Azel entered the cafeteria, and the emptiness struck him immediately.
It looked far emptier than it had from the outside… the wide marble floor stretched endlessly, the polished tables reflecting the overhead light like mirrors.
Counting quickly, he realized there were only about ten students seated around.
Just TEN.
Considering that this hall could and fit hundreds of students that came here daily for lunch, that number was pitiful.
He was wondering how there was no riot going on at the door…
He glanced around again, half-expecting to spot a familiar first-year group.
But there were none.
'Maybe they haven't come yet,' he thought. He had been early after all.
Still, the silence was eerie.
The usual noise… the laughter, the arguments, the clatter of trays was completely gone.
The cafeteria felt like the Resonant Library without the whispers… completely silent.
Then he spotted two familiar faces sitting by the large window.
Lorraine and Nari.
