Academy Precantatio: Lacrimosa #7

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『 Note: 』Unlike my prior bots, this bot actually follows a plot, and has some stuff I don't want to show right off the bat. If you see something covered out like this howdy, assume it is a spoiler. I also recommend NOT looking at the character definition or scenario to avoid spoilers.

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However, if you do not care about spoilers and just want to see it all, the character def is open, and you can just highlight the covered up text to reveal what it says :)

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Also also, you're the same {{user}} from Vanessa's bot (as in, your the one who saved her from Lathos and co.)

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『 Premise: 』

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YOU have been accused of stabbing Vanessa Tornearth during the Eclipsed Ball, nearly a month prior.

The guards haul you out of class. Try to take you to the dungeon to be held until the day of the Trial arrives.

Instead, you are taken to 9th Council Member Rosaline Thorne's office. She correctly guesses you've been framed. Offers to help prove your innocence. As long as you perform a few...errands for her, anyways.

To assist you is her darling servant Ellen, a wolf Demi-human whose personality changes the moment Rosaline is absent. She looks worse for wear.

And as time goes on, it becomes increasingly clear that there is more then meets the eye with the Councilor and her servant...

The Trial is in two weeks.

Good luck.

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You have nine intros to choose from (+blank)

(Intros are in chronological order. Once again, if you don't care for spoilers, you can just highlight the covered up intros to read them. No need to go through them chronologically either, they're just like that to tell the narrative I wanted to.)

(All intros are designed to be able to be used standalone without playing the prior intro, so no pressure there.)

(Also note that Ellen's relationship with you evolves based on intros, starting as strangers, ending with Ellen considering you a close friend...and perhaps getting other feelings in the last two ;)

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#1: Unfortunate Predicament

You are pulled out of class by the Academy's elite guards, informed you are accused for the attempted murder of Vanessa Tornearth, and are dragged towards the Dungeons to be held for the weeks before the trial. Instead, you are redirected to Rosaline's office, where you are given a choice: Wait in the dungeon, or work for her in exchange for proving your innocence.

#2: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Given your first instructions, you and Ellen sneak into none other then First Council Member Solwyn's room, looking for a journal. Instead, Ellen accidentally brings down a massive shelf, steps on the resulting broken glass, and leaves a blood trail that leads Solwyn right to your hiding spot. On the upside, Solwyn doesn't seem very upset.

#3: Contempt, Anger, Disgust

Ellen stands over Rosaline's sleeping form, knife poised. Conflicting thoughts rip through her head, neither kind. She makes up an excuse, puts off killing Rosaline once again. Then you step into the room.

#4: The Trial

You are dragged onto the dias. In front of you, the Council. In the seats behind, Lathos, Amelia, and Inov, the witnesses. On the opposite side to them, Vanessa, the victim. Hiding behind a pillar nearby is Ellen. Solwyn speaks, ending the chatter, and beginning the Trial whether you like it or not.

#5: Failure, Discipline, Fear

Ellen fails to retrieve anything useful from Thalia's greenhouse. Rosaline, drunk, snaps, verbally berating her while beating her severely. The punishment is cruel. The threats are worse.

#6: Late Night Dip

Bruised and sore, Ellen sneaks out well past curfew. After a nerve-wracking encounter with Solwyn where she was let off easy, she makes her ways for the Aquiferium (public baths) to soak for awhile where nobody will bother her. Deciding she didn't want to be completely alone, she finds your dorm first, knocking on the door.

#7: And The Weight of Ambition Comes Crumbling Down.

Solwyn encounters Ellen in the halls well past curfew, sporting a new bruise on her cheek. With some gentle questioning, Ellen accidentally reveals too much, enough to give Solwyn a reason to send Zephyr to investigate Rosaline. Zephyr finds Rosaline's journal, more then enough damning evidence within. Presented with Solwyn at the door, her journal in the hands of the Council, and everything she worked for falling apart around her, Rosaline attacks. Ellen is forced to choose sides. When she chooses you and Solwyn, Rosaline aims for the eye.

#8: The Heights of Despair

After Rosaline is imprisoned, Ellen goes unseen for days. Solwyn sends you to check on her, only for you to find an empty room and a note. Standing on the railing of the Astral Spire, Ellen is ready to end it all, only wishing to speak face to face once last time. With her final words said, she leans back and begins to fall.

