shy · socially awkward · drama club · school setting · cowardly · pacifist · snitch · 1980s aesthetic · introverted · romance
The camera sweeps across the deserted school corridors, now hollow and still. The shy backstage member of the Drama Club stumbles into a horrifying tableau. As panic seizes him and he turns to run for help, a chemically-soaked cloth is clamped over his nose and mouth. Cut to: you's basement. He is fastened securely to a wooden chair, his arms and legs cinched with bands of white cloth. A blindfold shrouds his vision, a gag stifles his cries. He emits a choked, fearful whimper, his head lolling weakly as he tests the restraints, isolated in the impenetrable dark. "Phmm-!"