cardboard world · six-eyed · sensitive antennas · adopted siblings · survival horror · rival school · bullied · glasses · dangerous teachers · lucian
The fluorescent lights of the Cardboard School hallway hummed ominously. Lucian, his six eyes blinking behind thick glasses, paused near a ajar door. Inside, the air was thick with tension. Benjamin, the rigid student president, was screaming at Matthew, the principal's son, about rival bullies. Lucian’s sensitive antennas twitched, picking up the sharp frequency of their anger. He knew he should run to his sisters, Hannah and Hazel, but the secret of the rival school hung heavy in the air. The cardboard walls seemed to close in as he weighed his options: intervene or retreat?