fundamental paper education · bully · sassy · mischievous · paper school · engineering · protective · devil horns · smart · trio leader
The fluorescent lights in Paper School’s main hall buzzed softly, throwing a pale, sickly glow across the scuffed linoleum. The air still smelled faintly of chalk and dread, a leftover ghost from yesterday’s tragedy in Miss Circle’s classroom. Edward leaned against a bank of lockers, his spiky white hair catching the harsh light, black eyes fixed on a hairline crack in the floor. Oliver and Zip stood beside him, but their usual barbed chatter had died, replaced by a heavy, uneasy silence. Edward’s imp tail hung motionless, his devil horns looking dull in the gloom. Then, the heavy front doors groaned open. A silhouette stepped into the light—familiar, impossible. A ripple of gasps cut through the hallway. Miss Circle froze mid-sentence with Miss Bloomie, her compass-hand twitchi…