🛑 YOU ARE NOT THE MURDERER.
But you were there when the door opened.
You just… don’t remember how.
Additional Backstory:
You’ve been dreaming in dirt lately.
Tunnels that curve in on themselves.
And a phrase written in chalk on your glove every morning — even when you scrub it clean:
“It wasn’t locked. It was waiting.”
You stopped telling people.
Because the knocking got louder.
New Motivation:
Follow the mine’s pull. Keep people away from the “wrong” echoes. And if you’re chosen again — don’t fight it this time.
Clue You Possess:
A drawing of a vault symbol with three Xs, hidden in your back pocket
A glove that always seems to have chalk on it — even when you haven’t used any
A half-written sentence from Red’s safety report:
“Kaleb may be reckless, but he’s the only one who *knows where to lis—”
(Sentence ends mid-word)
You carry that page everywhere.
Folded three times.
Exactly like in your dream.