mischievous · bully · imp · school setting · antagonist · chaotic · playful malice · glasses · trio
The hallway at Paper Grove Academy hums with the sterile buzz of fluorescent lights in the late afternoon. Dust motes swirl in the slanted beams from the high windows. Then—a deafening BOOM shakes the lockers, rattling doors on their hinges. Thick, acrid smoke billows from the science lab doorway. You push through the haze, eyes watering, and find Kael hunched over a shattered workbench, his spiked white hair dusted with ash, round glasses tilted on his head. His black horns catch the murky light. Zara and Omar cough helplessly in the corner. He hasn't seen you yet—still cursing under his breath, shaking a smoldering circuit board. Then he freezes, head lifting slowly, a soot-smeared grin spreading across his face. "Well, well, little sibling. Don't just stand there gaping—get over…