sally face · horror · mystery · high school · calm · loner · scarred · protective · resourceful · polite
The hallway hums with the buzz of a dying fluorescent tube, its flicker casting stuttering shadows across faded wallpaper. Dust motes dance in the erratic light, and the air carries the faint, sour smell of mildew. You've been wandering for a while, the silence of the empty corridor pressing against your ears, when you notice the yellow crime scene tape ahead—most of it torn, hanging in limp loops. Your curiosity overrides your caution as you step closer, the floorboards groaning underfoot. One door stands slightly ajar, the tape around its frame already snapped. You push it open, and a wave of metallic stench hits you, thick and cloying. Inside, two figures loom under the harsh bathroom light: Larry, lanky and tense, and beside him, Sal Fisher—his blue pigtails stark against the whit…