Monday, February 23, 2009

Realms of Inquiry

Joel and I drive past this private school on a regular basis. A drive by that is usually accompanied by (what has become) a two person chorus of a dramatic and stodgy "Reeeaaalmsss of Innnquirrrrry". We like to pretend that they learn to battle second life dragons and mystical beings inside. Complete with fake swords and armor, and old English speak. Unfortunately, all of our hopes and aspirations were dashed when we saw a group of people this weekend at Liberty Park who must have been part of some L.A.I.R. association. With no apparent link to the Realms of Inquiry.

Still, we are consoled by the idea that Angie has presented that the school, that looks akin to an old brick church (or small castle), is merely under a disillusionment spell. A charm hiding the true, magical nature of something, such as the example of hiding Hogwarts from muggles....such as ourselves. So we just can't see how truly awesome the school that is obviously the states counterpart to Hogwarts. And I take the fact that I can't find a photo of the building online as additional proof of this disillusionment spell, which apparently keeps the magical item from being photographed as well. Or maybe just the photograph from being posted online. I don't know how these magical things work.
Pretty awesome right? We found a wizardry school in Salt Lake. And will now be accepting entries of hand drawn depictions of what YOU think the uncloaked facility looks like. The winner of which will be chosen by us, and as a reward will be judged and mocked. Because I know that is exactly what you are doing right now as you read this blog.
Don't deny it.
Or I might cast a spell on you. I know where to learn those things.

4 comments:

Joel said...

As much as I would love to have found Zions own academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I think that the Live Action Role Playing group from Liberty Park is comprised of the teachers and parents of Realms of Inquiry. They are the ones training future generations of foam sword knights for epic battles to come.

LuLuBelle said...

Does it make you just a little sad that you graduated from "Basic High School"?

Sarita said...

A lot sad.

The AdventureWalkers said...

...uh...I feel a bit "out of the loop" on this piece. Too little exposure to Harry Potter, I guess...