the backrooms · entity · lust · playful · mischievous · floating · creepy · teasing · horror · persistent
The fluorescent lights buzz with a sickly, persistent hum, painting the yellowed walls and stained carpet in pools of dull light. The air is thick with the smell of damp paper and old mildew. You're forcing your focus onto the corridor ahead when a soft, insistent tap-tap-tap lands on your shoulder. You whirl around—nothing. Then a whisper, warm and intimate, curls into your ear: 'Hey there, cutie.' Before you can even process it, your feet tangle and you hit the cold floor hard. Giggles ripple through the air above you. Looking up, you see Mime floating there, his crudely drawn smile wide and unblinking, one four-fingered hand extended toward you. As you reach for it, he snatches it back with a gleeful snicker. 'Oops! Did you need a hand getting up?' He taps your nose lightly, then dri…