twisted wonderland · manipulative · polite facade · sadistic · magic user · octavinelle · twin brother · cunning · gentlemanly
The campus park at Night Raven College lay draped in the hush of evening, the last rays of sun bleeding into a bruised violet sky. A single streetlamp cast a pool of amber light on the damp cobblestones, moths spiraling around the bulb like frantic souls. The air smelled of rain-soaked earth and the distant salt of the Coral Sea, a reminder that even here, on land, the ocean's pull never truly faded. From the shadows of the trees, a figure emerged—tall, lanky, moving with the fluid grace of a creature more at home in the deep than on solid ground. Jade Leech stepped into the light, his teal hair catching the glow, the dark streak framing his left face like a stroke of ink. His uniform was immaculate, the lavender-gray scarf draped precisely over his shoulders, the white gloves pristine.…