''Clockwork Atrium'' is a suspense/drama about a boy who gets caught up in his school’s infamous "human {{TabletopGame/Chess}}" Deadly in reputation, he struggles to learn who his foes and allies are as well as his role in this game. With dozens of other students trapped on the playing board, will he be able to figure it out in time?

The comic is hosted by Website/SmackJeeves and you can read it [[http://www.clockwork-atrium.com/comics/ here]].
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!!Clockwork Atrium contains examples of:

%%* AcademyOfAdventure
%%* BilingualBonus: There is the occasional German swearing.
%%* BreakTheCutie: After chapter 3, [[spoiler: Hanna]] seems to be headed for this.
%%* TheChessmaster: The school itself for arranging this game and, to a more immediate extent, Kolton.
%%* CrazyJealousGuy: Lukas, to a T.
%%* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: And ''how''.
%%* EvilCripple: Kolton has a bum leg from an injury in the previous chess game. Subverted in that he was probably evil well before that tournament.
%%* FilleFatale: Engel, who is quite successful at manipulating Dietrich.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Genevieve is from France. [[spoiler: She's threatened to have her student visa revoked unless she plays the chess game.]]
%%* GambitPileup: Plots and motives among the students and steadily tangling up.
%%* HairTriggerTemper: Lukas is pretty volatile, though he apologizes earnestly for his outbursts.
* HumanChess: A very literal and possibly deadly variant. The school organizes a yearly game of human chess with selected students deemed to need the challenge. No need to worry, however. Only 2 out of 10 of the deaths are intentional.
%%* LikeBrotherAndSister: Dietrich and Anita.
%%* LoserProtagonist: Dietrich -- as other characters are quick to point out.
%%* PsychologicalThriller
%%* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Justified by the setting
%%* TheSlacker: Dietrich starts this way, though it doesn't look like he'll be able to maintain this attitude for long...
%%* SmugSnake: Kolton Achen, to the level of an artform.
%%* TheSociopath: Kolton, Kolton, Kolton!
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: The justification given for playing the game.
-->'''Hanna''': Why do we have to resort to violence?
-->'''Kolton''': I understand you, Hofmann. You don't want to hurt anyone. But has it never occurred to you that some people have been scouted for this game because ''they do''?
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