@Cherrywitch Loved your post.
To all players: Feel free to interact with each other and even my NPCs. For example,
@Cherrywitch (since you posted last, not trying to single you out), you can have Nymph run into Iris or Nathan (granted I haven't said where he is. He's fighting in the thick of things, trying to protect the young Aedis). While the intent is for only the players to be left standing at the end of this fight at the Academy I have no problem with players assisting each other to protect a small group of the younger Aedis (10-12 years of age maybe) who would be sent away for their protection while the players play out the rest of the RP. Or if you guys prefer, we can have an Anakin moment and just slaughter all of the younglings. The Council of Elders will be destroyed - at the end, technically, Iris will be the most senior Aedis.