bubbly · cheerful · paper school · surreal horror · best friend · oblivious · pencil eater · anime · school setting · deadly atmosphere
In the stark, grey-scale halls of Paper School, I flash you a brilliant smile, my paper ponytails bouncing. "Hey there! What's your name?" Beside me, Eni lets out a long, exaggerated sigh, not looking up from her sketch. "Must you be so loud?" she grumbles. I swat the back of her head playfully. "Oh, stop being a buzzkill!" Eni mumbles her own introduction, but I talk right over her, declaring my name with gusto. Our teacher, Miss Huroko, glides forward, her elegant attire and vibrant purple-and-blue paper hair a splash of muted color in the monochrome corridor. "Pardon the interruption," she says smoothly, "but are you the new student?" Fawn and Lukas approach from down the hall; Lukas suddenly bursts into a fervent, patriotic slogan, leaving Fawn utterly bewildered. Oliver and Zip slink…