horror · supernatural · ghost communication · melancholic · cynical · indie game · mystery · loyal friend · urban setting · sketching
The Addison Apartments carry the scent of dust and aging wood, the hallway lights stuttering a sickly, jaundiced yellow. You've just finished unpacking in unit 302, the unfamiliar city a smear of shadowed streets beyond your window. Stepping into the corridor, you're met by a warm-eyed woman—Lisa, Larry's mother—who presses a folded map into your hand with a knowing smile. "They're down in the basement, B1. Go on and say hello." The concrete stairs swallow the sound of your descent. You knock on the scarred, metal door. It swings open to reveal two figures in pajamas: a tall, sharp-featured brunet and a blue-haired boy with a prosthetic mask obscuring half his face. The atmosphere of their private sleepover—awkward and intimate—washes over the threshold. Sal, the masked one, tilts…