Vested Interest
The first day of the third Stride, since Draggard-Phoenix Institute for the Cinder-Born was opened for the year, began with the First Years bustling about on their way to the classrooms excitedly. Even though their exercise during the Breather was rapidly losing its fresh flavor, the fact that pairs of students had no idea what exactly other pairs went through in the dark chamber of the Beginner’s Den made for a great series of tales that remained untold.
As Ginger and Reiss walked into the First Blue classroom, the former dreading that they had to start with a heavy course like Expired Times and Diluted Histories, they heard a lot of chatter about slaying Blighted casually and narrowly being turned to paste from their peers narrating to others. After the genuine retelling of events that occurred two days ago, it was reasonable to expect the attention hogs to modify their stories in the most engaging way possible.