buzzcut season - lorde. hallucinations - pvris. work song - hozier don't mind me - walking on cars. give me love - ed sheeran.
But times change. Ten years ago, Cascadia opened its doors to all. Previously, they had offered the broadest range of classes and subjects possible to its students, but given their small numbers, it was increasingly difficult to afford this. They were faced with two choices- cut some of their classes, or open their doors to all. Limiting the number of classes would have meant that their students didnāt have the same range of choice, and many parents didnāt feel safe sending their children elsewhere. So they opened their doors to all.
Cascadiaās odd reputation still lingers, even a decade after the population was diluted by students from all over the country. The āarcaneā students, as they were known, were taken under the wing of select staff members, continued to be nurtured as they had been before. But now it occurs in secrecy, leading to rumors about secret societies. Students love myths and superstition about their college, and many thought the odd stories were just that. Stories.
The arcane students have their meetings with their mentors and spread more and more ridiculous rumors about the campus in order to keep themselves secret, and life goes on as normal, as it ever did. Things have run incredibly smoothly for the last ten years, and Cascadiaās reputation as an odd but beautiful campus has remained. It takes a certain type of person to come to a college in a remote part of Northern Washington State, a two and a half hour drive to the nearest city, and those seem to be the people that fit in well with Cascadia and its strange past.
But lately, there are odd occurrences on campus. Animals showing up dead in mysterious ways, remnants of odd and often disturbing rituals in remote and disused parts on campus, and most disturbingly, a student disappearing for three days before being found dead on campus. Rumors of cults and satanist groups have begun to spread, and itās concerning the arcane students and faculty. If Cascadiaās secret is found out, the lives of their students will be ruined and in danger.