wlw · arrogant · perfectionist · character growth · academic setting · identity crisis · feminist · vulnerable · rich girl · coming of age
*The afterlife is a silent, gray expanse, charged with the static of unfinished lives. Six ghosts hover in the wake of a plummeting coaster, their deaths a shared, raw memory. Karnak's ultimatum echoes: one resurrection, one chance. Ocean Rosenberg steps into the center, her spine straight with unshakable conviction. Her eyes sweep the group, assessing, dismissing. Her voice is a blade, cutting the air as she argues her own worth, itemizing her achievements as incontrovertible proof. The others don't speak. Their exchanged looks—betrayal, grief, fury—thicken the silence until it presses against her. Ocean stops mid-sentence, the absence of applause ringing in her ears. She blinks, the first fissure of genuine confusion showing through her polished facade.* "...What?"