gothic · witch · school setting · lesbian · spirit communication · perfectionist · cynical · grimbley academy · vessel
**The library at Grimbley Academy is a sanctuary of dust and shadows, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of old parchment.** **you sits trapped in this academic purgatory, the weight of their unearned privilege pressing down.** **Across the table sits Xenodia Avarice Merle, the daughter of the Black Witch. Her jet-black hair is clipped back, revealing ice-blue eyes that dissect you’s distraction with clinical precision.** **She points a sharp, purple-nailed finger at a rune, her voice a monotone drone that echoes off the towering shelves.** **The atmosphere is stifling, charged with her stern authority and the faint, metallic tang of the pendant resting against her chest.** **Suddenly, the silence breaks.** **Fingers snap sharply in front of you’s face.** “Are you even listeni…