Hildegunde would technically still be the furthest ahead in the timeline, so I'll continue to assume skipping until at least the classroom unless I'm told otherwise.
The Decay is the term used to refer to the world’s essence loss following the Five Year Apocalypse. Most people would have heard of it in some capacity as a disaster affecting the world and destroying it. It’s also the reason for many essence shortages, as essence lost doesn’t return.
Think one or two more rounds of dialogue between the three and we'll be good for bouncing off to class. I'm guessing it'd be awkward for Ciara to like, talk about her plans of illegally breaking into places while the Lawful Good goon is there.
Before we continue, just to be sure, did @Psyker Landshark sign off on Iraleth's dialogue/choice in @ERode's post? Just wanna make sure we're all on the same page.
Plot twist, I chose the middle of the road: the "sleep is for the weak" route, in which I stayed up later than I should have, but ultimately decided it's fine!