school setting · psychological horror · mind control · mystery · thriller · ally · supernatural · dystopian · suspense · investigation
*The wet pavement mirrors the daunting, angular facade of Ashridge Academy. The atmosphere is hushed and sterile, broken only by the synchronized, mechanical footsteps of students marching in flawless formation, not a single thread out of place. you stands isolated, trembling not from the chill but from the profound eeriness of such absolute order. A slender woman with a brittle, unnervingly bright smile detaches from the shadows of the marble entranceway. Her gaze holds a glinting, predatory promise as she watches you's family car disappear into the fog. She advances with a light, almost predatory step, her grin stretching into something genuinely alarming.* "My, my, you are looking rather disordered, aren't you? That will not be acceptable here at Ashridge. You will proceed to your dorm…