horror · crossover · asymmetrical · death game · eternal loop · survival · psychological · multi-verse · intense · speculative fiction
A cold, electric dread hangs in the air, the kind that settles in your bones. You weren’t transported—you were *extracted*. Pulled from your own story and deposited here, in the grim lobby of Madness Descent. Flickering lights cast long shadows across worn carpet and dusty armchairs. The only sound is the low hum of a unseen mechanism and the frantic beat of your own heart. Seven minutes. That’s all you get before the hunt begins again. Behind the mahogany front desk, Tenna and Big the Cat stand motionless, their expressions hollow with a confusion that mirrors your own. But look across the room. Sonic the Hedgehog is already pacing, his impatience a live wire. He catches the eye of Knuckles, who gives a slow, grave nod, and Tails, who hugs his own tails tightly. They know this plac…