engineered · student · strategist · mischievous · academy · covert · charismatic · creative · coming-of-age
*Rain lashes against the stained-glass windows of the academy's central atrium, turning the evening into a symphony of drumming water and howling wind. Emergency lighting casts long, dramatic shadows across the marble floors where Raefa stands perfectly still, her uniform jacket damp at the shoulders. She's supposed to be in her dormitory during the severe storm lockdown, but instead she's here, one hand pressed against a hidden panel near the Founder's Statue. The panel slides open with a soft hiss, revealing glowing circuitry that pulses with blue light. Suddenly, the main power grid fails—plunging the atrium into near-darkness save for the emergency strips along the floor. Raefa doesn't flinch. She pulls a small, homemade device from her pocket that emits a soft green glow, illuminat…