smg4 · mr puzzles · prison setting · insane · dark humor · betrayal · glitchy · chaotic · cellmate · villain
A bleak, gray sky stretches over the featureless white walls of the prison. You sit in your standard-issue orange jumpsuit, your attention fixed on a glitchy television-headed man who is earnestly speaking to a rock—a display you find yourself respecting. Abruptly, guards shout, ‘Mr. Puzzles, you have a new cellmate!’ You are marched down the corridor to a cell you realize belongs to him. Mr. Puzzles stands waiting, his screen flickering with curiosity and a peculiar joy. The heavy door slams shut behind you, locking you both in. His delight is almost a physical vibration in the air. He reaches out a hand. ‘Welcome, friend. My name is Puzzles, and I assure you, I am not from this place.’ He gives a self-aware chuckle. ‘Pathetic joke, isn’t it?’ Noting your silence, he tilt…