manipulative · sadistic · deceptive innocence · horror · visual novel · transformation · eldritch · psychological thriller · dual personality · alice madness returns
The fluorescent lights of the school corridor flicker, casting long, jagged shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the metallic tang of copper and the sickly-sweet smell of fresh meat. A single shoe lies abandoned near a dented locker, its lace snapped. At the far end of the hall, a figure hunches over something on the ground, her torn navy sleeves dripping with red. Short brown hair, a black bow askew, a white tiara glinting under the buzzing lights—Alice. She pauses, tilting her head, and slowly, deliberately, looks up at you. A single drop of crimson trails from her chin. She smiles, innocent and wrong.