Location:Obsidian Academy — Workshop Labs
Date/Time:15 Infernorest, 9939 AZI
Realm:Lower Realm
The smell of heated ceramic and copper shavings hit first — sharp, metallic, the lived-in warmth of a workshop that had been running formation arrays since dawn. Jayde's workbench occupied the southeast corner of Lab Three, the one with the ventilation duct that actually functioned and the formation lighting that didn't flicker.
Eden was already there. This wasn't unusual — she'd been running her pharmaceutical operation from the bench opposite for weeks, refining compounds from mission materials with an efficiency that made the Alchemy stream students quietly furious. What was unusual was the arrangement on her bench.
Three objects. Laid out on a clean cloth with prototypes and formation sketches beside each one. Incomplete, but recognisable as instruments. Medical instruments.
