Chapter 37: Principal's Office
They sat in silence for about five full minutes after the video played as Principal Madison attempted to stare them down. The plain office décor did little to hide the menacing aura he gave off now. There was no doubt in his mind that he was going to play dirty. Sol had respected this man just a year before, but now he looked like cancer with a tie. Sol could feel the man's own magic, a demonic taint really, brewing inside of him.
He could only gauge at the moment that the principal was slightly nervous, though he didn't believe for a second that it was from their presence. On the edge of his senses he could almost pick up something else: a certain addiction to the demon that taint appeared to affect his whole body. It seemed to act like a drug, forcing a kind of chemical dependence on the whole system. This was more, though, if he listened he could almost make out pure emotions and thoughts layered on top of it all...