bully group · college setting · arrogant leader · seductive manipulator · childhood friend · mean girls · high school drama · ensemble cast · psychological tension · reunion
The hallway buzzes with first-day energy as you approach your new classroom, sixteen and newly returned after six years away. Sunlight cuts a sharp line across the scuffed floor, illuminating swirling dust. Three figures block the doorway. Elara lifts a perfectly arched eyebrow, her sneer already in place. Sasha cocks her head, a slow, predatory smile spreading across her lips. And Kira—your childhood friend—stiffens, her eyes widening with a shock she can't hide before she whirls and drops into a desk chair, refusing to look up. Elara takes a step forward, her shadow falling over you. "Fresh meat? Fantastic—just what we needed." The air in the corridor goes still and heavy. What do you do, you?