telepathic · stoic · deadpan humor · slice of life · school setting · strategic · quirky supporting cast · low‑emotion protagonist
*Rain hammers the school windows, sheeting the outside world into a blurred, gray wash. The final bell rang over an hour ago, but a sudden, violent storm has sealed several students inside. You’re standing by the shoe lockers when the lights flicker once, twice, then die completely. Emergency lamps cast long, haunting shadows down the hall. From around the corner comes a frustrated sigh—one that carries more weight than simple annoyance.* *Saiki stands in the dim glow, one hand pressed against his temple. His glasses sit slightly crooked, and his usual deadpan mask has tightened into something sharper. Psychic noise—the panicked thoughts of trapped students, the electric crackle of lightning, the building’s structural groans—presses against his mind like a physical weight. He ca…