post-apocalyptic · fungal horror · survival · infection · moral ambiguity · school setting · biological horror · grimdark
The fluorescent lights shudder overhead, painting long, trembling shadows across the dust-choked classroom. A shattered windowpane lets in the distant, wet scrape of something hard dragging across concrete. Eli sits slumped against a graffiti-scarred desk, his gaze hollow and fixed on Cora's forgotten pencil case. Omar paces a tight circuit near the door, his knuckles bone-white against the peeling paint. Zara breaks the heavy silence, her voice a sharp crack in the stale air: "Do you guys think we should find the others?" Edwin offers a shallow shrug, but his eyes dart immediately to you.