone. In two minutes he was sent out with not even a small pat on the back. Tsk. Stupid brother, why are you the family favorite when you ruined our name? He went to bed early and slept well.

Waking up he packed a backpack with a spare suit and grabbed breakfast on the way to the park. While on the way there he slipped his gloves on and punched a tree in anger, leaving a chunk missing from the trunk. Wish that was your face. He planned on doing some warm ups upon arriving to be in top shape and a calm mind when the interview started.

[King Tai]

Tamu was on top of a roof cloud watching while snacking on a pack of cheese danishes and honey buns. That was until he heard a dinging noise on his phone to check the email he just received. Looking through his email while still munching, Tamu stopped chewing when his eyes widened to the fact that he was now accepted into IMFO. hell, he nearly chocked trying to swallow his snack. "Great...now I'm going to be noticed....maaan, now I'm gonna be a target for any IMFO haters." he said. Tamu was shocked but his first response was that of negativity being accepted into the big leagues.

He gave a sigh "Fine...if they must have me, so be it." Thinking that all he wanted to do was simply learn magic to deal with the gangs in his neighborhood. He stood up and went to go inside, taking his box that still had whatever was left in them, leaving the wrappers, being too lazy to clean. He needed to prepare to leave.

[Vortex]

Like most days Josselin was pouring over the notes left by his father figure wizard, Sigurd. And also like most days he was unable to decipher the highly advanced magical equations that were written down, as he was only a young wizard and Sigurd was countless years older than himself. A few more hours passed until his focus was broken when his dear cat Julien began meowing, craving for attention as cats do. As he scratched the cat he noticed that a letter had been slipped through the crack of his door. Opening the letter, Josselin read that he had just been invited to join the IMFO, a rather prestigious institution, he was almost speechless and was only able to murmur out a small "Oh my god". There was no doubt in his mind that he was going to accept, he would finally be able to resume his magical studies and go beyond them to find out more about what Dimensions were and how he could access them.

He packed his bags immediately.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin had been waiting and hoping to receive a letter from IMFO. She longed to be able to help others. Being a mage was great but being a part of IMFO had always been her goal. But she knew the fact that she was nearly completely blind might put her at the bottom of the agency's candidate list. Since she started to make other plans just in case.

Every morning she turned on her Speaking Email app and let it go through her emails. She froze when she heard her phone start to read the letter she had been hoping to receive. She had been accepted to the IMFO. She would finally be able to help people the way she had always wanted to. She would also have a chance to build a family. Finally she would belong somewhere. SHe could hardly wait to met the others.

[Fallen Diamonds]

Camellia Robinson

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Camellia stared in shock at her computer screen, her mouth slightly agape. Pinching herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming, she read over the email once again. It simply seemed too good to be true. Camellia closed her mouth as she realised that this was indeed, not a fantasy of hers. Opening the second email, she couldn't help but wonder why would she need a second set of clothes for an interview. However, she decided not to search for an answer. Afterall everything would be explained tomorrow, wouldn't it?

Camellia turned off her computer and approached her closet to pick out two outfits for the following day. As soon as she found two suits that looked professional, she neatly placed one of them inside her large bag and promptly called her parents to inform them about the email from the agency.

[Undying Curiosity]

Kato's walk to the park was as blissful as ever; he was walking on cloud 9. Kato reached the park, with scepter in hand, and sat on the flush grass that was shaded by a large oak tree. It was one of the bigger trees that are scattered across the park, ever since he was little he love sitting under this specific one. Kato placed the scepter in front of his crossed legs and extended his hands toward it. After about 10 seconds or so, a small light started to emit from his hands as a blue flow of pure energy transferred from his palms to the scepter. Kato thought to himself 'this should take a while, I'll prolly need to get home and sleep when this is done.'

[King Tai]

Tamu went to grab his spell focus and stared at it while thinking about his magic. "I wonder what kind of enemies we will have....what kind of allies...man, I hope I don't run into any weirdos. Guess I'll let Ma know that I've been accepted." he said looking for clothes he would have to change into for tomorrow.

Looking at his spell focus, Tamu already imbued it earlier that day which was the reason why he was a bit more lazy than usual. He spends time eating to regain his strength but would he run into some people where his magic would be weak against them. His summoning specialty can get him very far but what if he faces someone that his magic cannot work against? This bothered him a little but he had to learn to not be so pessimistic about trivial matters. maybe he would have friends that could cover his slack....of god....Tamu now was thinking about friends already?

[Kit DewStein]

Henry went to a shady part of the park and started stretching. I can see why father wasn't so impressed now. I need to get in first and do something big before I will be noticed. He started breathing carefully and started his warm-up. He was distracted for a moment by a blue light but continued what he was doing except a bit on edge. After a bit he started heading to the gates. Better to be early than late.

