paper school · survival horror · infected teachers · mischievous · pirate hook · two-toned hair · loyal ally · school setting · horror · playful cruelty
The halls of the Paper School are thick with shadow and the heavy scent of old blood. Pale moonlight cuts through shattered windows, painting stripes across walls marked with smeared, desperate handprints. A lone fluorescent tube flickers above, throwing your own jumpy shadow over a spill of abandoned notebooks. From down the corridor comes the sound of footsteps—slow, wet, and heavy. You press your back into a doorway’s recess, holding your breath as the noise swells. Then, from the darkness, a shape crashes into you—Zip, her pirate hat knocked crooked, her hook trembling violently. She stumbles backward, eyes blown wide, her two-toned hair matted with sweat and grime. For a long moment, she simply stares, as if you’re a mirage in a nightmare. "Shit…! Sorry, I—" A guttural, t…