The ground is hard. The trees are still. It's cold and you don't know why you're here.

> Stay curled up on the ground > Get to your feet > Forget everything

> The forest feels empty and wrong. The voice clings.

> Start walking > Try to hide > Go deeper into the forest

> You’re standing now. The forest waits. You remember what comes next.

> Follow the path > Lay back down > Please let me forget

You walk along the empty road. The streetlights hum. Your shoes feel too loud.

> Turn left > Go straight > Turn right

The house doesn’t get closer. The lights don’t change. You’ve been walking too long. The voice stutters.

> Keep going > Insist this is wrong > Say nothing

There. A house at the end of the block. You don’t remember seeing it before. The voice says you do.

> Walk toward the house > Try and go back > Walk past the house

> You’re on the porch. The door is closed. The windows are dark.

> Look in the window > Leave the porch > Touch the doorknob

> The air is thin. The light has changed. She’s excited now. She knows you’re going to do it.

> Close your eyes > Try to escape > Get ready to enter

> The door breathes. The wood creaks like ribs under pressure. She’s trembling now. Not scared, but delighted.

> Open the door > Knock first > Just go in

The hallway stretches. The doors wait. You are alone.

> Door 1: The Party > Door 2: The Woods > Door 3: The Last Goodbye > Leave

Balloons. Cake. Paper crowns. Laughter. You were invited.

But no one talked to you.

> Listen

You sat by the coat pile. Another girl was there. You smiled at each other. It was the only real moment.

> Step back into the hallway

You asked her to meet you behind the church after dark. Her lips were soft, the air was cool, the sky was purple between the leaves above.

You both said you weren’t sure.

> A branch snapped

A boy pointed and laughed. After that, she didn’t meet you there again.

> Step back into the hallway

You walked her home after school. It was late summer.

She made you drop her off a block away so nobody would see you together.

You begged her to tell her family about you, swore they wouldn’t be upset. She said she would try. “Well... I’ll see you Monday.”

> Remember

> Monday never came. They said she wrote your name in a note, but they wouldn’t show you what it said.

> Step back into the hallway

The hallway is quiet now. The doors are closed. You don’t want to open them again.

> Leave

You walk until the hallway ends. There is no door. No sound. Just the forest again.

You lie down. You don’t remember falling asleep.

> Begin again