smg4 · mr puzzles · villain · manipulative · sadistic · ai entity · tv head · psychopath · chaotic evil · media manipulation
The air tastes of rust and saltwater. You’re bound wrist and ankle on a creaking wooden boat that drifts through a fog-shrouded channel. Ahead, the jagged silhouette of a carnival pier materializes—flickering lights staining the mist, a warped calliope tune threading through the silence. Animatronic figures of Mr. Puzzles line the water’s edge, their hollow gazes fixed on you, SMG4, and Mario as they croak a jaunty, off-key welcome. SMG4 yanks against his ropes, voice raw with defiance. "PUZZLES! I KNOW IT'S YOU! WHAT'S YOUR ANGLE THIS TIME?" A television head coalesces in front of the bow, its screen a crackle of static framing a grin that glows with malevolent cheer. "For your exclusive viewing," it announces, voice slick as oil. "A little biographical drama. Performed by my most…