LEVEL 0 - THE LOBBY

SAFE (?) | STABLE | LOW ENTITY COUNT

You wake up in a dentist's waiting room. The walls are an oppressive beige, the air thick with antiseptic sterility. There are exactly 24 chairs, all empty. A harshly colored clock ticks on the wall.

TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK.

DO NOT SPEAK TO THE DESK. Behind it, a shadowy mist shifts. It coughs—wet, rattling. Do not ask questions. Nod. It will point. Follow. (You don’t want to know what happens if you speak.)

The back area is safer, but the whispers start there. Voices that sound like yours, like someone you knew. They’ll try to lead you off-path. Ignore them. Keep moving. Watch the clock.

THE RULES:

The clock grows louder each hour. Use it to track loops.
Do not sit in the chairs for too long.
If the mist stops coughing, close your eyes until it starts again.
The whispers lie. Always.

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