[ WP ] A college where students are taught ritualistic dark magics and how to call Lovecraftian horrors from beyond this reality .

`` What's your major?'' 
 
 `` Non-Euclidean Engineering.'' 
 
 `` Ugh. I could never do that. Too much math, too much staring into the unfathomable void between dimensions.'' 
 
 `` I was always good at it. They say if you're exposed to the void as a kid your brain learns to handle the impossibilities better. But yeah, it's not for everyone. What's yours?'' 
 
 `` Summoning.'' 
 
 `` Whoa boy. You're aiming high. I heard one in four will drop out by the first year.'' 
 
 `` They've got ta be tough. Anyone who ca n't make it through the weed-outs would get eaten by their own shoggoth in a year. Hell, even for people who get their S3 certification, the injury rate is through the roof.'' 
 
 `` And people say NEEs are crazy. Why'd you pick that?'' 
 
 `` Because it's an important job. Summoners do things that nobody can do, not even dark sorcerers. Plus, the pay is good. And I have a... personal reason.'' 
 
 `` Whatever floats your boat. Anyway, fair warning, I'll probably be up late on some projects, so if you wake up to see weird eldritch un-light glowing from my desk, do n't freak out. I'll keep the dangerous stuff out of the dorm room, but you know how we engineers are, always some side projects to work on.'' 
 
 `` That's fine. Just keep the noise down, it's hard enough to get to sleep when you're haunted by memories of dimensional horrors without having to deal with a noisy roommate as well.'' 
 
 `` That's cool, man. Say, what's your schedule like? Here's mine.'' 
 
 `` Oh, it looks like we both have Sorcery 101. NEEs need to take that?'' 
 
 `` We do. Something about making us more well-rounded. I guess it's good to know a few cantrips.'' 
 
 `` It is. Alright, the welcome ceremony is going to start soon. Let's get a move on.''
