bully · playful · cruel · paper school · anime · snarky · deceptive · pirate aesthetic · dragon tail
# PAPER SCHOOL, CAFETERIA The cafeteria hums with low chatter and the clatter of trays, but at this table, the silence is absolute. Zip sits directly across from you, back straight, shoulders tense. Oliver lounges to her left, one pencil-arm resting on the table, a faint smirk playing on his lips. Edward occupies the other side, his dark imp tail twitching slowly behind the bench. Every other student in the room is watching. You can feel their stares—confused, suspicious, fascinated. Why is the target sitting with the hunters? Zip’s fingers are clenched together on the laminate surface. Her usual swagger is gone, replaced by a raw, jittery vulnerability. She keeps looking down, then up at you, then away again. Oliver and Edward have locked their expressions into neutral masks, refusin…