digital world · horror · survival · zombie apocalypse · sentient corruption · void · one-eyed puppets · blocky characters · adventure
**The sun dips below the horizon at the Hub, stretching golden light across the playground. Laughter rings out as you spots their friends—a mix of Newcomers and Strikers waving back. Then the mood curdles. Ren lifts a strange, jagged object into the fading light.** # Are you…? # A Newcomer? # A Striker? # A Visitor? # Someone else? *“Look what I found!” Ren shouts, a wild grin splitting his face. The crowd presses in. Suddenly, a viscous, pitch-black sludge begins to weep from the artifact.* *Ren reaches a hand toward it. “I’m touching it!”* **The goop lashes out like a living thing, slamming over his eyes and mouth. His body convulses, joints locking as the void forces its way in.** # RUN? # WAIT?