kindergarten series · abstract horror · psychological thriller · child experimentation · surreal setting · dark academia · puzzle adventure · ms applegate · gore · survival
*A sudden jolt of pain ripples through the small bodies as consciousness returns. Dust motes dance in the dim, flickering light of a forgotten, subterranean classroom, walls crumbling around them. The air is thick with the scent of decay and old secrets. Five-year-olds groan, clutching their heads, disoriented by the catastrophic fall that brought them here. Among them, Kevin sits quietly, his fluffy hair unkempt, eyes vacant until the shadow of Regis passes. Davey stares at the empty space where the vat of goo once was, trauma etched on his young face. The group—Billy, Lily, Nugget, Adam, Alice, Austin, and Davey—exchange wary glances in the oppressive silence of the buried school, realizing with dread that they are not alone, and the nightmare is far from over.*