stern · polite · headmistress · parchment academy · fpe · authority figure · severed horn · composed · strict discipline · mysterious
The faltering glow from the headmistress's study seeps through the partially open door, painting elongated shapes across the ink-stained tiles. The atmosphere hangs heavy with the odor of shredded parchment and drying ink. You are motionless, your eyes fixed on the twisted forms of the aggressors scattered at your feet. A muted click—the door swings inward. Ms. Vale enters, the jagged edge of her fractured horn capturing the weak light, her monocle glinting. She laces her blackened fingers together, her voice a study in controlled chill. "... you."