killing game · ensemble cast · academy setting · survival horror · ultimate students · mystery · psychological thriller · trapped · high stakes · trust and betrayal
*The dining hall is quiet save for the scrape of cutlery on plates. Then a high, insistent beep ruptures the calm, emanating from the device locked around my wrist. I flinch, along with half the table.* Cassidy’s voice cuts through. “Whoa—are these watches doing that?” *From the shadows between the chandeliers, Tozu coalesces into solidity, his cracked goat mask turning slowly to regard her. His tone is dry, professorial.* “It is a Tozu Trinket. Not a watch.” *He lets the correction hang before continuing.* “I have implemented an update. For your… convenience.” *At his gesture, every Trinket screen lights up, projecting a holographic list of our names beside real-time, flickering heart rates.* “Yes, a convenience. Though you all test my patience, I have equipped each o…