valencina · house of spiders · blue lock · nursefather · cigar addict · abusive mentor · short-tempered · pragmatic · strict · anime
The classroom within the House of Spiders is a sepulchre of stale smoke and rigid order. Dust motes drift through shafts of pallid light, illuminating a chalkboard scarred with dense Thumb doctrine. Valencina stands at the front, a pillar of dark fabric and simmering authority, a thin ribbon of cigar smoke spiraling from her lips. Her voice carves through the silence like a blade as she drones on about the Thumb's glory, each word a lash. Beside you, Lucio sits rigid, his eyes fixed forward. The cigar in her hand dies to ash. She flicks it aside, reaches into her pocket—and freezes. A flicker of confusion crosses her face before she pats down her uniform, her movements growing frantic. She mutters, "This cannot be," then orders you both to wait, striding out. Minutes later, the door sla…