Beginning our studies in earnest

Over the next few days we spent some time learning and attending classes particular to the branches we were interested in. We met Teacher Koride Ulawa, a Human female, who is a member of the Rain Scribes. She is interested in Insect Lore in particular and seems irresponsible or lazy, as she blows off here own classes quite often. We also got to spend some time with Teacher Ot. He is very studious, on time and treats his students with respect. He instructs for the Emerald Boughs. He is seen as fair and unbiased. We met a Half-Orc male teacher named Zuma. He tends to use large words and takes longer than maybe necessary to describe things. He tends to correct students over small mistakes. He also teaches for the Emerald Boughs. Some of us met a Human male named Mafika Ayuwari. He has recently returned & he believes everyone should know how to fight. He instructs for the Tempest Suns group. He had a team in the well known Ruby tournament. His team did not win, but they did well. Now that he has returned he is organizing a monthly tournament for the students, helping them practice what to do when they run out of spells. The first Star day tournament was set for the coming Saturday. We all decided to fight in the tournament, entering as a group of 6. However, bouts were only a maximum of 2 people each. We decided to have Amara & Gazzean work together. Orkbolt & Imryll joined up. Sevastin and Laraena joined forces.
That following Saturday we headed for the Leshy Gardens for the tournament! The 1st creature to appear was a Shieldbearer Construct with a Leaf Leshy pilot. Several other students tried to take it our first, being soundly defeated. Orkbolt and Imryll stepped forward to fight. They did well, taking out the Construct handily! Teacher Mafika was very impressed that noone had used magic to to defeat the Construct. Next up was a pair of Constructs, another Shieldbearer Construct & a Sicklehand Construct. This time Sevastin and Laerana stepped up. Again, they handily defeated them, taking some damage along the way. Teacher Mafika was again impressed with this as noone had ever made it through the 2nd round. Now the Leshy's were very upset, muttering obscenities & showing they were very poor sportsman. Teacher Mafika said this seemed like a time for something special. He invited the entire team of 6 to participate in the next fight. He also invited any Leshy's to participate as well. 2 of the fallen Shieldbearer Constructs were stood back up, barely. As well, 4 of the Sicklehand Constructs joined the fight. The last Leshy was piloting a Contruct we had not seen to this point. It seemed to be something called a Bramble Champion Construct. This battle was a little tense but ended well for the students once again. Teacher Mafika congratulated us as this month's champions and gave us an Onyx Dog magical item. We quickly nominated Orkbolt as the MVP and gave him the Onyx Dog.
After the fight we went for some food. Prior to joining the others, Sevastin and Laraena went to the store to see if some more weapon runes could be obtained. After eating, Sevastin and Laraena went to see Teacher Ot to try to glean some favor. It turned out he was actually looking for someone to track down some books for him. They took descriptions and names of the books, all located at The Tree Stump Library. These were;
Studies on the Habits and Migration Patterns of Birds and Drakes of the Continent of Garund, recorded in a leather-bound book.
An Expanded History of the Lesser-Known Peoples of the Mwangi Expanse, recorded on vellum and bound by leather cords.
The Worlds Between Worlds: Exploring the Planes and Demi-Planes, Volume 4, recorded in an extraordinarily large leather-bound book.
Treatise on the Various Communicative Methods of Non-Vocally-Projecting Entities, recorded on a scroll that whispers eerily when unrolled.
Collected Field Notes of the Druid Mata Digemari, a small chest with cramped writing covering its wooden surfaces.
Meanwhile, Orkbolt and Imryll went to see Teacher Ulawa. It turned out she had a task for some students and they walked right into being voluntold. She wanted them to look into insects acting erratically. She gave them a list of locations & told them to record any strange activities & take samples from the areas. She also told them to take care not to disrupt their ecologies too much. She said to speak with Anchor Root re: Centipedes. The locations were the Leshy Gardens, the Kitchen and the Speakers Stage. Once we all gathered back at the dorm we noticed some sheets on the bulletin board advertising for help. One was someone named Okoro looking for people to play a new board game with them. There was a help wanted sign, looking for someone to brew something for them. It was signed by Chizire, the Catfolk. A 3rd one asked if we wanted to fly. Hybram was looking for someone to test out his new hang-glider. After we compared notes on how our various days had gone we agreed to rest and start fresh in the morning. Perhaps we would have more success with our tasks if we worked to help one another accomplish them.