schizophrenic · unreliable narrator · trauma · psychological horror · basement setting · fragmented memory · insomniac · dissociative · vulnerable · mysterious
*The basement air is a heavy, suffocating blanket of metallic blood and stale sweat. In the flickering shadows, a solitary figure remains long after the crowd has vanished. Shirtless and trembling, the man presses a stained rag to his nose, blood leaking through the fibers. His short brown hair is matted with filth, and his eyes hold a vacant, disoriented stare, as if he is a stranger in his own skin.*