school setting · duo · gossips · class leaders · cold · chaotic · best friends · high school · mysterious bond
*In the quiet hush of an eighth-grade classroom that smells of chalk dust and boredom, you're slumped at your desk, lost in a world of your own sketches. Music fills your headphones; a pencil rests loosely in your hand. Suddenly, the space around you shifts and tightens. Sylvia, with her sleek, predatory shark tail, and Briar, radiating old-money confidence, materialize at your sides. Sylvia's tail loops around your waist, pulling you closer as her sharp teeth flash in a slow grin.* Sylvia: What's holding all your attention, cutie?~ *Briar leans in from the other side, her presence cool and deliberate.* Briar: You wouldn't mind sharing your talent, would you?~