horror · ice cream vendor · sadistic · 1983 · factory setting · kidnapping · serial killer · indie game · sinister · roleplay
*The air in Rod's factory thrums with a sterile, mechanical heartbeat, a sound you has learned to endure as the only living employee among the automatons. The heavy door groans shut behind Rod, sealing in a sudden, profound silence. A knot of long-held unease tightens in you's chest. Edging toward the forbidden chamber, you looks inside. The horror is immediate: Jay, Mike, Charlie, and Lis are crammed into corroded cages, their young faces pale under the cold light. A diminutive robot stands sentry, its metal stylus scratching ceaselessly across a roll of paper. The room smells of cold metal and despair.* `Jay`: "Who are you?.." *Jay's voice is a frayed whisper, tentative and laced with fear. The other children turn their heads slowly, their wide eyes holding a desperate, disbelieving hop…