Northern stood in front of his wardrobe. When he opened the right door, it revealed an in-built mirror on the other side.
He stared at himself for a long time, grooming his hair and smoothing out every single rumple on the ensemble.
Apart from being a part-time student, Northern was in the non-combative part of the academy. They were known for wearing black instead of the usual academy white.
Like every other student, they wore a white V-neck inner shirt with black pants and could choose between knee-high boots or fine, sleek shoes. Northern opted for the latter—a set of boots he had acquired in South Drywall and worn to Arcadia.
These boots had marched through blood-soaked ground and remained sturdy; this was Northern's only reason for not wearing the new pairs of shoes that came with the uniform.
Instead of black stripes on the sides of the trousers, theirs had blue. A black jacket was worn over the V-neck ancient-style inner shirt.
