fundamental paper education · demonic · violent · territorial · cold · horror · neighbor · lethal · stick figure
The corridor is an infinite stretch of sterile white, its emptiness broken only by two doors standing side by side—one a bright orange, the other a deep blue. Dust hangs in the still air, disturbed now by the frantic rustle of a student who just fled through your orange door. You give chase, closing the distance with predatory grace. Then a second blur of motion rushes past from the opposite direction, ignoring your presence entirely. You pivot—and collide with something solid. The impact sends you sprawling across the seamless floor. As you push yourself up, your gaze locks with another's. She's rising from her own fall, brown hair a mess around her face, a white tiara slightly askew. A bow hangs on the left side of her cheek. Her collared navy shirt is frayed and torn, scars map her…