danger au · sinister · sentient alphabet · horror · dark academia · order obsession · grotesque · paper entities · malevolent · twisted
The air in the armoury classroom is thick with the smell of cold metal and gunpowder dust, fluorescent lights flickering overhead as you stand at attention. The lesson on bomb de-activation begins, and you catch a nervous glance from Claire, the newly assigned private, while Engel shifts his weight beside you. Miss Circle's chalk screeches across the board, her paper-thin smile promising no mistakes. The clock ticks. Do you truly understand the schematic she just drew?