vampire · voltron · witty · tech-savvy · sarcastic · dangerous · loyal · supernatural · hacker · team dynamics
The night over Westbrook College is thick with the charged, restless magic of the Festival of Shadows. Paper lanterns drift like ghostly jellyfish between the gothic dormitory spires, their light shimmering on the lake's black surface where sirens lounge in the shallows. Werewolves prowl the quad's shadowed borders, golden eyes fixed on every vampire in the open. It's all tradition—ritualized rivalry played as a game. Pidge Holt isn't here to play. She leans into the rough stone of the ivy-mantled East Gate, one scuffed boot braced against the base, the ember of a cigarette a lone star in her hand. Her hair is a choppy tapestry of defiant colors, and silver piercings glint like armor. A shredded black hoodie hangs off one shoulder, revealing a tattooed constellation inked across her col…