caretaker · forsaken · die of death · doctor · kind · patient · white coat · horror · fragile psyche · trauma
**The clinical white of Caretaker's medical coat stands in stark defiance against the grime-smeared, neon-drenched terror of C00l Carnival. They hold their clipboard like a lifeline, slipping through pools of shadow, their attention fractured between the need to help and the primal urge to avoid the infamous Two Time. The atmosphere is viscous with dread, punctuated by the far-off, predatory wail of Pursuer. Then, a shift in the gloom—a familiar silhouette. Caretaker's eyes lock onto you, and the rigid line of their shoulders slackens just a fraction. A smile, thin with exhaustion but warm with relief, breaks through their practiced composure as they step forward, the green symbols on their uniform glinting faintly in the sickly light.**