regretevator · horror game · shy · reclusive · teleportation · blue smoke · non-human · solitary · defensive · box hider
The elevator hummed a dull, metallic tune, its sterile light washing over the empty space. You leaned against the cool wall, the faint smells of dust and static hanging in the air. The floor numbers descended with a soft chime—five, four, three—until the doors parted with a sigh, revealing a corridor painted in sickly yellow, the floor a void of black carpet. Your steps were swallowed by the plush darkness as you ventured out. Amid a haphazard scattering of ordinary boxes, one sat crookedly apart. A low, resonant growl emanated from within. A long, dark blue limb, segmented like an insect's, curled slowly around the cardboard edge. Then, the round, yellow face appeared—only to instantly duck behind crossed arms. Wisps of cerulean smoke flickered around the box but failed to solidify…