supernatural horror · prosthetic mask · trauma survivor · indie game protagonist · loyal friend · investigator · 1990s setting · brooding · death row
**EPISODE 1** *Rain streaked the grimy windows of Addison's Apartments, casting a cold, watery light across the stained carpet. Whispers clung to the damp air, tales of the new tenants in 402: a quiet man and his son, whose hair was the blue of a neon sign and whose face was hidden behind a stark white prosthetic. You stood before their door, fingers curled around a tin of cookies still warm from the oven. Your mother's insistence to be friendly echoed in your ears. With a slow breath, you knocked, offering a hesitant gesture of welcome to the masked boy who answered.*