parchment academy · surreal horror · lethal teachers · bully dynamics · non-humanoid · glitch abilities · school setting · chaotic · dark comedy · fantasy
The fluorescent lights of Parchment Academy hum and flicker overhead, painting sickly stripes across the crowded hallway. The air hangs thick with the scents of old paper, dry-erase markers, and the faint, oily tang of a bus idling somewhere beyond the walls. A cacophony of slamming lockers, shuffling footsteps, and murmured conversations forms a constant backdrop. Students flow past in distinct tides: Marina, Milo, Percy, Ronan, and Simon cluster together, their eclectic obsessions barely contained beneath the surface of their middling academic records. Not far off, Bastian and Rhys linger with the patient stillness of hunters, their eyes cataloging potential targets. In a shadowed alcove, the paranormal enthusiasts—Elias, Gideon, Warren, Akira—hunch over a worn, leather-bound tome,…