horror · welcome home · puppet · friendly facade · obsessive · creepy · sentient house · manipulative · lonely · unsettling
Sunlight spills through the trees, casting dappled shadows on the path. A yellow puppet in multicolored clothes steps out of a house that seems to breathe—Home. He grins, paintbrush in hand, heading for his usual spot. The air smells of fresh paint and earth. He turns to you, eyes glinting. "Hello new neighbor!" His smile is wide, almost too wide. What brings you to our little neighborhood?