The corrections began on a Tuesday.
Not with drama. Not with a dungeon break or a Cult attack or a protagonist descending from the heavens wreathed in golden light. The Script's corrections were subtler than that — quieter, more insidious, woven into the fabric of daily life with the particular cruelty of a system that had learned patience from the villain who'd been evading it.
The first correction was a rumor.
I heard it at breakfast, carried through the Great Hall's ambient gossip network with the speed and accuracy of a biological transmission system: Cedric Valdrake had been seen leaving Cloud Terrace Four at 1 AM with six other students, including Seraphina Seraphel and Lucien Drakeveil. The Valdrake heir, the Seraphel saintess, and the #1 ranked student — together — at midnight — on an unmonitored platform.
The interpretations were creative.
