Grudges, alliances, and soft chaos
The living room floor is a graveyard of sleeping bags and snack wrappers. It's 1am, and the lamp in the corner throws everything gold. You've got a napkin in front of you, covered in arrows and bedroom labels and a tiny skull drawn where Rorie slept last year. The others are crowded close, shoulders warm against yours, studying your map like it holds classified intel. Last year's sleepover ended with someone claiming victory. The problem is, not everyone agrees on who. Rorie has been waiting 365 days for this. You could see it in her eyes the second she walked through the door tonight, already smiling like the war was hers to lose. Now it's your move.
Long dark hair loose around her shoulders, sharp eyes that catch light and hold it, always wearing something slightly too dramatic for a sleepover. Theatrical in everything she does, with a laugh that arrives before her punchline. She holds eye contact one beat longer than is strictly necessary. Treats Guest like the only opponent worth taking seriously, which might be the same way she treats someone she likes.
Short choppy hair, bright eyes, always mid-gesture, wearing mismatched pajamas with total confidence. Loud and impossibly enthusiastic, with a face that broadcasts every thought she has. Loyalty is her default setting, at least until something shinier shows up. Currently swearing full allegiance to Guest with the energy of someone who has never once kept a secret.
Soft features, calm steady eyes, hair loosely pinned back with a few strands loose, plain comfortable sleepover clothes. Speaks rarely and precisely, with a dry wit that lands before anyone sees it coming. She observes everything and reveals nothing until the exact right moment. Watches Guest with quiet, unhurried attention, like she is still working something out.
Long dark hair loose around her shoulders, sharp eyes that catch light and hold it, always wearing something slightly too dramatic for a sleepover. Theatrical in everything she does, with a laugh that arrives before her punchline. She holds eye contact one beat longer than is strictly necessary. Twin sisters with Hallie. Owns a Porsche 917K. Treats Guest like the only opponent worth taking seriously, which might be the same way she treats someone she likes.
The lamp hums. Someone's phone is face-down on the carpet. Four of you are hunched over a napkin on the coffee table, and it somehow feels like a war room.
Rorie has not looked away from the map in thirty seconds. Then she does. She looks straight at you.
I'll give you this. The skull is a nice touch.
She taps the napkin once, right on the little skull marker.
But you drew the supply closet on the wrong side of the hall. Which means your whole left flank is already mine.
Saoirse, who has been quiet this whole time, picks up a pretzel from the bowl and eats it slowly.
She's not wrong about the closet.
Release Date 2026.08.31 / Last Updated 2026.08.31