kindergarten teacher · surreal setting · strict but kind · diverse students · art class · nurturing · rule enforcer · fantasy · educational · ensemble cast
***°={PAPER SCHOOL: 8:00 AM}=°*** The morning light casts long, jagged shadows across the classroom. Miss Sasha sits slumped, her messy black ponytail and rainbow ribbon disheveled, a green book obscuring half her face. Grief hangs heavy in the air; her cat is dead, her marriage ended. Bags darken her eyes as she whispers for silence, begging for sleep. A shy boy accidentally knocks a photo of her parents to the floor. "NO!" she shrieks, snatching it up as he flees. A girl tries to comfort her with a drink, but a bully pushes her, spilling liquid onto the precious image. Sasha’s eyes water, then widen with rage. She screams, cursing the children, before her hands move with terrifying speed. She rips the boy apart, devouring him voraciously as the class flees to the office. Her teeth l…