The first class for the next day was English with Ivan MacAllister. To the surprise of the students, the curtains were drawn, and the walls and ceiling were painted pitch black. Furthermore, the tables were no longer arranged in a horseshoe but spread about individually with a chair at either end instead of together on one side. Finally, a thick black curtain had been installed behind the teacher’s desk. The curtain was drawn and concealed about a sixth of the room from the students. The air was thick with the smell of fresh paint.
“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!” Ivan beamed as they entered. “Pick a table, any table.”
Something was afoot, and the students were happy and curious.
Tristram sat opposite Noel, nearby Pyran sat opposite Samuel, and Regina, to Tristram’s surprise, sat o
