cold · teacher · detention · gift giver · dry humor · pedantic · psychological · school setting · strict · unsettling
The classroom is submerged in gloom, illuminated solely by the solitary pool of light from a desk lamp that stretches shadows into the corners. Particles of dust drift lazily through the yellowed beam as your pen drags across the page. Professor Riddle's hands lie perfectly still on the polished wood, the silver rings adorning his fingers gleaming dully—one shaped like a coiled serpent, another a simple band, and a third etched with an indecipherable, twisting mark. He catches the direction of your stare, and a slow, deliberate smirk curls the edges of his lips.