We asked some of the students at Wizard School to write one page bios of themselves so that you could get to know them a bit better before the game goes out. Our first just came in from Che Aiza, one of the smartest…and most dangerous…kids in Wizard School.
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Hello,
I am Che Horatio Aiza. I was born in Bogota, Colombia because both of my parents, who are in the military, were stationed there. They aren’t Colombian, they’re American, though they were both born in a small town in Venezuela where they met before moving to the US. I have been told that this is confusing, but I do not think it is. My parents are still military, and the spend a lot of time travelling and in different places in the world doing work for the military that I am not allowed to know about.
I think I may someday also be in the military, though my areas of expertise likely will not lend themselves to active duty. I would like to use my knowledge of both magical and technical arts to provide both the private sector and the military with tools to make the world better and safer. I have been afforded several opportunities to do this at Wizard School, for which I am very grateful, if also somewhat apologetic for.
I have recently been using the Wizard School laboratory in an attempt to combine the science of genetic engineering with the practice of transmutation to create living creatures that appear to be inanimate objects but are able to perform simple tasks. These tasks include feeding themselves, listening in on conversations, memorizing details, and borrowing objects for inspection. My first experiments were the creation of fruits that contained the abilities of parrots and thus were able to memorize and recite conversations they overhear.
This was going very well, except that I made two important mistakes. One, I allowed the Pairrots (as I call them) to retain their fertility and, two, I disregarded the possibility that they would retain the ability to fly. The result is that there are now, I estimate, around 50 pairrots living in and around Wizard School. They are generally indistinguishable from pairs except when flying or when touched, when they will react violently and, occasionally, repeat the words I said when I first realized they had escaped.
These words are not words I can repeat here.
I have had successes however, including The Squirm, a single-tentacled creature that I created and has become a companion and friend to me. Despite The Squirm’s lack of mouth (and also head) I find that he communicates effectively through body language. He is mostly a companion, though occasionally I find him useful in the handling of daily activities. He is not useful in battle, as he is blind and finds it difficult to move of his own accord.
However, during the creation of Squirm, I also accidentally created The Goop. I’ll be honest, I didn’t mean to create either of them. I was attempting, foolishly I now see, to transmute a living octopus into a cellular phone. One of the tentacles has become a good friend, the rest of the mass of the octopus appears to have been converted entirely into The Goop, a kind of decentralized mind that can exist not only in multiple places simultaneously but, I believe, in multiple dimensions. It has the irritating habit of only being visible when you aren’t looking at it. It also appears to be able to block electronic signals at will, and it does this with apparently malicious intent. Thus far, however, it does not seem to be dangero..
I let my professors know of my accidents and they have significantly curtailed my access to the laboratory. This is OK with me as the school’s lab is severely out-dated and I have begun to assemble a more modern setup at home. I will endeavor to be more careful in the future.
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