In the (K)Night

Quinton and His Study Group on a Road Trip

I sigh. Maybe accepting Jules’s offer of a road trip wasn’t the smartest idea. Benjamin Lee, Juliet Norris, Paula Prieto, and I all...

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Jun 208 min read

Waking Up for Evaluations

The alarm blares. It’s my second one. That means it’s really time to get up. I roll out of bed and hit the floor. My shoulder hurts a...

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May 168 min read

Greg and Kassidy Planning a Group Project

The lights are brighter here than my usual place, but I don’t really trust Kass. Not like that. Still, this place is good enough to meet...

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Apr 188 min read

Micah's Midterm Malaise

I settle into my office in the Villa’s administration building. Wednesday afternoon, which means after picking up my lunch from the...

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Mar 218 min read

Therese's Meetings After Office Hours

As the clock on my office wall ticks over to five in the afternoon, I stand up out of my chair. Office hours for today are officially...

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Feb 218 min read

Bloodied on the Beach

Pain. Blood across the sand. The warmth of the beach and soft sand slamming hard into my body. But that’s getting ahead of myself. It all...

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Jan 318 min read

Sierra's Final Start of Spring Semester Meetings as a Magister

Morning comes. My alarm goes off earlier than it normally does. Eyes, half closed, I slam down on the snooze as I look at the time. Way...

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Jan 178 min read

Isaac Drinking Before the Holiday Season

I finish cleaning up the dining slash living area of my apartment. Keeping it clean, that will be a bit of work, but I only need to do...

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Dec 20, 20248 min read

Alina Working to Find Her Thesis Topic

Sitting in my office, I open up my oldest book to the Enhancement’s section. I could relax, sure. Jase had mentioned some kind of early...

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Nov 15, 20248 min read

Gregory Attends a Party with his Fellow Classmates

As we silently sit around finishing our Strategies of Conflict midterm exam. I place my pen down, flip over my test, and crack my neck....

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Oct 18, 20249 min read

Magister Sobol Teaching Mystical Theory 101

While I wait for class to start and the students to file in, I set up the slides. Mystical Theory 101. I got the assignment for that as...

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Sep 20, 20248 min read

Introducing Herself to the New Freshmen Advisees

“But the meeting, it went well?” Will asks me. As I walk, cutting a path through the winds and feeling the eyes of the I look out at the...

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Aug 16, 20249 min read

Ike's Introduction to the Principle Mysticists Convention

I could be doing something productive. Or useful. But instead I’m here. I mean, Ali asked, and she’s right. People tend to like me more....

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Jul 19, 20248 min read

The Drives to and from the Airport

“Are you getting a move on or what?” I ask Ali as she’s slowly making her way through the apartment. “I’m moving, I’m moving. Why you’re...

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Jun 21, 20248 min read

A Hunt, Planned and Executed

It’s oddly chilly today, especially for the beginning of summer. That should be good for the hunt, though it doesn’t matter much for...

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May 31, 20248 min read

Therese and Her Advisees

The library is not the usual place for these advisor meetings. But I found it comforting. A reminder of the past. And the classrooms my...

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May 17, 20248 min read

An Important Conversation in a Smoky Room

I thought it wouldn’t be important. But after last week, I decided otherwise. Fortunately, by now I’ve already found a place. A nice,...

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Apr 19, 20248 min read

Jase's Conversations with Friends

Waking up, my eyes, half asleep and slightly glazed over, slide around the room. It’s my room, in my apartment. My room is bigger than...

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Mar 15, 20248 min read

Watching a Friday Afternoon Pass By

I smile. Teaching. Not exactly what I excel at. But that’s not to say I don’t enjoy it from time to time. Just the whole everyday thing...

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Feb 16, 20248 min read

Magister Paredes Checks in with Her Advisees

In an odd change in our normal schedules, I wake up in the morning to leave before Jase. Nat and I have a bunch of advisee meetings today...

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Jan 19, 20248 min read