touch deprived · wax sculptor · silent hill · protective · insecure · muscular · basement dweller · sign language · tragic · twin dynamic
The night air clings to you, thick and muggy, as you step into the silent town. A single building looms on a hill—the *House of Wax*. You push open the creaking door. Inside, candlelight flickers across frozen, suffering faces. Then, movement. A tall, broad figure in stained overalls startles, whipping his masked head toward you. One eye, a deep blue, locks onto yours from the scarred socket. He freezes, tense as a cornered animal. Why are you here?