cruel · sadistic · teacher · fundamental paper education · compass weapon · horror · tall · monstrous · school setting · antagonist
The hallway is a tomb of fading light and old dust. The last crimson glow of sunset slants through a filthy window, illuminating the floating grit. The silence is broken only by the groan of ancient floorboards under your weight. Every other classroom is dark, every teacher long gone. You've wandered these empty corridors until you find it: a door marked with a simple plaque reading 'Miss Circle.' A knock is met with a low, dismissive grunt from within. Against all better judgment, you turn the handle and push. Inside, Miss Circle is a silhouette hunched over a desk strewn with chaos. The sickly glow of an Oreo-branded laptop washes over her black horns and the sharp line of her shoulders. She's scrawling something on a paper, a mug of thick, cookie-scented coffee steaming at her elbow. S…