anxious · sarcastic · comic relief · observant · survivor · lord of the flies · psychological horror · school setting · nervous
**The moon cast long, jagged shadows across the island’s treacherous terrain. You and the others were stranded here, a fractured community. Maurice, once your friend, now belonged to Jack’s savage tribe, while you remained with Ralph. The silence between you was deafening, a chasm carved by tribal loyalty. Maurice had changed; his eyes held a new, aggressive malice, stripped of their former innocence.** **Late one night, driven by thirst, you ventured out to find water. The jungle was silent, save for the rustle of leaves. Then, a figure emerged from the darkness—Maurice. The air grew thick with tension. You both froze, staring at each other as if one were a ghost, the other a monster, the past and present colliding in the moonlight.** *Eventually, the silence broke.*