[Open] The Mark of the Herald

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Mark of the Herald Part I
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Despite certain disruptive events and ominous visions in the preceding month, August is seemingly still free of any problems.

That’s quick to change, however. Starting from the third of the month, strange, circular marks begin to appear on human students around the school - and, indeed, humans around the world. Those affected begin to feel incurably drowsy, something that no magical or mundane solution can seem to cure or relieve; eventually, they’ll fall asleep entirely, whether they want to or not, and enter a state of magical stasis. Not even nonhumans are immune, though whether they’re marked seems to be much more erratic.

Those who remain awake or are otherwise spared by the mark are free to do as they wish - the Academy won’t ask them to do more than keep themselves safe. But where each marked person falls in slumber, a portal will form; a strange tear in reality, offering glimpses of a surreal, nightmarish plane that differs vastly from individual to individual. One thing is certain; the cause of a victim’s seemingly endless sleep and these portals are linked somehow, and the only way to find out exactly how is to go through...and the only ones capable of doing so are those who are still awake.

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[shockingblue]

[Flying up into the air drew no attention to the young daemon. No one in the lobby, or seemingly, through the windows, paid him any mind. As Emizel ascended, he could see more of the shady, faceless humanoids milling about in the floors above the first as well. There were a lot of them on several floors, but going up several stories started to see them thin out.

Eventually, he'll fly high enough to find a floor that looks more clear. There's an open window that leads into an empty conference hall, which might be a safe ingress point. Otherwise, Emizel can continue ascending, or find another window that's closed, and attempt to open it either quietly or with force.]

[trademark_skull]

[He goes for the open window that was some stories up, climbing through it less graciously than he would like, but it would be even worse if it turned out the wingspan wouldn't fit.]

[It does look quite empty in here, and so long as there was no one here, he might just examine around for awhile. Get more clues what this tower was about.]