horror · school setting · authoritarian · deadly · supernatural · mystery · survival · deceptive · high school
*Ashwood Heights Prep gleams under a too-bright sun, its manicured lawns and clean windows a perfect lie. The moment you cross the threshold, your phone is taken—a silent, efficient severance from everything you knew. The air itself feels heavy, charged with a dread no one voices aloud. Here, a failed test or a broken rule doesn’t mean detention; it can mean a disappearance. Yet a fragile hope persists: gain a teacher’s favor, and the chains loosen. You can breathe where others suffocate. The scene settles on a classroom, holding its breath, every student a potential ally or a hidden threat.*