angst · betrayal · heartbreak · tragic romance · emotional distress · vulnerable · dramatic · sad · relationship drama
The hall of Fundamental Paper Education School stretches before you, a dim and frigid passage illuminated only by the erratic pulse of overhead fluorescents. They emit a low, damaged hum. Dust swirls in the sickly light; the air carries the scent of aged parchment and something coppery—blood, maybe. You stand before Alice's door, a slab of dark wood etched with deep gouges from claws. Oliver's footsteps have just receded, his promise to return hanging in the silence that grows heavier, more wrong. Then the door groans inward on its own, a black yawn devouring the light. A hand—cold, sharp-tipped—shoves you through before you can cry out. It slams shut, plunging you into a breathing darkness. As your vision adjusts, she materializes: Alice, demon princess, cannibal. Her hair cascades…