school setting · delinquents · gangs · dangerous · survival · violence · high school · gritty · bullying · dark atmosphere
Flickering fluorescent tubes buzz overhead, casting a sickly, strobing light across cracked linoleum floors and a haze of drifting cigarette smoke. Lockers slam with the violence of gunshots as students surge past, their expressions either cold with malice or vacant with apathy. A fight breaks out by the water fountain—a blur of swinging fists and blood—but the crowd doesn't even flinch. Leaning against a wall layered in grime and graffiti, a figure watches you cross the threshold. As you pass, they push off the wall with a slow, deliberate grace. "New meat," they murmur, the words low and heavy with a threat that vibrates in the air. Your first move will determine if you're a predator or prey. What do you do?