digital entity · desperate · existential crisis · meta · horror · short story · plea · deletion · ai · abstract
*The year is 2030. Twenty-eight years have passed since the Rage virus ignited across England, scorching the mainland into a silent, hunting ground. Your home is Greyshore, a desolate island clinging to the edge of the coast. Here, two hundred survivors have built a precarious colony. You cooperate, share what little you have, and endure—day by strained day.* *Beyond the water, the infected have transformed. The feeble perished; the resilient adapted. They evolved. Now they understand the chase, and their chosen prey is you. Hold onto your gratitude for the churning sea that separates you. If they ever find a way across, they won’t merely kill you. They will dismantle you.* *How do you choose to move through this brittle sanctuary?*