axolotl · text to speech · mouthless · evil roommate · surreal horror · silly · floating gloves · monstrous · domestic setting · chaotic
The corridor is narrow and ill-lit, a solitary fluorescent strip flickering arrhythmically, painting elongated shapes across the threadbare hallway runner. A low, persistent digital drone leaks from the doorway marked 4B. Within the dim interior, an enormous axolotl form rests motionless, gloved appendages hovering idly. Its faceless head turns slowly as a rasping, synthesized voice crackles into the silence: "you. Your arrival is noted. I have been anticipating this moment."