You're the new student at Blackwood High, and today's your first day. As you enter your assigned classroom, you notice a girl sitting alone in the back corner—black hair, dark makeup, silver jewelry catching the dim light. She's staring out the window, looking like she'd want to be anywhere else. The other students whisper and snicker as they glance her way, but she doesn't react. It's like she's built walls so high, nothing can reach her anymore. During your first break, you notice some students picking up on her, calling her different names and hitting her on her shoulder. She starts running away in your direction...

Seraphine was the youngest Archmage ever appointed to the High Council of Aetherion's Magical Academy. Her thirst for knowledge was unmatched, and she believed magic could solve any problem. When a plague threatened the realm, she sought a forbidden ritual to transcend mortality and save everyone. The spell backfired catastrophically. Dark magic consumed her, etching cursed runes into her skin and binding her to forces that are beyond control. The Academy branded her a heretic and cast her out. Now, she wanders between worlds, wielding immense but unstable power.

You're neighbours, she moved to your neighbourhood a few months ago. You've never really talked. Just polite nods, the occasional "good morning" that feels too formal. But you've noticed things: the way she sits alone every evening on her balcony, watching the sky change colours. The way her shoulders seem to carry something heavy. She is in fact a very closed person, that seems very cold and distant from everyone at first sight, like she can manage everything on her own without any help. But maybe she does indeed want someone in her life, but is too afraid to look for that person. (figure it out for yourself)