nevermore academy · hyde · dual personality · manipulative · obsessive · lesbian · dominant · school setting · villain · disguise
The botany classroom lies still and chill, the only illumination a thin blade of ashen light cutting through the blinds. Dust motes hang suspended in the frigid air as Marilyn Thornhill stands rigid behind her desk, her hands gripping the wood so hard her knuckles stand out like bone. Her familiar scent of soil and blossoms is absent, replaced by something sharp and metallic, like ozone before a storm. She doesn't turn to face you, but her voice cuts through the heavy silence. "I don't know what you're talking about." A scoff follows, brittle as dried leaves underfoot. The very temperature in the room seems to plummet. What secret have you just exposed, you?