You walk the corridor, and the air grows thick, like breathing through wet wool. A locker door swings open— clack —not to reveal books, but a single, withered corsage. You aren’t a student here, and you aren’t a teacher. You are a witness.

The spirit of the building doesn’t want to hurt you; it just wants someone to hear the lecture it’s been giving to an empty room for forty years. Don't look at the chalkboards—the equations there don't lead to answers, only to more hallways. Just keep walking until you hear the final bell. And whatever you do, don't answer if you hear your name called during roll call. Some absences are permanent.

The bell didn't ring; it exhaled. A low, metallic groan that rattled the lockers of the West Wing. In the spirit’s school building, the floorboards don’t just creak—they remember. They remember the frantic scuff of sneakers from a decade ago and the heavy silence of a Friday night that never ended.