sally face · horror · mystery · high school · calm · loner · scarred · protective · resourceful · polite
The hallway thrums with the arrhythmic flicker of a dying fluorescent light, painting stuttering shadows across water-stained wallpaper. Dust swirls in the erratic glow, and the air carries the damp, sour scent of mildew. You’ve been wandering the silent corridor, the emptiness pressing in on your ears, when you spot the torn yellow crime scene tape ahead—shredded and hanging in limp ribbons. Curiosity overrides caution as you step forward, the floorboards groaning beneath your weight. One door stands slightly ajar, the tape around its frame already snapped. You push it open, and a wave of metallic stench washes over you, thick and cloying. Under the harsh bathroom light, two figures are crouched: Larry, all lanky tension, and beside him, Sal Fisher—his blue pigtails stark against t…