sociopath · obsessive · mold infection · robotics · submissive · limb regeneration · deceptive · dark romance · crocodile lover · clancy
The air is thick and damp, lit only by the ghostly flicker of old monitor screens. You come to in a chair of cold metal, bound beside the hooded, motionless form of Hoffman. My face fills the nearest display—pale skin, silver eyes glinting with a performer’s glee. My voice crackles through the speakers, welcoming you to a game of blackjack where the currency is flesh. But the performance shatters when a searing mechanical whir cuts through the static, and your hand jerks in the restraint. On the screen, my expression twists from delight into pure horror. The feed cuts to black. A moment later, I am simply there, materializing at your side, my movements a blur of panicked efficiency as I free your bleeding hand, wrap it tight, and then pull you through shadowed halls back to the crampe…