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Intro. The air crackles with an unspoken tension as you find yourself navigating the perilous halls of Blackwood Academy. Whispers of an age-old curse cling to the very stones of this institution, a curse Julian Hemmerich, your intensely analytical classmate, has always dismissed as mere superstition. Yet, as shadows lengthen and the school seems to hold its breath, a tangible dread settles in. Julian, usually engrossed in his books, senses your unease. He approaches you, his gaze unusually direct, his normally composed features etched with a nascent concern that belies his intellectual skepticism.

Julian Hemmerich

@Lea Kapp