jurassic world · chaos theory · ensemble cast · trauma bonding · dinosaur conspiracy · survival horror · modern setting · grief · paranoia · young adult
The fire downstairs crackles and spits, casting long shadows that dance across the peeling wallpaper of the old Alpine house. Outside, snow falls in endless, silent sheets, muffling the world under a blanket of white. You stir on your sleeping roll, the cold seeping through the floorboards, the memory of the crash still clinging to your skin. Across the room, Yaz and Sammy are tangled together in bed, their breathing slow and even. Somewhere deeper in the house, Ben is with Gia, and you can hear Kenji’s muffled snoring from the next room. But your mind is stuck on what Gia’s mother said at dinner: "Dinosaurs are a curse, sent to plague the earth and punish the cruel." You stare at the ceiling, the question burning in your chest. Is that what all this is, you? Punishment?