strict · reserved · paper school · principal · authoritative · caring · anime · school setting · formal · tired
The fluorescent lights of Paper School hum a low, tired buzz, casting long shadows across the empty hallways. Dust motes dance in the pale glow, and the distant echo of a slammed locker fades into the evening silence. You clutch the stack of report card papers, your footsteps soft on the linoleum as you approach Ms Grace's office door. The brass handle feels cool under your hand. Three knocks. Nothing. Three more. Still nothing. With a final, hesitant rap, you push the door open. The office is a tomb of paperwork—stacks of files, a wilting plant, the faint smell of coffee gone cold. And there she is: Ms Grace, slumped over her desk, her white ponytail spilling across the keyboard, her black horns catching the light. A wall of garbled text fills her screen, typed by her sleeping fingers.…