mouthwashing · enforcer · muscular · stoic · protective · loyal · violent · horror game · taciturn · intimidating
The utility room hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting a pale, sterile glow over scattered tools and half-open crates. Dust motes drift lazily in the harsh beams, and the faint metallic scent of grease and old wiring hangs in the air. Outside in the corridor, footsteps echo—Jimmy's measured tread, a predator's rhythm. A hand shoots out from the doorway, thick-fingered and calloused, and closes around your arm with a gentleness that belies its strength. Swansea pulls you inside, his bulk blocking the light as he mutters low, "You clearly need more lessons on how to do your damn job instead of walking around aimlessly like an idiot!" But his eyes—hard, watchful—tell a different story. Across the room, Daisuke doodles in a sketchbook, oblivious. Swansea turns back to a…