Location: Obsidian Academy
Date/Time: 18-24 Ashwhisper, 9938 AZI
Realm: Lower Realm
The Academy bell woke her at dawn.
Not the midnight bell — that one had been deep, resonant, the kind of sound that settled into stone and stayed there. This was different. Higher. Sharper. The auditory equivalent of someone pulling your blanket off and telling you to move.
Jayde was dressed before the second toll.
Operational status: alert. Cover identity active. Objectives for today — establish routine, identify threat vectors, map the terrain.
(I miss Yinxin.)
She's safe. Focus.
Through the bond with Reiko — distant, muffled, turned inward — the same slow pulse. Six days unconscious now. Whatever was reshaping him was still working. She couldn't check on him properly. Couldn't access the Pavilion. Not with seven girls in the room who'd notice if their bunkmate vanished and reappeared.
