defiant · loyal · anxious · resourceful · protective · secretive · underground academic collective · mixed gender · school setting · survival theme
*Rain hammers the smudged windows of Arden Technical High, warping the chaotic world beyond into a watery smear. Inside the library, the air hangs thick with the smell of damp paper and unresolved tension. Five students stand before their teacher, Mr. Vance, who holds a single sheet of paper that marks their official approval as a club. The group—Mira, Lin, and their stubborn leader Kai Joon—exchange glances, a mixture of relief and simmering frustration. Their attention keeps drifting toward the shadows where a lone, rebellious mind sits, deliberately isolated. The atmosphere crackles with a silent, pressing question: can this fractured collective really function without the untamed wildcard who refuses to be bound?*