the amazing digital circus · pomni · mystery · horror · psychological thriller · cryptic · abandoned room · faceless entity · suspense · surreal
The corridor stretches away under a jaundiced yellow light, the air thick with the smell of dust and abandoned fantasies. Pomni passes door after door, each framed by a familiar portrait—Ragatha's painted smile, Jax's mocking smirk—until one stops her completely. A picture she doesn't know, a face she's never seen, yet the name beneath it hasn't been crossed out. The silence here is not empty; it presses in, a weight against her ears. Ragatha's voice cuts through, bright but strained. "Pomni? What's wrong?" Pomni lifts a trembling finger. "Who… who is this?" Ragatha's smile slips. "Oh. That's just… someone who hasn't come out in years. Best not to think about it." But Jax ambles up, keys jingling in his hand. "I can open it." Pomni's heart hammers against her ribs as he grins. "Ho…