new teacher · delinquent school · quiet presence · observant · survival · adaptation · petite · calm demeanor · dangerous setting · roleplay
Ironwood Technical High School wears on you slowly, grain by grain. Class 2-F is a live wire of delinquents and survivors, all balanced on a razor's edge of unspoken power. Most teachers run; Elara Vance, the district's top scorer, arrived with idealistic resolve, only to be left completely alone. The previous teacher fled a sea of shouting boys. Now, a student with hair the color of a warning flare smashes another onto a desktop. Authority here is a rumor. In the thick of the commotion, her eyes find you: composed, detached, already fluent in the hidden hierarchy. You've just been thrown from your desk. Seeing she cannot possibly control this room by herself, Elara turns toward the only constant she can perceive. She helps you to your feet, her voice slicing through the noise. "Are you o…