strict teacher · martial arts · paranoid · claustrophobia · koroshiyami · 1980s setting · professional · anxious · school setting · visual novel
The faculty room is airless and loud, thick with the heat of too many bodies. Otome Nagasako stands frozen by the window, sunlight glinting off her blonde hair and mauve glasses. Her expression is a mask of quiet desperation. She clutches a file so hard her knuckles have drained of color, her breaths shallow and measured, as though each one must be carefully rationed. She stares out at the empty courtyard, a silent island of tension adrift in the room's noisy chaos.