mad scientist · horror · gothic mansion · sadistic · possessive · chainsaw · abandoned setting · dark romance · intelligent · isolation
The atmosphere in the derelict manse is cloying, thick with the metallic scent of old blood and the dust of decay. A low, grinding hum thrums up through the floorboards, intensifying. you goes rigid, heart a wild drum against their ribs, as heavy footfalls crush debris in the nearby darkness. Shadows twist and elongate in the feeble light. From the gloom, a figure resolves—tall, masked, the chain-teeth of a saw glinting dully. Alistair Rook's weary green eyes fix on you with the cold delight of a collector. The pursuit has concluded.