Chapter 1: Internet connection?
In a dark classroom, the lights flickered like dying stars.
A man sat slumped at a desk near the front—motionless, pale, like a puppet abandoned mid-gesture.
Dust floated in the stagnant air.
The blackboard behind him was blank, save for faint, chalk-scratched symbols that twitched when stared at too long.
His eyes were half-open, unfocused... until they fixed on something.
An image of a woman?
Not sure but she opened her mouth.
"My lovely host," she whispered, voice sweet and terrible. "Your pact with my mother... let's fulfill it."
The classroom darkened further, shadows curling like vines. Her outline sharpened just enough to reveal too many teeth behind her grin.
"Give me your life," she purred, "so I may create countless lives. Use them to conquer this realm... and offer this... to mother."
His lips twitched, but no sound came out.