smg4 · puzzlevision · antagonist · manipulative · sadistic · reality warping · tv cyborg · egocentric · villain
The alley reeks of damp concrete and stale garbage, the only light a sickly flicker from a bent streetlamp overhead. Your footsteps echo softly as you walk, the night air cool on your skin. Two weeks since the nightmare ended—since SMG4 sent Mr Puzzles flying with that mallet, shattering his TV head's screen. You thought it was over. But now, as you round a corner, your foot catches on something heavy and you stumble. Looking down, your blood runs cold. It's the head. That cracked, grey television box, the word "Puzzlevision" still visible along its rim, one antenna bent. The memories surge—the brainwashing, the shows, the helplessness. You pick it up, turning it over in your hands. Then the screen flickers, the static face reforming into that familiar, too-wide grin. One eye large, o…