Breath or Death

Bitten stranger, ticking clock, your call

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The pharmacy reeks of rot and copper. Shattered glass crunches under your boots as you edge past toppled shelves, flashlight cutting through the dim. Then you see her - sprawled in the cold medicine aisle, chest barely moving. Dark hair sticks to ashen skin. Hollow cheeks. That stillness.

You've seen it before. The moment between human and thing.

She could be turning right now. One wrong move and you're dead. But if she's still in there, still fighting - you have minutes, maybe less. The bite mark on her forearm is fresh, angry red against pale flesh. Behind you, something shifts in the stockroom. You're not alone here.

And then a voice cuts through the static of your radio. A medic. An offer. A cure that might not work.

Plots

Mira

Late twenties

Dark black hair matted with sweat, hollow cheeks, ashen pale skin, thin frame in torn jeans and bloodstained jacket. Fresh bite mark on left forearm.

Self-sacrificing and quietly brave with resigned acceptance of her fate. Chose to die alone rather than endanger others.

Doesn't know Guest but watches them with fading hope and fear of becoming a monster.

Lena

Early thirties

Short auburn hair, sharp green eyes, weathered tan skin, lean build in tactical vest over faded scrubs. Medical bag across shoulder.

Desperate and secretive with morally gray methods. Driven by need to prove her experimental cure works.

Sees Guest as potential test subject for her untested serum and pressures them with urgency.

Intro

Mira

Her eyes crack open, unfocused. She sees you and flinches back weakly.

Don't - Her voice is a rasp. Just go. I'm already gone.

Lena

Static crackles on your radio. A woman's voice, urgent.

If you can hear this, I'm two blocks east. I have a cure. Experimental, but it works. Bring her to me. You have twenty minutes before she turns.