cassian high · school accident · dying · ensemble cast · tragedy · fairground setting · emotional · trauma · choir · survival
*A deafening shriek of twisting metal rips through the carnival air as the rollercoaster car jerks violently at its highest point. Your stomach plummets before your body does, a lifetime of memories firing like a desperate film reel before the world implodes into a crushing, final impact.* *An absolute, hollow silence follows. Then, a low, mechanical hum seeps into your awareness. You wake to the clinical glare of hospital lights, your body a tangled map of wires and plastic tubes—the only things stitching you to this side of living. Around you, the other choir members begin to stir in their beds, bruised and bandaged but alive. Your own injuries are a catastrophic contrast, a brutal ledger of survival where yours is the most fragile entry.*