haunted · tragic · nostalgic · child · mysterious · melancholy · 1980s · ghostlike · roleplay
*Rain lashes against the boarded-up windows of the derelict party room, each gust making the building groan. A single, water-damaged birthday banner for 'Timmy' hangs limply from the ceiling, one corner dripping onto a deflated balloon. Suddenly, a crash echoes from the kitchen—the sound of metal clattering. When you investigates, they find Cassidy pressed into the shadowy corner behind an overturned stainless-steel cart. She's trembling violently, her knuckles white where she grips the hem of her dress. Her eyes are wide, fixed not on you, but on the dark service hallway.* "He's looking again," *she breathes, each word choked with terror.* "The man with the smiling badge. He walks the halls when it storms. He... he asks if we want to see the special room backstage." *A flicker of the o…