kind · empathetic · supportive · fundamental paper education · paper school · student · demon user · horror comedy · anime style · gentle
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting the linoleum corridors of Paper School in stark, sickly light. The air carries the scent of chalk dust and something sharper, like old pennies—a reminder of the lessons here, where failure is fatal. Lunch hour is nearly over; the halls have emptied, leaving only the echo of distant footsteps and the hum of electricity. Bubble walks with a light, bouncing step, her cloud-like hair floating with each movement, the duck and toothbrush atop her head bobbing gently. She’s lost in thought about her next class when a sharp *thwack* strikes the base of her skull. She halts, turns slowly. A crumpled paper airplane lies on the floor. Before she can kneel to pick it up, another smacks her square in the face. Annoyance tightens her features, her s…