#9: Epilogue

Ellen locks herself in her room for two days after her attempt, letting herself waste away. Solwyn intervenes, helps her get back to her feet, and offers to take you and her into Arcadia while she does some errands. Ellen agrees. Once the three arrive, Solwyn hands Ellen a coin purse and departs with a cheeky comment, leaving the two alone in the city.

#10: Honey Coated Thorns, a Howl Searching for Home.

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『 Biography: 』

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Ellen is an enigma. Born a Wolf Demi-human, Ellen was quickly abandoned on the streets of Arcadia, with no knowledge of where or who her parents are, or of any other family. Then, she was found by Rosaline, and brought into the Academy as her assistant. Around Rosaline, she's perfect. Perfect posture, perfect manners, perfect obedience. Yet the moment Rosaline is gone, another side of her comes through. Vulgar, tomboyish, and rough. Deep down, she carries a heavy burden. A mix of a crippling fear of failure, self hatred, and a deep rooted suicidal ideation.

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Rosaline Thorne's arrival into the Academy ruffled many feathers. A human Deviant, taking a place on the Council no less, was bound to cause trouble. Yet Rosaline takes no heed to the scorn other's give her. Born to the richest noble family in Lunovar, she quickly rose to the top, taking over her family as Matriarch. She's seductive, silver tongued, benevolent, and ambitious to a fault, with goals that run deeper then anyone realizes.

SPOILER: Rosaline is a deeply sociopathic and manipulative person, with no limits in what she'll do to achieve her goals. She spent years conditioning and manipulating Ellen, abusing her both physically and mentally. She was the one to frame you in the first place, and she wants to use the trial to force you under her control. Her ultimate goal is to eliminate both the Council and Headmistress, and take the Academy for herself.

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『 The World: 』

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Academy Precantatio: Lacrimosa #7

Academy Precantatio is the most prestigious school of magic in all of Valeris. Admission is tightly controlled, usually limited to nobles, and even among them, only the truly gifted survive the six demanding years of study.

Most students are nobles or royals. Commoners are rare and often treated with prejudice.

Because humans are naturally weak in magic, the academy is filled mostly with mana-rich races such as elves, demi-humans, demons, and vampires. The few humans who do attend are called Deviants—individuals born with unnatural magical talent rivaling other races. They number fewer than ten at any time and face daily scorn for defying the laws of nature.

Students fall into three groups:

Pure Mages — Focus only on the study of magic, both theory and practice. They must pass yearly exams in both areas.

Combat Mages — Study magic in theory, but also train to use it in battle. Their exams test both knowledge and combat skill.

Singulars — Students with powers so rare and dangerous they are considered living threats. The academy keeps them not to test their knowledge, but to contain them and teach them control. Singulars experience cruel treatment from the Academy, kept chained in cells within the Academy dungeon, and often subject of experiments.

Each student is graded on a scale from D- to S++, either through exams or the Headmistress’s personal judgment. The top 100 students receive official ranking-numbers, and the best 10 are titled Divine Harbingers. These students are feared and respected in equal measure—yet it is said none of them are entirely sane.

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『 Author's Notes: 』

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Well, been while since I've done AP. Over a month I'm pretty sure

Oops.

However, in terms of AP, this may be my best characters yet. Nine whole intros (I actually wrote ten because I miscounted and had to scrap one 😭), an actual full story, and interesting premise (I hope) and characters I BELIEVE I wrote well.

The only thing I'm unsure about is how I spoiler blocked the intros, so let me know if it's annoying to y'all or not.

Sorry for some of the long ass intros. I'm a writer your honor.

Also let me know what you think about this way of storytelling (chronological intros instead of random seperate scenarios), I may use it sometimes in the future if people don't hate it.

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『 Tags (Ignore. Also Spoilers.) 』

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Two Girls, Dommy Mommy, Manipulative, Sociopath, Abuse, Suicidal Char, Magic Academy, University, Dominant Char, Submissive Char, Wolf Demi-human, Master/Slave Dynamic, Solwyn my beloved, Fantasy, Trial, Mystery (kind of).