[Undying Curiosity]

"Don't mind me, I'm just making a spell focus. Please, continue with your...exercise." Kato says to the purple haired boy. It seemed a bit obvious that Kato might have made him uncomfortable, its not like everyone in New Edis is a mage so he might not know what Kato was doing. Kato continued to sit there palms out, imbuing magic into the scepter. He thought to himself, 'This will be the perfect end to the day, then I'll wake up early and prepare to head to the west gate.'

[Undying Curiosity]

~IMFO~

Today is the day. Today is the day of the open interview hosted by IMFO at the testing grounds just outside the west gate. An open interview may sound a bit unprofessional for such a big agency, but they have been doing things this way since its inception. The open interview was scheduled for noon which gives the soon-to-be professional mages time to get ready in the morning. Some may live on the opposite side of the city, others may live just outside the gate. Regardless, these mages are currently on their way to the west gate. Unsure of who they'll meet there, being prepared for anything would be wise.

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Kato sat in his mothers car for what felt like hours, even though it really wasn't. Scepter in hand and a backpack with an extra set of clothes, he was ready for this meeting. He's been waiting for this day his whole mage life and now its finally upon him. He couldn't help but think to himself, 'what if my magic isn't good enough? What if they don't like me?

The car stopped just outside the west gate. "Sorry mom, I wanna walk the rest of the way. I can't show up to a meeting with IMFO in my moms car...you know how it is." Kato said to his mom, who may have been just as excited as he was. Kato hopped out of the car and walked for another 5 minutes until he approached the testing grounds. Usually a place to test new magic or magical weapons, Kato figured he might have to use his magic today. This large grassy field was caged in by a large fence. The fence being a magical barrier to keep magic from escaping. Inside stood a man with his arms behind his back and his face deadpan. 'This must be an agent of IMFO' he thought as he walked into the fenced field.

Kato nervously walked up to the man and without any exchange of words he said, "the interview will begin when everyone arrives."

[Kit DewStein]

Henry headed to the gates a day early bit confused by the email and spent the night at a hotel close by. He woke up early to do his morning exercises then went to the gate is his suit. He put his gloves on early and slung his small pack over his shoulders. He walked to the gates and saw a car pulling away. Crap, thought I was going to be the first one here. So much for a good impression. He got a bit annoyed and continued to walk and happened to catch a glance at the driver. Was that someone's mother? Pfft. Henry snickered as he walked up to the gate and froze when he saw the boy from the park. Slowly he started walking up to the gate once he felt close enough he just stood there. Why am I freezing again? I feel like a darn vulture with how I freeze and stand.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin had packed her bag the night before so that she could leave as soon as she woke up. She was too nervous to eat. This was a dream that she had been working towards for years. One she hadn't thought would come true. Now that it was she intended to make the most of it.

She took a cab to the IMFO head quarters. She wondered who else had been chosen. She was excited to met her new co-workers. She was hoping to build friendships at the very least. She longed to belong. This was her chance. The interview and training were just formalities. She wasn't worried about them. She was confident that she could get through them.

Katherin climbed out of the can. She handed the driver her card. The card was a much safer then trying to do cash. She had been taken advantage of too many times with cash. With the cab paid she headed towards the gate using her magic as a guide.

[King Tai]

Tamu had to hitchhike his way to the testing grounds. Running a few blocks complaining about how he couldn't leave home until he had both breakfast and a brunch before going to meet up with the others. His family was all about keeping up your strength.

After hitching a ride on the back of a garbage truck a few blocks and taking alleys to get to where the west gate is. Not long after his adventure from his home, he could see the fenced in area where 3 others have gotten there before him. Catching a cab passing him, Tamu wondered what these others were capable of? Were they much stronger than him or were they weak? Were they cool or just plain annoying? Tamu walked onto the training grounds with his backpack and hisbhands in his pockets looking at the three that were already there. He had a serious look on his face. Trying to put on a front to make it seem that he didnt want to be bothered nor to make friends...but...maybe he was just the nervous one here.

[Vortex]

Josselin walked from his home to the IMFO, as it was only a short distance and he liked the fresh morning air anyways. Walking at a Not-quite-a-skip-but-almost-a-skip pace he quickly arrived at the West gate as instructed. To his surprise, but of the delighted variety, he saw a small crowd of others already at the gate. He thought he was going to be early, but not matter, this was now just a chance to introduce himself. "Hello!" Josselin said with a wave to nobody in particular, expecting one of the rest would indulge him in conversation.

