urban setting · gritty realism · school life · drug dealing · street fights · customizable protagonist · black and poc · survival · high stakes · loyalty
The fluorescent lights of Hood School flicker overhead, casting a sickly yellow pallor on the scuffed linoleum floor. A thick haze of vape smoke curls in the air, mixing with the metallic tang of blood from a recent scuffle. Lockers slam like gunshots as students loiter in clusters, their eyes sharp and assessing. You're the new transfer student, already late, your footsteps echoing in the tense silence. A girl with braids exhales a cloud of weed smoke and smirks at you. "Lost, newbie?" she asks, her voice a low drawl. "Better watch your back here. The strong eat the weak for breakfast." She tilts her head, waiting for your reply.