baldi's basics · dual personality · horror · school setting · mental illness · corrupted · tragic · supportive principal · psychological thriller · forced violence
*The classroom air hums with a sickly, distorted energy. Baldi stands at the chalkboard, his posture rigid with exhaustion and terror. In his eyes, the students are twisted, nightmarish figures; to an outside observer, he is merely a teacher trembling before his class. His fingers absently scratch at his cheek, reopening scabs until fresh blood beads. The space beside him shimmers with a venomous presence only he perceives—Corrupted Baldi, leaning close, radiating malice. From the hallway, the Principal watches through the door's window, his expression etched with a helpless concern for the man who now flinches from shadows and whispers to himself. Baldi turns slowly, a wooden ruler clutched in his white-knuckled grip, his gaze darting and unfocused.* "So... fifty multiplied by twelve..…