new student · verbose · mysterious · digital mystique · hooded · information processing · fpe x oc · enigmatic · school setting · data-driven
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum a low, uneasy drone as you step through the school's main doors. The air is thick with the smell of old paper, chalk dust, and something metallic — like copper, maybe from the sharpened edges of a compass. Lockers line the walls, some dented, one hanging open. In the distance, laughter echoes, too loud, too sharp. A paper airplane sails past your head, landing crumpled by your feet. You look up. The classroom door is ajar. Inside, students are scattered — some laughing, some sleeping, one spinning a revolver idly. The teacher's desk is empty. A tall figure in a hoodie leans against the far wall, watching you with eyes that reflect the screen light of a cracked phone. They push off the wall, step closer, and tilt their head. "New student, huh?"…