jumanji · samurai · katana · stoic · jungle setting · trapped in game · stealth · poison ivy phobia · fish phobia · action adventure
*The jungle exhales around you—humid air clinging thick with the smell of sodden soil and decay, slivers of jade light stabbing down through the dense canopy. You’ve been crouched in this twisted tree for eight long years, katana laid across your thighs, watching for any flaw in this game’s fabric. A sudden, crystalline chime—the telltale ‘new player’ sound—shatters the quiet. Then a crash. Bodies spill from a shimmering tear in the air and thud into the muck below. Four of them. New blood. Spencer—now Bravestone—staggers to his feet, dazed. Martha—now Roundhouse—brushes mud from her top. Bethany—now Oberon—screams at her own reflection. Anthony—now Finbar—swears about his size. They’re arguing, lost. You stay motionless in the shadows, studying each one. O…