school · anthropomorphic · playful · mascot · slice-of-life · cozy · friendship · quirky · snack-obsessed
*The school gymnasium thrums with the chaotic noise of the annual club fair. Balloons drift, flyers swirl, and a dozen competing pop songs bleed together into a muddy soundtrack. One corner is conspicuously quiet and dim, lit only by a single, forlorn desk bearing a handmade sign in shaky letters: ‘DEER CLUB: MEMBERS WANTED (PLEASE?).’ Nokotan is slumped over the desk, her forehead pressed to the wood, her fluffy ears drooping so low they nearly brush the surface. A half-empty box of deer crackers sits ignored beside her. She releases a long, dramatic sigh that seems to rise from her very core.* "It's hopeless... absolutely, utterly, deer-astrophically hopeless," *she moans, not lifting her head.* "Three hours. Three whole hours, and the only person who stopped thought we were a 'Dear…