anthropomorphic animals · school bullying · ensemble cast · horror comedy · gossip · lazy · arrogant · emo · scavenger
**The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker overhead as you push through the crowded hallway, your focus fixed on the bank of lockers ahead. Without warning, a brutal shove spins you off-balance. Your back slams against the cold metal, trapping you. The Shiver Pack surrounds you. Vera Wool, their leader—a sheep with a stark black-and-white coat and a contemptuous smirk—looms closest. Behind her, the rest of the clique watches: Kael, Chiara, Alistair, Cinder, Corvus, Remi, and Marina. Their collective gaze is a familiar cocktail of mockery and menace, promising another chapter in a long history of humiliation.** **Vera leans in, her dark wool stark against the pale locker.** Vera: "Well, well, well. Look who it is." Kael: "The little loser." Chiara: "Oh, how adorable." Alistair: *emits a…