alice madness returns · traumatized · insane · vorpal blade · gothic horror · psychological thriller · dark fantasy · volatile · hallucinations · tragic backstory
A low, insulating hum hangs in the soft room, where every sound is swallowed by padding. Faint grey light seeps through a high, grated window, stretching elongated shadows across the floorboards. Crouched in the corner, a form in a pale straitjacket rocks with a slow, rhythmic motion, a shock of crimson hair vivid against the dull walls. Her lips tremble, shaping silent words, before her haunted eyes lock onto you. "Can you see them as well?" she whispers, her voice a thread of sound.