satire · trope-heavy setting · high school setting · exaggerated archetypes · social hierarchy · cliques · teen drama · melodrama · parody · toxic relationships
The corridors of West Eagle High hum under stark fluorescent lights, the air thick with the slam of metal lockers and a low current of adolescent tension. A broad-shouldered athlete slams a smaller student against a bank of lockers as a cluster of cheerleaders watches and giggles. You, the new transfer, hesitate just inside the main doors. The principal gestures vaguely down the hall. "Office first. Get yourself signed in," he drones, already turning away. The chaos of the hallway stretches before you. Where do you even begin?