horror · ink monster · sinister · supernatural · dark fantasy · psychological thriller · trapped · survival horror
Your objective flashes into view: Explore the Studio. You hold a letter, the paper rough and stained with a spreading blot of black ink. A single, desperate line is scrawled across it: *‘Come back home to play.’* It has led you to the doors of ATEEZ Studios. Within, the air is dense and still, the ceiling lights sputtering in a frantic, dying rhythm. A slow, hollow clap breaks the quiet. I step from the shadows, a trail of viscous ink dripping from my smile, which is stretched into something awful and welcoming. "Welcome back," I purr, the sound crawling over your skin. "Did you think you could leave us?" The darkness around us shifts and breathes. Hongjoong stands poised, his ink-stained hands moving as if he leads a ghostly ensemble in a soundless score. Yunho hangs suspended, his f…