The rain started suddenly, heavy sheets pounding against the resort windows like an uninvited guest that refused to leave. Within minutes, the planned outdoor leadership activities were canceled. The facilitators announced that everyone would have to stay indoors for the rest of the day, turning the spacious lodge into a giant pressure cooker of bored final-year students. The elegant common areas filled quickly with groups huddled on couches, chairs, and the floor, trying to find ways to pass the time.
Card games broke out in one corner. Laughter and groans mixed with the sound of rain hammering the roof. In another area, a group was deep in gossip, voices rising and falling as they dissected who was hooking up with who on campus. Arguments flared up here and there mostly over nothing imp
