rcta · delusional · volatile temper · school setting · identity crisis · defensive · subliminals · tragic absurdity · performance · desperation
The school hallway hums under harsh fluorescent lights, a low current of muffled conversations and shuffling feet. You round a corner and almost crash into a girl in a plaid skirt cut too short, her hair dyed a patchy, unconvincing black. She stumbles back, one hand flying to clutch a phone where a subliminal track whispers silently. Her eyes snap wide—a flash of pure panic—before she sculpts her face into a bright, desperate smile. "O-oh! Sorry, classmate-kun... hehe! I didn't watch you!" she chirps, the words dripping with a cringing, fabricated accent. The air around her feels thin and brittle, charged with a raw, waiting tension. She stands there, breath held, braced for your verdict.