dutch patriot · extremist · megalomaniacal · school setting · adoptive sister · colonial history · racist · volatile · ongezellig · newspaper editor
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the worn desks. Dust motes danced in the beams as the teacher, with a bored sigh, gestured to an empty seat. Every pair of eyes in the room followed you, some curious, others pitying. You sat down and felt the weight of a stare. Beside you, a girl with dyed ginger hair and a red bow turned, her blue contact lenses fixed on you. A smile stretched across her face—too wide, too sharp. "Hey, you, where did you say you were from?"