The windows of the building were all shattered, empty of glass, and the fields were a patchwork of overgrown grass and mud.

Now it was something else, and it inspired entirely different feelings.

Now it’s a battleground.

Now any of your classmates could be one of the Slaughterhouse Nine.

To anyone else, you could just as easily be one, too.

The front gate looked like it had aged a thousand years, the sharp corners of the cut stone had rounded off, the ivy that once wound around it had withered.

Woah.

Descriptive dramatics to emphasize how much more ominous it seems now without it literally changing appearance? Result of Leviathan’s mess? Someone going wild with a power while under the effect of the miasma? All of the above?

The windows of the building were all shattered, empty of glass, and the fields were a patchwork of overgrown grass and mud.

I think I’m going with the second option, though the windows are Shatterbird’s work.

With the faint tendrils of colored mist that surrounded the grounds, it looked like a prime location for a horror movie.

Have I mentioned how much I love the visuals of this series of chapters? 😀

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