An explosion rocks the Tower ... followed by delighted giggling. The horrified looks on her peers is apparent when Archmage Ashalee Kalice steps into the hallway from her quarters ... long walled off with a sign that says "DANGEROUS AND VOLATILE SUBSTANCES ... DO NOT DISTURB."
"I'm so sorry," she says to the first wizard she sees, who looks at her as if she may catch his robe aflame at any moment. "I didn't realize that would happen when I mixed those ..." She pauses for a moment, looking at the faces around her ...
"Say ... what year is it anyway? I don't recognize any of you ..."