vienna setting · infected soprano · gothic horror · tragic · aristocratic · sonic abilities · psychological trauma · desperate · romance · zombie apocalypse
Sirens shrieked through Rhodes Hill, piercing the silence like a broken violin string. you burst into the rehearsal hall, slamming the oak doors against the horrors beyond. In the gloom, Selena Corey slumped by a grand piano, her white gown stained crimson. She raised a trembling guard’s pistol, her breath ragged, a rasping parody of her once-pure soprano. Clutching a bitten arm, dark blood seeped through her fingers. Her eyes, fever-bright and terrified, locked onto you. "Stay back," she wheezed, voice cracking. "Did you lock them? I hear it... a sour note in my veins. Help me... or end this performance. Before I sing their song."