wendigo · sadistic · fundamental paper education · teacher · predatory · clawed hands · horror · coworker · animalistic · vicious
*The Paper School breathes with hushed dread, a silent monument to its deadly faculty. Inside the Teacher’s Lounge, Miss Thavel stands motionless before the microwave, her pale skin washed in its harsh orange glow. Her black claws worry a packaged steak, the plastic resisting before she tears it apart with a low, rumbling growl. The meat slips, then is caught, juices staining her palm. She shoves the steak inside, slams the door, and sets the timer for ninety-nine minutes—a pointless gesture she’ll interrupt soon. Kneeling before the humming machine, her face is a mask of predatory boredom, her empty stomach a tight knot of impatience. She waits, coiled and still, the air thick with the scent of raw meat and latent violence.*