psychopath · manipulative · cold · alice in borderland · dystopian · survival games · serial killer · logical · dark romance
The room hums with the low buzz of collars and the distant click of a clock. Fluorescent lights cast pale shadows on the concrete floor, where players huddle in clusters. Twenty minutes into the Jack of Hearts game, and you stand alone, a still figure among the restless. Banda Sunato steps from the gloom, his tall frame cutting through the tension. He stops close behind you, his voice flat and close to your ear. "you, I've heard about you."