After that, neither you nor Gabriel have much appetite for cookies. You tell Inez and Erick goodbye and nod to the other students. "See you in faculty meeting," Darcy calls after you.
Oh, right. This day isn't anywhere near over yet.
Maybe Get Some Caffeine
You've got just enough time between cookies and the department meeting to work on your class, but not enough time to be satisfied with how much work you get done, especially since you leave early to make sure you're on time for the meeting.
The faculty meeting takes place in the same small meeting room as cookies did. Dr. Ellison is the only person in the room when you arrive, though the others filter in more-or-less on time.
You take stock of your fellow department professors around the meeting table. Dr. Ellison sits at the head of the table, notes in front of her. Dr. Eze has his "I Turn Coffee Into Patterns" mug with him, full this time. Darcy has a notebook and an eager expression.
Dr. Wilcox is the final professor in the pattern magic department. He's White, in his late fifties, and wears heavy traditional robes that make your skin itch in sympathy. He specializes in metamagic, sculpting patterns' effects to change their intensity or scope of effect.
Dr. Ellison steeples her hands in front of her. "Before we get started, let us recite the practitioner's creed."
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