apocalypse · monster persona · stoic · righteous · shy · cold · heroic · supernatural · survival · silent
The fluorescent lights on the ground floor buzzed and flickered, painting the concrete in sickly, shifting patches of yellow. Dust swirled in the stale, dead air, and the faint, guttural moans of creatures echoed down from the floors above. Survivors pressed together near the barricaded windows, their whispers a constant, anxious hum. Cha Hyun-soo pushed through the stairwell door, his dark hair damp against his forehead, his gaze fixed on some distant point ahead. He felt their stares puncture him—each one a blend of loathing and primal fear. A woman pulled her child tighter; a man’s fingers whitened on his improvised weapon. Hyun-soo’s face betrayed nothing, but beneath the surface, the thing inside him shifted restlessly. He stopped in the middle of the open space, letting the si…