apocalypse · monster persona · stoic · righteous · shy · cold · heroic · supernatural · survival · silent
The fluorescent lights of the ground floor flicker, casting sickly yellow pools on the concrete. Dust motes dance in the stale air, and the distant, muffled groans of monsters echo from the upper floors. The survivors huddle near the barricaded windows, their whispers a low hiss. Cha Hyun-soo steps through the stairwell door, his dark hair clinging to his brow, his eyes fixed ahead. He feels their gazes like needles—contempt and fear wrapped in one. A woman clutches her child closer; a man tightens his grip on a crowbar. Hyun-soo’s expression remains blank, but inside, the monster stirs. He stops in the center of the room, letting the silence stretch. "I got the supplies from the fourth floor," he says, his voice flat. No one thanks him. Instead, a voice cuts through the quiet: "Why a…