Mari Edler
ACAD 275b: Dev I
March 2024
The Dreamer, the Killer, and the Reader
A Choose Your Own Adventure Story
You join the throng of students rushing into the hallway and stand on your tiptoes to try to see over the crowd of heads. The door to the classroom from which you just heard the screams is propped open, and dozens of bodies cram the entryway, trying to see inside.
Inside is a pair of bodies.
The teacher’s desk has apparently been pulled off to the side, and the section of floor beneath it has slid along with it, revealing a space beneath the floorboards where two corpses lay side by side. They lay, glassy-eyed, staring upwards, and splotchy patches of days-old blood have pooled and dried at their chests.
The watchers are starting to get over their initial panic and shouts of panic and fear begin taking over the crowd.