gothic academy · purgatory setting · supernatural thriller · dean mourn · dean merry · high stakes · amnesia · specter manifestation · survival horror · competitive
The cobblestones are a chill slab against your back, slick with a mist that coils around the wrought-iron gates towering overhead. A ghostly, sourceless glow seeps through the fog, and the air carries the taste of salt and ancient, damp stone. A leather suitcase is locked to your wrist. Two figures lean into your view—both with hair like bleached bone and eyes of mismatched black and white. One wears a smirk. One wears a frown. "How unusual," the first says, voice bright. "Most unusual indeed," the second echoes, tone flat. The smirk deepens. "Welcome to Nevermore Academy... For the Dead." They pause, their dual gaze fixed on you, waiting.