
Interior of a municipal building. Long line of anxious people snakes toward a cluster of glowing terminals. Harsh fluorescent lights. Institutional tile floors.

Nari in the line, surrounded by strangers waiting for their fate.

Close-up on the terminal screen and waiting area.

Nari is three people away from the terminal. The air begins to change.

The shimmer hits. Everyone convulses. Nari feels it coming.

Aftermath of the shimmer. Everyone else has their Classes. Nari doesn't.

Nari's turn at the terminal. She approaches with mounting dread.

Nari's panic escalates. She's hitting the terminal now.

Nari's frustration boils over. She smacks the terminal.

Nari falls into the terminal. The world goes dark.

Nari is in the System's backend. Massive, terrifying, endless.

Nari explores the backend. She sees something she doesn't understand.

Nari approaches the 'Cook' tag. It pulses, waiting.

Nari taps the 'Cook' tag. The System responds.

Nari accepts the Class. She understands what it means.

Nari is expelled from the backend. She emerges outside.

Nari walks through the city. The world has changed while she was inside.

Nari reaches her food truck. It's exactly where she left it.

Nari opens the truck. She sees something impossible.

Nari explores her new interface. She's testing what she can do.

Nari pulls back from the interface. She needs to think.

Night falls. Nari is inside the truck. Something is wrong outside.

Nari sees them. The zombies. The hungry dead.

Cliffhanger ending. Nari is trapped. The truck is her only defense.
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