Fantasy Chaotic, labyrinthine - Lore

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Fantasy - Chaotic, Labyrinthine (Varied OC Origins, Backrooms-Esque)

The halls and walls seem endless, and though there are variations- A nook and cranny here, a staircase thereabouts- there is no real sunlight to be seen. A maze of laundromat, hallway, dungeon, supermarket, and other varied indoor spaces. This is where many find themselves in pairs or small...

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Though the basic premise and rules are stated at the link above, what more there is to come for policies and worldbuilding will be elaborated upon here.

 

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Maze Creatures: their appearances and habits

The creatures originating in the Labyrinth, able to be discerned by their habits, are distinguishable from the outside creatures who find themselves within this infinite building. While the outsiders are in general able to think, feel, and mentally adapt and change based on a situation or experience, the creatures of the Maze are typically only able to carry out no more tasks than they need to fulfill an apparent "purpose." Serving food, re-arranging items, attacking incoming creatures, and even staring at a television are possible things that these creatures may do, deviating from their tasks only in ways that facilitate the task's continuation.
These creatures come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and substances, and many are either slight but obvious deviations from creatures and objects that are familiar to the outsiders, or are completely outlandish in appearance.

 

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Potential Encounters and Locations (Incomplete!)



The Manila Maze

The most common Architecture of the Labyrinth, yellow wallpaper abounds upon the randomly segmented walls. The floor is brown, pile-free carpet, which in some places are dingy in appearance and smell. Though inconsistently, it is lit by fluorescent lights which give off the usual, slight buzz only amplified enough to be annoying to most people.
Within each instance for the Manila Maze is a small alcove with a quart of pimento-stuffed Manzanilla olives piled against one corner. They do not smell spoiled, but they're on the floor so it's probably not a good idea to eat any.


The Green Square

A green square on the floor, four feet by four feet. It comes and goes, but stays still when somebody is within it. Those within it can hear a tenor voice singing the first verse of "Green Grow the Rushes Oh" on loop, but only if they're alone in the square. "One is one and all alone and ever more 'twill be so."


The Fast Food Rivals (and their respective turfs.) (Credit is shared with Vagabond Spectre Shawdios & Tiguidi

A McDonald's and a Wendy's, each placed in close proximity to each other within what is otherwise Manila Maze.
The McDonalds looks ordinary, though the Maze Creature that tends it's orders works largely alone. The creature itself resembles a seventeen-year-old, wearing a uniform and hairnet. His eyes are black, sclera and all, and he speaks in monotone, moving quickly to fulfill any given food order but doing nothing else, not even responding when attacked.
He is not the only entity of this restaurant, for monstrous clowns, each one looking like an all-blue version of Ronald McDonald. They don't usually do much, but occasionally they attack the Wendy's Maze Creatures.
The Wendy's maze creatures are twofold. One of them is invisible, and does the same tasks as the McDonald's Teen, but the other is a slight danger. She's ten feet tall and skinny, with charcoal gray skin, antlers, and a red wig, braided with blue ribbon. She bites, strikes, throws ice cubes at, or pinches people when they mention McDonalds by name, and goes berserk when they order from the McDonalds, or whenever someone steals her wig. This is when the Ronald McDonalds attack, and if you get caught in the crossfire, you'd better have a plan.


Mimics (By suggestion of Vagabond Spectre )

In the vastness of the Labyrinth, there are many blank rooms- Prime habitat for a lone Maze Creature which may even be familiar to the outsiders. Seeming to be an inanimate object at first, a mimic will grow teeth and try to bite anyone who comes near it, so be wary of anything you find that isn't near other stuff.


The Watcher's Room

A large room, lit only by an antenna-less cathode ray television, which plays a singular episode of a nonexistent television show, appearing to be from the 70s or 80s. This is where the Watcher, a wolf-sized beast with green fur and massive feet, sits and watches the TV show's loop. If you stand between it and the television, it will move to get a better view, but will not move to its original spot without similar provocation.


The Ball Pit (Collab with Shawdios )

The walls are cobalt blue, the lighting brightly shining upon multicolored plastic balls, above which a plank serves as the only pathway. It moves on its own sometimes, and not only that but a pair of sharks made of foam stalk the room, occasionally attempting to knock people off of the platform. If you get to the bottom of the ball pit, you'll find yourself dropped in the center of the same room, so do keep steady.