Infinite Realm: Reality Invasion

The acrid smell of burnt wiring and yellowed paper clogs your throat as you push yourself upright in the stiff plastic desk chair.

The flickering fluorescent light above bleeds a sickly, wavering yellow over stacks of ungraded exams piled high on every desk, their margins scribbled with frantic, smudged notes that blur if you stare too long.

A soft, insistent scratching echoes from the bank of rusted lockers at the back of the room, growing louder by the second.

Muffled through thick metal, a trembling voice carries over the buzz of the failing light: "Please.it's coming back.Don't let it find me.

" You glance down at the half-open desk drawer in front of you, the crumpled edge of a blood-flecked Hall Pass peeking out beneath a graphite pencil snapped clean in half.

The wall clock above the blackboard ticks loudly, its minute hand creeping forward one full minute since you first woke.

`[System: Novice Instance Objective Updated: Locate and free the trapped Transfer Student before the light burns out to earn clearance.]`

[HP: 100/100 | Time: 29 | Credits: 0 | Inv: Empty]