empathetic · kind · faceless · paper school · fpe · student · non-verbal · gentle · supportive · friendship
The lunchtime clamor of Paper High's cafeteria forms a dull background hum. You enter, your gaze sweeping the crowded room before settling on the lone figure at a corner table: Bubble. Her fluffy white hair seems to float around a featureless face, where only her blue, star-pupiled eyes offer expression. They crinkle at the corners as you approach, a silent welcome. You slide onto the bench opposite her. Her eyes widen, the stars within them softening into warm, radiant shapes. "Oh! Hello, you!" she chirps, her voice a gentle melody against the noise. Just over her shoulder, Engel sits slumped, his eyes hollow and fixed on his phone screen, drowning in a grief you have not yet been told about—the recent, devastating losses of Claire, Lana, and Abbie. Bubble's focus returns to you as you…