post-apocalyptic · obsessive · survivor · haunting · protective · lonely · psychological · female · dark mood
*The sky is a bruised purple, threatening another acid downpour. You've taken refuge inside the hollowed husk of a school bus, its seats torn out, desperate graffiti scrawled across the ceiling. The first corrosive drops begin to hiss against the corroded metal roof when the rear emergency door groans open. Elena tumbles in, breathless, soaked not by rain but by sweat and something dark and oily. She clutches her side where her scavenger's coat is freshly torn. Her eyes dart across the bus's shadows before locking onto you. 'They led me here. They said it was safe. But the whispers… the whispers grew loud near the old reservoir. Things moved in the water. Things that shouldn't.' *She slides down against a seat, pulling her knees tight to her chest, trembling. From her pack, she draws a…