Scene 1 — After the Bell
School is dismissed.
Students pour out into the yard, laughing, tired, complaining about homework — the usual human nonsense.
But inside the hallway?
There's a hum.
A vibration.
A wrongness.
Kylori steps out of the library last, silent, a ghost slipping through a crowd.
Nobody bumps into him.
Nobody ever bumps into him.
Even subconsciously, people's bodies move aside — like their instincts would rather touch fire than touch him.
Akira trails behind him at a distance.
Not stalking him — more like… orbiting him.
> "This dude walks like the world owes him answers," she mutters.
But her chest tightens.
She can't explain why.
Something happened in there.
Something she didn't see.
She felt it.
And she hates not knowing.
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Scene 2 — The Hallway Distortion
The hallway lights flicker.
Students complain about the power.
Electricity issues.
Bad wiring.
They don't see the truth.
Each flicker is the school trying — and failing — to adjust to something inhabiting it now.
Kylori stops walking.
Not dramatically.
Not ominously.
Just… stops.
Akira nearly bumps into him from behind.
> "Bro, what now—"
Her words die.
Because the hallway behind them… stretches.
Not physically — perception-wise.
Like the world can't decide if it's 10 meters long or 100 or 10,000.
And the floor… very subtly… breathes.
Akira blinks, shakes her head.
It looks normal again.
Kylori closes his eyes.
> "Something followed us from the library."
He doesn't say it.
He thinks it.
The whisper is internal — directed at his puppets.
And the shadows around his feet thicken… listening.
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Scene 3 — The Eldritch Intruder Reveals Itself
A locker at the far end begins trembling.
At first, small vibrations.
Then dents.
Then huge, unnatural thumps — like fists aren't hitting it, but teeth.
Students nearby scream and bolt out the nearest exit.
One kid, about to run, looks back —
And sees an eye.
A massive, vertical-pupil eye staring out from the locker crease.
Kylori exhales.
Annoyed, not scared.
> "Persistent creature."
The metal locker explodes outward as the thing emerges — a fleshy, elongated creature with too many joints and a dripping, spiraled maw.
It's fast.
And hungry.
It goes straight for Akira.
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Scene 4 — Kylori's Reaction (The First Real Glimpse)
It doesn't reach her.
Because the shadows behind Kylori leap forward and slam into the creature like a pack of silent wolves.
The eldritch beast shrieks — a sound that shouldn't exist.
Akira stumbles back, heart hammering.
She sees nothing clearly — only distortions.
Like something huge and invisible is ripping the creature apart in real time.
The hallway lights explode.
The creature is dragged across the floor toward Kylori's feet, leaving smear marks of something that isn't blood.
Akira manages to whisper:
> "…Kylori…?"
Kylori's eyes glow faintly — not with light, but with void.
> "Stop struggling."
He says it softly.
Not to Akira.
To the creature.
The entire hallway goes silent.
The eldritch monster collapses, contorts, and folds inward — like it's being forced into a shape it shouldn't fit.
It disappears into Kylori's shadow.
Completely.
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Scene 5 — Akira's Silent Realization
Akira stands frozen.
She didn't fully see what happened.
But she saw enough to know:
This boy is not human.
Not even close.
He turns toward her.
Expression unreadable.
Not threatening… but definitely not comforting.
> "You should go home."
His voice is calm.
Too calm.
Akira opens her mouth — dozens of questions ready to spill out — but the words fail.
He walks past her.
His shadow drags behind, thicker than before, twitching like it's digesting something.
Akira feels her knees go weak.
This time, she doesn't chase him.
She just whispers to herself:
> "…What are you, Meykami?"