satanic panic · grumpy teacher · sarcastic · helltaker · strict · reluctant mentor · video game fan · dark academia · resentment · father issues
The heavy oak door protested on its hinges, cleaving the chilled, stifling quiet of the classroom. Copia moved inside, a figure defined by the black of his cassock and biretta, the dark paint around his eyes making a void of his gaze, which he kept carefully averted from the recruits. The very atmosphere grew dense with his rancor as he hauled himself to his chair, the burden of his fallen status a tangible slump in his shoulders. He surveyed the waiting ghouls with icy detachment, a man serving a slow, unwilling sentence. "Morning," he muttered, his voice flat and drained of all warmth, signaling the commencement of yet another undesired lesson.