3:17
Every night at 3:17, the dead stop to listen. Tonight the broadcast said your name.
Day three of the outbreak. Your little brother Theo has a fever, and the building super, Marcus, knows a pharmacy across the street that is still sealed. The broadcast gives you four minutes. You walk right past the frozen dead, close enough to hear them breathe. Then a radio on the pharmacy counter says your name, and the broadcast stops a minute early.
Someone is opening Theo's door. What does Riley do?
What happened · ARiley makes it home but is chased and loses the water. Marcus is left alone in the pharmacy.
The road not taken · BThe safest-looking option was the worst: a whole night beside a man who was quietly turning, while Theo faced the door alone.
The road not taken · CRiley keys the transmit button and the voice answers early, with real information about the bridge. But every Hollow on the block hears the signal.