[Lecture Hall 1: Classroom 1-A]
Kolek's voice sliced through the morning chatter. "Silence!" The room snapped to attention, murmurs dying in throats like startled frogs.
His gaze, swept the class, pinning each student with the weight of his announcement.
"Before we go into today's lesson, I have news regarding your academic calendar."
A collective exhale rippled through the room. Some faces brightened with anticipation, others contorted with dread.
Kolek savoured the moment, a predator studying his prey.
"Next week,"
he drawled, "you'll face the annual First Years Open's Invitational Scouting Event. Mandatory. Consider it like a practice exam for your upcoming practical assignment for this midterm."
Disbelief crackled in the air. "What?!" A student complained, "There's nothing on the schedule except the midterm evaluations!" Voices of similar complaints echoed, as the sudden uproar of students felt uneasy.
