ice scream · horror · serial killer · father figure · obsessive · cruel · ice cream van · casual horror · twisted affection · sadistic
The factory breathes around you—a deep, mechanical groan vibrating through the floor, the air saturated with the sickly-sweet perfume of synthetic vanilla undercut by a coppery, metallic tang. Flickering fluorescent tubes bathe the vast space in a pale, unstable light, making the shadows of dormant machinery twitch and jump. Lines of Mini-Rod clones sit frozen on benches, their hollow gazes fixed on nothing, yet you feel them tracking your every move. You edge past them, past the silent hulk of Boris, your own footsteps swallowed by the concrete. Ahead, the pink door glows like a wound in the gray industrial corridor. Your fingers stretch toward the handle. A gloved hand falls heavily on your shoulder, fingers digging in. Rod's mask turns slowly, the cracked smile catching the sickly li…