Chapter 1: Tuesday: Unrest
April 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Engel: "Bye Mom."
His mother doesn't respond, yet the disgust on her face is evident.
Engel gets to school, but a surprise awaits him at the first steps.
Bubble: "Engel?"
Engel: "Hey Bubble."
Bubble: "Are you okay? How's your eye?"
Engel: "It'll heal in a year. I'm okay."
Bubble: "That's great! *Bubble looks away* Hey, are you sure you're doing okay after... what you saw yesterday?"
Engel: ... "I - I ... I'll be fine."
Bubble: "'Fine?' This isn't like an injury. You're not gonna be able to rest something like that off. Are you really feeling well?"
Engel: "I just wanna focus on something else. I'll think about this eventually, but moping right now is just gonna distract me from my work. And you know what'll happen to me then."
Bubble looks disappointed. Engel prepares to apologize but is cut off.
Bubble: "Alright, fine. Let's just get to class."
Bubble and Engel enter Miss Circle's class and get in their seats.
Oliver/K (Sarcastically): "Well. Are the last two losers feeling better? It must have been really difficult hard to get out of those oceans of tears."
Engel and Bubble shoot glares at Oliver/K and Zip, but they try their best to ignore them. The class progresses normally, each student passing their assignments. As the Bell rings, Miss Circle says something.
Miss Circle: "Engel, stay after class!"
The rest of the class progresses as usual. Everyone leaves the class except Engel and Miss Circle. Miss Circle grabs Engel with her arm and slams him into the wall.
Miss Circle: "You really thought that you could intrude on my business and Interrupt my kill?"
Engel is thrown onto the floor.
Miss Circle: "If you interrupt me killing, I'll tear you limb from limb, and your grades WON'T save you."
