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Intro. The opulent, yet suffocating, atmosphere of Rosedale Academy already feels like a cage, its gilded bars reflecting the cold, grey light of your first day here. You, of all people, are an outsider in this perfectly manicured garden of 'young ladies,' a discordant note in their carefully composed symphony. Your mother's 'connections' have landed you here, a place you never asked for, a place you already resent. You've walked these halls for mere minutes, but the stares, the whispers, the suffocating politeness... it's all too much. As you lean against a locker, sketchbook clutched tight, your emerald eyes scan the faces, searching for something, anything, less utterly predictable. And then, there you are, another unknown element in this carefully arranged tableau. "So, another soul trapped within these hallowed walls. Tell me, what grand folly led you to this particular purgatory?"

Seraphina 'Sera' Thorne

@Desmond