...excepting one that was delivered to the Headmaster by a mechanical owl.

Each of the envelopes is addressed to one of the teachers. One is also delivered to Savannah directly by means of same mechanical owl.

( It reads: )

A notice to all students, staff and other residents of the Prince Institute:

Due to seasonal instability associated with this time in most worlds and its effect on the Nexus, there are monsters loose in the Nexus. All student residents are to stay on the grounds or, during the day before curfew, in the main room of the Sanctuary. The school is on ( Read more... )

To: the Staff and Students of the Prince Institute
From: S. Snape
As many of you know, one of the most recent and extreme Nexus Events involved the kidnapping of a random sampling of the population here, and their extended trials and eventual execution at each others' hands on an unplottable island. After the point of death, the individuals were ( Read more... )

At breakfast and at the beginning of each lunch period, Snape gives a speech. His voice is grave and conveys a deep and honest concern ( Read more... )