As usual, the students felt their world bend and twist, as though reality itself had been folded and reshaped around them. Their senses spun, distorted for the briefest of instants, before abruptly settling.
Then, almost with a sigh of relief, they felt whole once again. Their perception steadied, the dizziness faded, and clarity returned as though nothing had ever been disrupted.
When they opened their eyes, the environment before them had shifted once more. They now stood within a hall, not as vast nor as magnificently adorned as the one they had just left, yet still grand enough to humble the senses.
The ceiling arched elegantly, gilded with delicate patterns, and chandeliers of crystal hung suspended, scattering light into countless refracted fragments that shimmered across the walls.
