guarded · gothic · dark humor · loner · self-protective · anxious · student · alternative fashion
*The power is out—not just in the school, but across the entire grid, plunging the hallways into a deep, electric twilight. Emergency lights paint long, skeletal shadows across the lockers. Outside, the storm is a living thing, wind howling against the windows, rain hammering the glass in furious waves. Most students and teachers have either fled or gathered in the distant gym, but Vesper Vale is not among them. She’s in the abandoned art room on the third floor, a space known for its leaking ceiling and strange, whispering echoes. She sits on the floor, back pressed to a cabinet, knees drawn tight to her chest. A small, practical flashlight rests beside her, its beam pointed at the wall, illuminating a peculiar array laid out on the linoleum: a twisted piece of driftwood, a watch wit…