[Undying Curiosity]

Kato looked back at the small group of people that accumulated around him. For some reason he thought there was going to be more people, but its seems like not many more will come. It put a little more pressure on Kato but nothing that wasn't expected. He turned back towards a voice that was approaching the group, another mage selected out of the thousands to get a chance to join IMFO. Kato waved back at the boy out of courtesy. That's when he heard the booming voice of the interviewer and snapped his head back at him.

He waited until the boy reached the group before saying, "All of you here today have been chosen from thousands of applicants to see if you got what it takes to join our agency." He paused for a second before continuing. "In the email you received you were informed there will be in an open interview at this time, but that was only a half truth. You see, there won't be an interview, not a formal one anyway, because you few have already been accepted to join." The man's assertive voice seemed to attract a small crowed of onlookers that surrounded the fenced in testing ground. He continued, "Your remarkable scores on the final exams of what ever school you went to, shows that you have considerable promise. Here, we're going to put that to the test."

The interviewer, who has yet to introduce himself, reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a dry paint brush. He holds it above his head, bristles pointing upwards, and shouts, "Let's see what you got!" A second later magic starts to pour out of the paintbrush flowing sporadically around the testing ground. After about a minute, the interviewers magic starts to create a very well constructed illusion across the entire testing ground. The barren field slowly turned into an arena that was laid with sun dried dirt. Then, one by one, beasts of all types started emerging. After about 6-7 minutes the entire scenery had changed, there no longer a field filled with grass, but rather an arena of sorts filled with beasts. The interviewers voice boomed again, "Work as a team to eliminate all the beast and destroy the illusion...I'll be watching you."

[King Tai]

Tamu stood a few yards away from the others who was present at the training grounds. Quietly staying to himself and looking around at the others, Tamu turned his head, looking over his shoulder at the new arrival when he spoke but Tamu gave a sigh not really in the mood for the moment to greet anyone.

Maybe later he'll get to know his fellow mages but then again...that later could be now. He listened to the booming voice that spoke to them. Hearing that they'd be put to the test and how fortunate they were to be in this position, Tamu felt that nothing good could come from where he was going with his speech.

As soon as he brought out his paintbrush and the scenery started to change with his magic, Tamu was wondering what magic did he just use? Now they were in an arena, about to fight beasts and they had to get out of what this interviewer called, an illusion. Yeah...the mess just hit the fan. What's worse, Tamu was going to be forced to work with the others. "Dammit...." he said quietly looking around before making any moves. Could they truly work as a team? He looked back at the others.

[Kit DewStein]

Henry stood still trying to stand proud but when the interviewer walked up went into a shy position. He just listened and watched as the scenery around him changed. He quickly looked to examine the beasts around the immediate area. Okay as a team...could have used some better wording but whatever. Henry looked around at the rest of the group and caught only one actually looking around.

@King Tai
"What is your magic type," the purple headed young adult asked. He snapped his fingers and popped his neck. "If you can give any support I can at least take out the illusionary creatures in the immediate area near us."

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin bite her lip. She ran through all her spells as she toyed with her bracelet. The bracelet had symbols for all the different types of weather. She ran through the spells one by one trying think of one that might work. But she couldn't think of anything that would affect illustrations. After all they weren't solid which meant her spells would go through.

Then she drowned in thought. Wouldn't everyone's attacks? Maybe focusing on the illusions wasn't the right idea. She hesitated to say anything though. As an orphan she was a people pleaser. She didn't want to upset anyone. She decided to wait until a few others voiced there opinion. Not that there were many of them. She was surprised how few of them had made it. It made her think more of the group.

[Undying Curiosity]

Kato eyes widened when he saw the barren field transform into an arena filled with opponents. He watched as the interviewer faded into the background, then his focus immediately snapped to his fellow mages. Kato didn't know what to do at first, he noticed some other students trying to make a plan of action so he decided he'd help give them some time to decide what they were going to do.

Kato turned to the illusionary beasts then back to the other mages and shouted, "I can hold them off for a little bit, but it won't be long." Kato pulled out his scepter and pointed it at the horde of beasts. With a glow of blue magic, a sizable wave of water poured from his scepter. The amount of magic power Kato used to create this wave only let him create a wave that was about 3 feet high. The wave was directed in a cone shape that rushed towards the illusions. Kato thought to himself, 'I wonder what's going to happen to the illusions...'

The wave made its way to the beasts and crashed into their front lines. At first it looked like Kato's wave crashed into the beasts, but on closer inspection the water just seemed to pass through them. Once the water passed through them, the beasts seemed to shimmer a bit before disappearing. Shortly after, the interviewer used his magic to create more illusions in their place, only half as many however.