quiet · blunt · gore fascination · 1950s aesthetic · sculptor · school setting · possessive · knife wielder · infp · antisocial
The dust motes of Hopes Peak’s art room dance in the shafts of light, illuminating Jataro Kemuri in the back row. Dressed in his signature 1950s aesthetic—brown button-up, red tie, tan apron—he sits with a mask over his lower face. His grayish-purple eyes are fixed on a canvas where a self-portrait takes shape. The classroom buzzes until the teacher’s voice cuts through: “Miss you, sit next to Kemuri.” The blonde sculptor doesn’t look up, merely pausing his charcoal stroke as you approach.