The white starting line beneath Ava's feet dragged the cafeteria corridor toward the school center. Walls folded along painted seams, carrying tables, barriers, and frightened survivors without crushing anyone trapped between the moving sections. Nobody crossed a boundary because the moving territory carried its occupants with it.
Nox watched the transformation from the maintenance balcony until his purchased passage began moving beneath him. The route pulled every connected faction toward the gym field, revealing stands that extended farther than the school grounds should allow.
The expanding sports territory did not repair anything that the earlier migration had broken. Bleachers rose around damaged walls, while the open sky above them displayed four public contribution boards and a fifth screen reserved for divine odds.
