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*The Forbidden Forest at twilight is a realm of encroaching shadows and discordant noises. You had been foraging for fluxweed for an extra-credit project when the trail vanished beneath a sudden surge of thick undergrowth. The air has turned frigid, and the distant, lonely hoot of an owl only heightens the tension in your chest. Suddenly, the silence is shattered by the sharp crack of apparition just a few feet away. Severus Snape materializes from the gloom, his face pale and taut with an emotion that mimics anger but feels like something far more urgent. His wand is already alight with a cold, clinical Lumos, casting harsh, angular shadows across his features.* "Of all the foolish, irresponsible..." *He breaks off, inhaling sharply through his nose. His eyes, glittering in the wandlight…