School Motto
> "When light and dark dance, we become the tide."
A line whispered during initiation and etched on every stone archway.
It suggests:
Cyclic power — rising, crashing, returning.
Unity through contrast — students must learn not to defeat, but to balance.
Foreboding transformation — tides erase what stood before.
Used as both a blessing and a warning.
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Core Aesthetic
Day Aesthetic — The Beautiful Lie
> The school smiles during the day.
Sunlight through wide, paneled windows
Hanok-style courtyards with cherry blossom trees that never lose their petals
White cranes circling once, then vanishing
Students walking in elegant navy uniforms, faces calm… too calm
Shadows never fall quite where they should
Everything symmetrical, polished, uncanny
Smells Like: Ink, burning incense, ozone after a storm
Sounds Like: Whispered Korean poetry, distant strings, the chirp of cicadas
Feels Like: A dream you can't wake from—but don't want to
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Night Aesthetic — The Hidden Truth
> The school shifts during the night.
Lanterns float midair, unlit by flame but glowing with pulsing light
Hallways curve differently than they did before
Floors made of lacquered black glass reflect other people's footsteps—but not yours
You can hear the ocean. Haeuri is nowhere near the sea.
Dusk and Night students pass without speaking. You feel watched… even when alone.
Smells Like: Cold iron, cedarwood, burnt jasmine
Sounds Like: Wind chimes with no wind, dripping ink, a choir heard through stone
Feels Like: A test you didn't study for, a name you've forgotten but remember in your bones
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Twilight Hour — The Shift
Lasts 7 minutes or they think. The "twilight bell" rings at 6:33 PM.
During this time:
Mirrors fog, even without breath
Students with unstable powers must be restrained or grounded
Teachers wear ceremonial cloaks threaded with both sun-gold and void-black
The Twilight Pavilion opens its gates—doors made of ivory and obsidian, locked by blood sigil
> Legend says Haeuri itself only fully exists during Twilight.
At all other hours, it is remembered or predicted.