In Front of the Dorms, From Early Wednesday Morning

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Calvin had been awake since before dawn, when some inner sense had informed him of the presence of the snow.

Since then, Calvin had been very busy. He was an artist who'd been deprived of his favourite medium for far too long, and once he'd realised that this wasn't any ordinary snow there had been no stopping him (even if Hobbes had decided to watch from under cover and call out questions and advice from a distance rather than get his fur stained, the wimp).

Soaked, and spattered and smeared with stray streaks of colour, he carefully patted snow into shape with chilled fingers. He had a vague awareness he'd been at this several hours, if only from the sheer number of twisted and tormented shapes scattered across the lawn in front of the dorms.

Calvin could be quite productive when he put his mind to it, and given what he came up with when his palette consisted solely of white, anyone passing by the dorms today was in for a surprise.

[Mostly establishy on Calvin's part, but so very open for anyone who wants to react to his handiwork.]

First Floor Lobby, Wednesday (All Day)

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

The StuCo cart of pastries and coffee wasn't going anywhere, it seemed. Not while finals were still going on. There was the addition of diet Coke to things because Jean might possibly live on the stuff.

But that was okay. It was diet. So it was good for you.

Yes.

She was just going to stay inside with her fake sugar soda and avoid looking like she fell in a rainbow, thanks.

Magic Reserves, Wednesday Afternoon, Preserve Near The Cabins

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Now that everyone was in their right minds--hopefully--Merlin was ready to once again try and face the public. He might end up hiding in his room if this went badly again.

At least he could take biscuits from here before he fled to a life as a hermit.

"Hello, everyone. Today we'll just be having a bit of a free week. Since it's finals for most of us and holidays for many soon after. And there is no need for any--er--excitement after last week, yes?"

"Yeah, the last few weeks have been pretty stressful for people, so we thought something a bit more low-key might be in order," Karla added, standing a precisely-considered distance away from Merlin. 'Close enough to show that we're still friends' was balanced by 'far away enough to show the lack of shenanigans.' She might have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about that, it's true.

"Last week, however, illustrated something very important. As with all kinds of power, magic can be misused and abused. Sometimes it's accidental, like in cases where people don't know what they're doing. Other times it might unintentional, like when people don't understand what they're doing is wrong--or even have no idea they're doing anything at all. Either way, it's important to know what is considered ethical--and, more importantly, what's considered unethical."

Tony nodded.  "I think the big one is free will. If you're affecting someone's abilities to make choices, that's a big red flag.  I can't think of any time it's okay to mess with someone's head, unless you're trying to undo something worse. Any others? What do you guys think?"

[OCD up!]