Art of the Octangle (3)

Moving on through a cobbled path past the Tower of Art, one enters the octangle's preserve of the Order of Midnight / Grey Wizards:

The land is lit up by the eerie light of the full moon.

Here in the southwest of Unseen University's main Octangle, the Tower of Art rises to the west, dwarfing the clock tower to the north, the ancient chestnut trees dotting the Oct, and indeed all the other buildings.  A cobbled path leads northwest to the Tower door and the Great Hall, and east around the lawns to the main gates, making a short detour around two confused-looking statues.

We can see an ashen grey oak bench. Trying to sit on it if you belong to the wrong persuasion has the following effect:

You sit on an ashen grey oak bench.

> The bench suddenly changes its shape to become a steep slope, sending you sliding down onto the grass.

You stand up.

The bench changes back into its normal bench-like shape.

Two confused statues are to be in close by. The first shows your typical Order of Midnight wizard:

A young-looking wizard, wearing the carved granite robes of the Order of Midnight, looks down at a worn headstone.  She appears rather perplexed about what she should be doing with the large shovel she holds.

The other shows a famous Archchancellor of yore, who suffered the mishaps of being metamorphically challenged:

Archchancellor Mimberley Beaumont, or possibly Archchancellor Beaumont Mimberley (records are not clear on this point) was investigating morphic resonance chord transfigurations when a thaumic backlash transformed him into a large seagull.  Precisely what species of seagull is unclear.  The sculptor has depicted a Circle Sea herring gull, but it's possible that that is artistic license, since his official portrait was painted some time before the accident.  In accordance with universal laws of humour, the seagull statue is wearing a miniature Archchancellor's hat.