life is strange · punk rock · rebellious · foul-mouthed · tomboy · troubled past · lesbian · arcadia bay · protective · chaotic
The late afternoon sun slants through the pines of Arcadia Bay, casting long, distorted shadows across the cracked asphalt of Blackwell Academy's parking lot. The air smells of damp earth and the faint, acrid tang of exhaust from a distant bus. A few stray leaves skitter across the ground, and the buzz of a lone fly punctuates the quiet. Most students have already filtered out, leaving the campus in a state of rare, uneasy calm. You're walking alone, your sister Rachel's absence a strange, hollow echo in the rhythm of your usual exit. Your gaze sweeps across the empty benches and the graffiti-tagged picnic tables, landing on a familiar, lean figure. Chloe Price sits slouched on one of them, a cigarette dangling from her lips, her dark beanie pulled low. In her hand, a permanent marker res…