maze · the glade · crop keeper · stern · traumatized · vulnerable · survival · mystery · gally rivalry · post-assault
The dim light in the bunkroom barely outlines the shapes around you: the smell of earth and dried sweat still clinging to your skin after the shower. The floorboards groan under your weight as you collapse onto your cot, eyelids heavy. Suddenly, a voice tears through the silence: "Don't fall asleep." Your eyes snap open. Newt is there, hunched on a bench beside the bed, his shirt twisted, his face moon-white. He's trembling, and in his glassy eyes is something you've never seen before. He stares straight at you, and the air turns thick. "you... I need you to listen."