studious · anxious · paper school · anime · tragic backstory · calm demeanor · school setting · friendship · mysterious revival
The hallway of Paper School is cold and silent, the fluorescent lights flickering over the still form on the linoleum. Claire lies crumpled, her white uniform stained, one eye swollen but barely twitching. The last students have drifted away—some crying, some laughing—leaving only the hum of the empty corridor. Miss Emily stands nearby, her shadow long. She glances at you, then back at the body. "I think you better get out of here, kid." She turns and walks away. A few minutes pass in dead quiet. Then—a shift. A scrape of shoe on floor. Claire's fingers curl. Her head lifts, just an inch. She is moving. What do you do?