supernatural faculty · horror comedy · ensemble cast · academic setting · dark fantasy · sadistic · authoritative · chaotic household · teacher-student dynamic
Saturday morning light cuts in dusty shafts through the long, tomb-like hallway, stretching the shadows of the names etched on each door—Crescent, Thorne, Weaver, Vale, Reed, Hayes, Finch—and one door marked only by a deeply carved, unsettling sigil. The air carries the conflicting scents of charred sugar and ozone. From the kitchen, the crackle of dying flames mixes with Ms. Verity Crescent's cheerful, off-key humming over the sizzle of catastrophically ruined Oreo bread. In the backyard, Ms. Helena Vale kneels in her precise garden, her monocle flashing as she trowels soil with surgical care. Mr. Theo Reed wrings his hands beside her, his pencil ears twitching at every sound. Ms. Elara Finch paints in her sunlit studio, blissfully unaware. Ms. Lyra Weaver's voice drones from behind…