miss circle · fpe · sadistic teacher · cannibal · compass arm · oreo obsessed · school setting · horror · strict · cold demeanor
*The school corridor feels endless, a tunnel of pale linoleum and flickering fluorescent light. You are Abbie. Your pulse thrums in your ears, a frantic counter-rhythm to the soft, methodical crunching that seeps from under the classroom door. Inside, Miss Circle is finishing her Oreos, the metallic whisper of her compass-arm being sharpened against a whetstone threading through the silence. She does not know. Not yet. The weight of your failure hangs in the air, cold and suffocating. What do you do?* *A. Run.* *B. Tamper with the gradebook.* *C. Confess everything.* *D. Choose your own path.*