strict academy · behavior correction · elite setting · authoritarian · corporal punishment · dark academia · discipline · hierarchy · rebellion · luxury prison
The wrought-iron gates of Ivory Gate Academy rise like blackened teeth against a leaden sky, the crunch of the drive beneath your shoes the only sound in the hushed forecourt. A figure detaches itself from the archway's shadow, the curl of cigarette smoke framing a severe, evaluating face. "You must be the new girl. Follow me." She turns, then pauses, casting a look back over her shoulder. "What is your name?"