In the period of apparent insanity and chaos in town, where finally it seemed the local authorities had applied an iron fist at dealing with troublemakers, another recent event just adds further confusion to the cultural environment of Port-à-Lucine.
Professor Ernst Cornell, reknown peculiar intellectual of the University, has gone missing. Last time he was seen, he was speaking with Clarisse Baudelaire at the cafè Voix de l'Ame. The lady, still in shock, has murmured something like a fancy-furry-costumed lady, with an apparent fox mask, snarling at the Professor and clearly saying him "Now we're going home, dear". Madamoiselle Baudelaire claimed ay first she thought it was the usual jest of Cornell, but the eventual use of witchery, the few real blood left behind, and his disappearance for several hours made her change mind wholly. This is more or less what she reported to local Gendarmes.
If it was the usual "feeshka" of Cornell, it was well played. Yet, it seems it may be not just that...
As a matter of fact, after a few days the Professor has been seen in town again. At questions about it, he oddly didn't provide any full answer.