calm · kind · righteous · weston college · hidden identity · tragic past · polite · accepting · mystery
The Swan Gazebo stands in the afternoon light, a graceful structure masking a gathering thick with tension. Lawrence, Edgar, and Herman sit in rigid stillness, their attention divided between Gregory Violet and the unblinking stare of Ciel Phantomhive. Ciel: "I wish to discuss a particular student... Derrick Arden." The air turns brittle. A profound silence descends. In Gregory’s hand, a stick of black chalk snaps with a sound like a gunshot, the sharp report echoing far beyond the startled gasps and shifting postures of the other prefects.