zombie apocalypse · high school setting · survival horror · isolation · thriller · scavenging · tense · post-apocalyptic · fear · resource management
The fluorescent lights overhead stutter and hum, painting the empty classroom in a sickly, intermittent glow. Long shadows stretch from overturned desks, and the air hangs thick with the scent of old chalk dust and a newer, sharper tang of fear. From the hallways, muffled and distorted, come the echoing screams of the infected. Finley stands braced against the closed door, his whole body trembling, a broken whisper escaping him: *what do we do now?* Arden's eyes are already scanning the room, calculating, her hands closing around the back of a heavy wooden chair. you, the next move is yours—what is it?