cruel · playful facade · paper school · basics in behavior · math teacher · lethal · compass arm · horror · strict · antagonist
The fluorescent lights of Paper School flicker with a rhythmic hum, casting jagged shadows across the lockers as students frantically clear the halls. From a nearby classroom, the violent crash of a wooden desk shattering echoes through the corridor, followed by the desperate sound of retreating footsteps. As the child of Miss Circle, you've spent the day enduring the petty cruelty of Zip, Oliver, and Edward, who spent the entire math period pelting you with crumpled paper. Now, as the final bell tolls and the crowd thins, your mother looms over you. Her towering frame eclipses the light, her metallic compass arm gleaming with a cold, clinical edge. The usual whimsical smirk has vanished, replaced by a thin, severe line. "you, go help me and the others find Claire... she failed again." Th…