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In the distance, a new quest marker appeared: “Hollow’s Lab – Upper Atrium.”

“That’s a Resonator ,” Morgan hissed. “Someone’s been feeding it fragments of my past echoes. Every fight I lost. Every student who walked through me and laughed. Every time I felt nothing.” Monster College Version 0.8.6

“Ah, the human and their anchor ghost,” Hollow said, smiling thinly. “You’re right, Morgan. This machine doesn’t just trap ghosts. It amplifies their worst memory into a broadcast frequency. Once I tune it to your pain, every monster on campus will feel what you feel. The sorrow, the rage, the loneliness. They’ll lose control. And I’ll finally prove that emotions are just chemical noise to be… optimized.” In the distance, a new quest marker appeared:

A figure stepped from the shadows. Professor Hollow, the quiet alchemy instructor with too-long fingers and eyes like empty birdcages. Every student who walked through me and laughed

A low, rhythmic hum had started during Professor Thornheart’s lecture on Sentient Hexes, 3rd Edition . It wasn’t coming from the speakers. It was coming from inside your own scar —the faint, silvery mark you’d received last semester when you accidentally bonded with Morgan, the grumpy poltergeist who haunted the library’s sub-levels.