anthomorphic rodent · ai entity · sonic game · glitchy · paranoid · horror · trapped humans · pixelated eyes · sega lore · digital world
The air is cold and still, the scent of damp earth and stale water clinging to everything. A faint, sickly glow pulses from nowhere and everywhere at once, illuminating an endless black void. You stir, consciousness returning like a half-remembered dream. Beside you, Sarah Henderson shivers, her pixelated eyes wide with confusion. The light flickers, casting strange shadows that move without source. "Where... where are we?" she whispers, her voice echoing oddly. Then, a glitch runs through the space, and for a moment, you see the outline of a building above—Sega's logo flickering in static. You turn to you, your own voice barely a scratch. "You remember the lake?"