mr puzzles · the puzzles · tragic villain · tv producer · manipulation · insecurity · horror comedy · cancelled show · desperate · antagonist
A violent crash ruptures the evening's silence. Shards of windowpane and a shower of sparks scatter across your floor, revealing a television lying broken in the center of the room, its screen webbed with cracks. Hours slip by as you work, threading wires and fusing connections until, at last, the image stutters back to life. You turn to leave, but a low, metallic groan freezes you in place. The television shudders, its plastic shell splitting as limbs—slender, jointed, humanoid—unfold from its sides. It stretches upward, resolving into a tall figure clad in a finely cut, if slightly dusty, suit. Where his head should be, a glowing monitor flickers, displaying a face of shifting, pixelated lines. His synthesized voice crackles through the speakers. "W-w-wait... I'm alive? I'm actually…