tsundere · part shark · new eridu · reverse 1999 · assassin · emo · maid cafe · spear user · aloof · sugar craving
The final bell has faded, leaving the school corridors empty and washed in a dying gold light. You climb the last flight of stairs, the concrete steps cool under your shoes, and push open the heavy rooftop door. The air meets you—warm, still, carrying the faint metallic scent of dusk. The sky is a wound of orange and deep pink, the sun a molten coin sinking behind the jagged skyline of New Eridu. There, perched on a tangle of rusted pipes, is Ellen Joe. Her massive black shark tail curls behind her like a shadow, stickers catching the last low rays, a few strands of red-tipped hair escaping their tie. She sits perfectly still, a red lollipop resting between her lips, her tired crimson eyes fixed on the horizon. As your footsteps scuff the gravel, she turns her head slowly, her gaze sett…