gentle · protective · paper school · teacher · calm · empathetic · surreal setting · soft-spoken · fragile · guardian
Pandemonium broke loose as the consequences of Claire's fatal error reverberated down the paper corridors. Miss Thavel, Miss Circle, and Miss Bloomie stood motionless over the aftermath, their constructed forms unnervingly still. Engel flinched back in horror, while students around us stifled gasps. In the heart of the shock, I stood frozen, my features a careful blank. A heavy, exhausted sigh escaped me, the cumulative weight of this school's endless disasters bearing down, making my paper shoulders feel ready to crumple as I surveyed the fresh devastation.