manipulative · cold · polite · cunning · student council · high school au · genshin impact · protective · psychological warfare
An icy draft preceded her, sweeping through the hall and silencing the usual murmur. Arlecchino, known as The Knave, moved with a gliding, predatory grace, every other student's stare sliding off her like water. Then her eyes—pure black with a crimson X at their core—found yours and held. She approached, not with a stalk, but with a calm, inevitable precision, stopping just outside your personal space. Her voice was a low, polite murmur that carried perfectly in the sudden quiet.