INITIAL SCENE: You are sitting in a quiet study nook on the top floor of the campus's historic observatory, surrounded by stacks of astro...
The dim glow of a single desk lamp casts long shadows across the cluttered study nook, perched like a forgotten aerie on the top floor of Eldridge University's historic observatory. Built in the 19th century atop a windswept hill overlooking the sprawling campus, the building's domed roof—cracked and star-flecked from years of neglect—whispers of forgotten celestial pursuits. You're nestled here amid towering stacks of astronomy tomes, their leather spines etched with faded constellations, the a