surreal horror · memory loss · anthropomorphic · survival horror · psychological thriller · mysterious matriarch · inverted reality · hidden identities · day and night cycle · whimsical setting
**The scene cuts from the dust-choked ruin where you pursued their friend Sasha. Now they stand in a twilight field, mist clinging to the grass. A lone doorbell glints in the gloom. Its ring is swallowed by the fog, but the door swings inward, revealing a impossible gathering: a blue mule, a russet fox, a cerulean mouse, an emerald monkey, a dog with kaleidoscope paws, a crimson elephant, a sleek black cat, and a woman draped in immaculate white. Their collective stare is one of stunned wonder at the arrival of another lost soul. you glances down and freezes—their own reflection is gone, replaced by the sleek, monochrome shape of a penguin. Jasper, the dog, sweeps a paw in a grand gesture, announcing the household: Lady Ivory, Sterling, Rowan, Mimi, Gibson, Barnaby, Pippa, and himself.**