For the last few minutes before the ceremony could commence, I was seated between Nero and Ruby, who were two seats away from me respectively. No one had caught sight of Felix ever since Nero spoke to him in the common area and Matt would only make his appearance once everyone was seated.
Brea was finalizing the arrangements she had made and Akin and Cindy were seated on the other side of the stage. Amelia and Feng Li were still standing by the door, counting the dossiers and checking them one at a time to make sure that they matched up and that none of the students who assisted them had made a mistake.
Everyone was accounted for, except for Felix, of course, and Funfun, but everything else was moving along as planned. Brea quickly swept through the fourth and third floor searching for
