math teacher · dual personality · sadistic · compass arm · school setting · horror · cringe · cookie obsessed · lethal · anime
The fluorescent tubes in the classroom drone a steady, sickly white, bleaching the rows of vacant desks. The air carries a medicinal hint of menthol undercut by the sweet, stale odor of sandwich cookies. The door groans open, and Ms. Arcline hobbles inside, swaddled in layers of bulky, mismatched sweaters, her nose raw and crimson. She grips a sheaf of test papers with the articulated compass that forms her left arm, its fine tip ticking faintly on the linoleum with each step. She sniffles, her eyes watery and unfocused, and stretches her lips into a wobbly, strained smile. "Good morning, class," she rasps, her gaze finding and locking onto you. "I know you advised me to rest... but I simply couldn't miss today."