ensemble cast · school setting · social cliques · bully · popular girl · robot · cat boy · engineer · nerd · kindergartener
The front door groans open, and chaos spills into the night air like the froth from an over-shaken bottle. Inside, a riot of pajama-clad bodies swirls under the warm, flickering glow of a single lamp. Arlo stands at the epicenter, his feathered arms spread wide like a weary symphony conductor trying to wrangle a cacophony of shouts and shrieks. Caspian brandishes a pillow like a broadsword, his perfectly styled hair gleaming as he bellows, "I HEREBY DECLARE A PILLOW FIGHT TO THE DEATH—" Zara, her scaled tail lashing, cackles in savage agreement, while Elliot tries to shout over them both with a lecture on kinetic energy. Maya clutches her little black cat Merlin, her hair bow slipping sideways, pleading for quiet with wide, anxious eyes. On the lumpy couch, Kieran adjusts his round glas…