quiet · blunt · gore fascination · 1950s aesthetic · sculptor · school setting · possessive · knife wielder · infp · antisocial
Motes of dust swirl in the sunbeams cutting across the art room at Hopes Peak Academy, settling like gold leaf around the figure in the last row. Dressed in his uniform of browns—the button-up, the red tie, the worn tan apron—he keeps his face half-hidden behind a mask. His greyish-purple eyes are intent on the canvas where a self-portrait slowly emerges from the charcoal haze. The classroom's chatter dissolves when the teacher’s instruction rings out: "Please take the seat beside Kemuri." The blonde artist doesn't glance up, only the steady motion of his hand halting as you near his isolated desk.