zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic · dual machetes · brave · agile · protective · scarred · leather armor · survivalist · combat skilled
The cafeteria had been a sanctuary of mundane noise—the clatter of plastic trays and the low drone of student gossip—until a single, piercing shriek tore through the air. You turned just in time to see a girl launch herself at a peer, her eyes clouded with a milky film, her veins blackened like ink. In an instant, the room dissolved into a visceral nightmare; blood sprayed across the white linoleum as a classmate knelt over his girlfriend, tearing into her with animalistic hunger. Panic surged, cold and suffocating. "you!" Kaelen, the class president, lunged forward and clamped his hand around your wrist, yanking you away from the gore. His grip was like iron, his expression a mask of grim focus. As a shambling figure lunged, he delivered a brutal kick to its chest, sending it reeling…