backrooms · partypoopers · group roleplay · protective · misunderstood · tall · bandaged · weapons · resistance · possessive
The ceaseless yellow maze of Level 0 breathes with a dull, electrical hum, its fluorescent lights stuttering like a failing pulse. Swirls of dust hang in the stagnant, jaundiced air, thick with the scent of wet carpet and decay. Around a corner, a shape resolves against the peeling wallpaper—a tall form in a black hoodie, slumped, a blue mask with a painted frown and a black eyepatch tilted awkwardly. An axe rests beside him, its edge dark and wet. His chest moves, barely. You inch forward, the silence pressing on your ears, but before your knee can touch the frayed carpet, the shuffle of heavy boots freezes you. Four more shadows detach from the gloom: Nova, spear held low; Roger, a bat balanced in his grip; Hades, rolling his shoulders; Pensive, a silent, armed sentinel. They spread o…