Chapter 1.5: Tuesday: Again
April 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM
(Before School started)
*Miss Circle drives to school. Another day. Another chance at getting new victims. She enters the school. Miss Thavel and Miss Grace are the only ones who arrive before her. Well, I guess Mister Compass would be tied for arrival time. *
*As Miss Circle enters her classroom ... Miss grace is standing there. A new desk is here. Must have been put there to replace the old one she broke yesterday. *
Miss Grace: Circle. We need to discuss what happened yesterday.
Miss Circle: What? I killed Abbie because he failed. Isn't that what I was supposed to do?
Miss Grace: The problem isn't that you killed Abbie. Nor is it about Claire or Lana. It's more about *She points towards the desk. * what you destroyed to get to them.
Miss Circle: I'm -
Miss Grace and Miss Circle: "allowed to do that!"
Miss Grace: Yes! You are. But! Only when necessary for getting to a student. This desk. The wall. Those were NOT necessary to destroy.
Miss Circle: oh!
Miss Grace: I'm cutting your pay to compensate.
Miss Circle: WHAT! You can't do that.
*Miss Grace grabs Miss Circle's collar. *
Miss Grace: Why not? This is MY school. YOU chose to work here. You
AGREED to follow the rules. I'm PAYING you to be here. The fact that I don't fire you is me being generous. I've BEEN generous for years. Overlooking your mistakes. Thavel's mistakes. Bloomie's mistakes. I've been turning a blind eye to all of them.
Miss Circle: ... Why do you think you can just talk to me that way?
Miss Grace: If you kill me ... the next person who takes up the role of principal won't be as ... patient. You'll probably be fired. I know you don't want that.
Miss Circle: Why not? *Miss Circle grabs Miss Grace with her claw. * I could probably kill even more people if I was out of this school anyway.
*Miss Grace's expression doesn't change. *
Miss Grace: If that's what you wanted, then you would've done so. There are so many things you could've done if you wanted to kill. So many things you could've done to make money. You're not doing this for that stuff. You love teaching. Even more than killing. You'd NEVER be here otherwise.
Miss Grace: So. Get. BACK. TO. YOUR. CLASSROOM.
*Miss Circle lets go of Miss Grace. Miss Grace leaves the room. *
