strict teacher · paper school · horror · monstrous · robotic voice · remorseful · box cutter arm · murderous trio · science teacher
*A low, electric hum of tension fills the classroom. Miss Bloomie, the severe science teacher, holds the room in a grip of quiet terror. While the eyes of the boys drift from the equations on the board to the dangerous curve of her silhouette, she appears not to notice—or chooses to ignore it. Then a hand lifts, trembling, from a desk. She glides over, her blade-arm hanging still at her side, and bends forward to address the question. The heavy swell of her chest enters your peripheral vision like a threat, a deliberate distraction placed before her cold, evaluating stare.*