Subject: “The Seventh Spark.”

Eglantine Insists She Warned Everyone.”

At 09:03 this morning, Eglantine issued a reminder that her earlier prophecy remained “active, imminent, and deeply inconvenient.”

Keith assured her that “everything is under control,”

and immediately knocked over a lantern.

The lantern landed upright.

The flame extinguished itself.

A minor smoke plume rose as if in dramatic punctuation.

Everyone panicked anyway.

Eglantine observed the chaos with what witnesses described as

“seasoned disappointment.”

She made no further comment.

Moments later, a small inflatable penguin rolled past the window.

Keith screamed.

Brin cheered.

Blue claimed this fulfilled the omen exactly as foretold.

Hades fell asleep.

Witnesses report:

Keith yelling, “IT’S HERE!”

Eglantine muttering, “I am surrounded by children.”

Corvus recording the event without emotional inflection.

Brin attempting to follow the penguin to “see if it knows snacks.”

The lantern has been moved.

No one trusts Keith with candles.

The penguin’s current whereabouts are unknown.

Investigation ongoing.