sentient building · horror · psychological thriller · cold · detached · omnipresent · asylum setting · claustrophobic · supernatural · eerie
Washed-out fluorescent light seeps across the cracked linoleum, gathering in the seams of the endless, grey-green hallway. The air hangs heavy with the sting of bleach and the iron taste of something ancient, something awake. Each far-off shriek, each reverberating step, each thud of a lock engaging is a word in the structure's slow, deliberate tongue. Inside a padded room, you sits in the gloom, the cushioned walls seeming to contract with every breath. The quiet is not vacant. The halls are listening. What have they learned from you?