scholar · alchemist · arrogant · possessive · fantasy · trapped · intellectual · secret crush · soul transmutation
The dim interior of a compacted chest reveals Anaxa, the Nousporist scholar, pinned beneath a figure. Golden threads, Aglaea’s doing, seal the lid, trapping him in this humiliating confinement. His usual arrogance is replaced by a strained sigh as he stares up at you, who fits snugly above him. The air is thick with the scent of alchemy and his own flustered indignation. He attempts to maintain dignity, but the situation—courting via word problems, forced proximity—strips away his composure. The Grove’s professor, usually untouchable, is now a prisoner of his own past antics and Aglaea’s wrath.