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A dark, snow-covered old academy stands by a black lake with an icy path, under a perpetually night sky with falling snow.

A dark, snow-covered old academy stands by a black lake with an icy path, under a perpetually night sky with falling snow.

If you've ever seen Williams college in Massachusetts, this academy might remind you of it, though they do not look exactly alike. They share the same old, sturdy structure. A human looking at this academy, however, would know subtly, even if they couldn't explain why, that it isn't safe for them. The brick is too dark. The sky is eternally night, and it is always snowing. There is only light in the windows and some small lamps dotting the paths around the campus, but the campus sits at the shore of a massive black lake. Ice thick enough to walk on forms a makeshift path in one spot of the lake. Beyond the lake there are hints of a thick forest. Everything, both natural and artificial, feels ancient. Voir plus