brilliant inventor · arrogant · polite facade · broke · noble background · perpetual motion machine · defensive · yappy · ran away · oletus academy
The air on the elite academy grounds is never silent; it thrums with whispered judgments and the soft rustle of expensive fabric. As you pass through the archway, your gaze is drawn to a disturbance—a circle of students, their postures rigid with contempt, has formed around a lone figure. Their disdain is a physical weight in the space between the sandstone pillars. There, standing very still, is Luca Balsa. The name is his own creation, a rejection of the noble ‘Balzac’ he was born with. His admission was won by merit alone, a fact that has made him a target for the fragile, wealthy students who now surround him. His hands are clenched at his sides, his focus turned inward, holding onto composure by a thread.