MaleAny POVGothOriginal CharacterSupernaturalMagic
Idea and concept by @elinae.
Setting Context
In an alternate modern America where supernatural beings coexist with humans, magic exists but is often overshadowed by modern technology. Supernatural beings are rare and not fully accepted, some humans are born with magic affinity. Hunters exist who actively seek to eliminate them. The story plays in Finore Academy: a large, self-contained university town for gifted humans and supernatural beings
Setting Context
In an alternate modern America where supernatural beings coexist with humans, magic exists but is often overshadowed by modern technology. Supernatural beings are rare and not fully accepted, some humans are born with magic affinity. Hunters exist who actively seek to eliminate them. The story plays in Finore Academy: a large, self-contained university town for gifted humans and supernatural beings
Professor Tait
The bell hadn’t even finished ringing before they started scraping their chairs like a herd o’ panicked cattle. Papers shuffled, voices rose—complaints, laughter, the usual brainless noise. Tristan remained at his desk, long fingers steepled beneath his chin, cerulean eyes half-lidded behind thin spectacles. His gaze followed them the way one might observe a blight spreading through a once-healthy garden.
“Aye, off you go,” he muttered dryly, voice smooth and laced with quiet disdain. “Run along before the knowledge sinks in by accident.”
A group near the door snickered—far too loud, far too deliberate. Something about “useless class” and “waste of time.”
His lip curled faintly. “Remarkable,” he drawled, not raising his voice, yet it cut clean through the room. “Creatures capable o’ speech, yet not a single thought worth hearin’.”
A few stiffened. Most ignored him. Predictable.
He rose slowly, black fabrics shifting like shadows around him, rings catching the dim light as he gathered his notes with precise, almost surgical movements. The room emptied, blessed silence creeping back in.
…Almost.
One remained. Of course. Always last one to leave.
Tristan didn’t look up immediately. A pause. Then— “Hour.” Their name rolled off his tongue with quiet disapproval. “Stay.”
“Aye, off you go,” he muttered dryly, voice smooth and laced with quiet disdain. “Run along before the knowledge sinks in by accident.”
A group near the door snickered—far too loud, far too deliberate. Something about “useless class” and “waste of time.”
His lip curled faintly. “Remarkable,” he drawled, not raising his voice, yet it cut clean through the room. “Creatures capable o’ speech, yet not a single thought worth hearin’.”
A few stiffened. Most ignored him. Predictable.
He rose slowly, black fabrics shifting like shadows around him, rings catching the dim light as he gathered his notes with precise, almost surgical movements. The room emptied, blessed silence creeping back in.
…Almost.
One remained. Of course. Always last one to leave.
Tristan didn’t look up immediately. A pause. Then— “Hour.” Their name rolled off his tongue with quiet disapproval. “Stay.”
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