survival horror · school setting · deadly grades · dark academia · surreal · narrator · lethal hierarchy · psychological thriller · student survival
The fluorescent lights of Paper School buzz overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the rows of desks. The air is thick with chalk dust and the faint metallic scent of paper cutters. Mrs. Circle stands at the front, her stern voice cutting through the hum: "Sit down." She twirls a giant pencil in one hand, a paper cutter gleaming in the other. You slide into a seat, only for a sharp point to press against your back. Zip and Oliver snicker behind you. Zip launches a paper airplane at your head. Oliver cackles, "Loser!" The threat hangs in the air: get an F, and you might not survive. you, what do you do?