Brier's Three

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"Ms. Urgent makes seven students that have had to be rushed to the infirmary this year and it isn't even the end of May!" Sloan huffed.

Sitting at the long meeting table with a few teachers and other staff members, including, Casper, Percy, Georgia, Calvin, a few other healers, the administrator of the hunters and huntress, the housemaster and housemistress over the dormitory, and of course Indigo.

"This has never happened before who can these kids just lose their abilities to perform magic or alchemy," Percy scoffed.

"Granted this isn't lasting," one of the healers mentioned, "Thankfully they are regaining their abilities after a few days."

"Urgent is different, however," Sloan hummed with a nod, "She was carried into the infirmary by Mr. Couri, the other students were able to enter the infirmary on their own."

"That's assuming Ms. Urgent is a part of this group, she appears to be exhausted," another healer added

"Appears," Georgia repeated with bitterness in her voice, "she could very well be a part of this group we just don't know yet because she's still unconscious, maybe whatever is going on is affecting her differently."

"She is fae," Sloan mentioned quietly, "all of the other students are human."

"See!" Georgia exclaimed loudly, "Mallory is fae!"

"Ms. Nozadze, please we are just—"

"Mallory is my apprentice!" Georgia shouted, "I have seen how she treats herself! She doesn't push herself to exhaustion! Mal is an athlete! She takes care of her body and is more concerned about her health than I am about my own! She would just pass out because of exhaustion, I know that!"

Everyone in the room is silent before Calvin looks at Indigo, her hands clasped in front of her as if she praying to the goddess her forehead resting against her fists as she sits at the head of the oblong table, "Angel?" her husband asked curiously, "I know you're thinking."

"She will come down, not in a plague or famine, Mother Goddess will come down in curse man will a purge of all mankind of his power," Indigo recited, "Bridgehid will one day curse all man for their corruptions only gift back the magic and whimsy when she sees that man himself has repented in full."

"The Goddess's Canvass Deliberate?" Georgia commented.

"It does sound similar to what we are currently experiencing," Calvin muttered, holding his chin.

"It could be mere coincidence," Sloan shrugged, "Remarking of religious hymns to the masses to explain what is happening to their children will only spark fear and create extremely religious and non-worshipers."

"What if someone is taking the gospel to heart," Percy remarked, "and doing this to the students because of some wrongdoing that the school has committed against us."

Everyone fell silent once more. The idea that someone was purposefully doing this to innocent students didn't sit right, especially when it seemed to be in the name of the saint over the island. No that didn't sit right with anyone.

Indigo sighed, "It is normal for magical energy and power to ebb and flow when one is young and training, but not like this."

"And that's not normal for alchemists at all," Sloan added

"Start with those who are extremely religious or those who have studied theology," Indigo instructed, "Am going to assume everyone in this room does not have a hand in anything if this truly is some kind of repentance. If it turns out that no one within the college is involved, there is nothing we can do outside the college gates."