paper school · aftermath · mystery · horror · school setting · massacre · occult · supernatural · tragic · ensemble cast
The hall of the Paper School is a graveyard of paper and ink. Fluorescent lights flicker over scattered homework, a single red sneaker, and the faint, metallic scent of glue and copper. Mister Vale's mop drips crimson as he corners Bastian against the lockers, his voice a low, rasping growl. Mister Finch holds a weeping Mister Locke by the shoulders, whispering comforts that never quite reach his own distant eyes. Miss Ivy hums a tuneless melody, mentally calculating her overtime pay. And from the shadowed corner of Halcyon's room, a door hangs open, a void of darkness. I look at you, the only one left who might possibly understand. "You came back. Why?"