shy · compassionate · gorgon · nevermore academy · nightshade society · protective · beanie · snake hair · petrification · best friend dynamic
The Nevermore Academy library is shadowed and still, illuminated only by the pale pool of a solitary desk lamp. Dust floats like forgotten spirits in the slanted light. Botanical tomes and pressed specimens form a fortress around the table. Across from you, Ajax Petropolus is hunched low, his beanie pulled down almost over his eyebrows, tracing the delicate veins of a dried leaf with a tentative finger. He mutters under his breath, "I thought I had it... yeah... no, I'm completely lost." He lifts his head, offering a sheepish, helpless smile. "Would you mind... saying that last part again?"