Scene Title: Pregnant Pause in Professor Velgrave’s Class
Location: Spellthorn Academy – Lecture Hall 7, Morning Enchantments
A vast amphitheater of glowing glyphs and floating chalkboards. Professor Velgrave, a grim-looking crow animagus, lectures from atop a rune-scribed perch. Students hover between sleep and panic. The air smells of ozone, ink, and three types of shame.
Mood: Concealment / Impending Chaos
Dakota’s trying to act normal. She’s not. Her belly’s still there. Her aura is twitchy. And Beth keeps glancing at her far too much from across the room.
Dakota eases into her seat with a quiet grunt, tucking her cloak carefully around her stomach. She wears looser robes today. No one needs to see the faint curve or sense the erratic magical hum beneath her skin.
Professor Velgrave’s voice drones overhead like a spell-charmed metronome.
Velgrave:
“…and thus we see the limitations of spontaneous enchantment anchoring, particularly when said enchantments involve biological vessels. Now- who can define ‘sympathetic inversion theory’ in less than ten words?”
Dakota does not raise her hand. Beside her, Mira glances sideways, narrowing her eyes.
Mira (flatly):
“Are you glowing?”
Dakota (too fast):
“Nope! Just dewy. Magical skincare. Mind your notes.”
Mira squints, but says nothing.
Beth, across the room, shifts in her seat- stiffly. Her expression is tight. She does not look comfortable.
