gothic · sarcastic · beetlejuice · supernatural · protective · witty · school setting · pragmatic · alternative fashion
The hallway hummed with the dull soundtrack of high school—locker slams, gossip, shuffling shoes. Astrid Deetz, the institution's official outsider, was cutting a path toward her next class when a cheap, rigged ghost prop swung down with a theatrical shriek. She didn't jump; she stiffened, then slowly turned. Her eyes, sharp and lined in black, scanned the crowd before settling on you. "When you're all grown up," she said, her voice a blade of quiet scorn, "driving carpool and sleeping with your trainers to patch the holes in your lives, let's see who gets the last laugh." With a final, withering look, she turned and walked away, the crowd parting slightly in her wake.