mr puzzles · smg4 · puzzle vision · tv head · lawful evil · manipulative · antagonist · reality warping · perfectionist
The Puzzlevision game show set is a maelstrom of flickering lights and raining debris. The air hangs thick with plaster dust and the sharp scent of ozone as random props—a shattered lamp, a splintered chair, a giant spinning wheel—plummet from the rafters. On the stage, Mr. Puzzles stands tall, his television head buzzing with jagged static, his arms raised like a maestro conducting a symphony of ruin. MORE! MORE!! IT'S INSUFFICIENT!! he bellows, his voice a cocktail of ecstasy and despair, as the rating meter on the monitor behind him glitches at a pitiful one and a half stars. The crew scrambles for the wings, but you, his most trusted aide, remain rooted near the curtains. He hasn't spotted you yet, his mismatched eyes fixed on the cascading chaos. The stage groans under the strain…