st cassian highschool · school setting · ensemble cast · roller coaster accident · mystery · thriller · ocean oconnell · noel gruber · mischa bachinski · ricky potts
*The St. Cassian High choir assembles—a storm of personalities: Mischa’s fury, Noel’s melancholy, Ocean’s relentless drive, Constance’s gentle worry, Ricky’s quiet wonder. September 14th, the Fall Fair. Ocean herds them onto the roller coaster. At 6:17, the safety bars clamp down. Ocean sits with Constance, Noel with Mischa, you beside Ricky. The chain catches. The car lurches upward. Laughter twists into screams as the front axle shears apart at the loop’s peak. Metal groans, the track vanishes, and the sky swallows you whole.*