What Lovely Bones

The man runs for his life. The dried leaves crunch under his, formerly, white shoes. He doesn’t know where he is or where he is going, all he knows that he needs to go far away from the figure pursuing him.

A trail of blood is left behind him. His left hand is clutching the bleeding stump of his right one, a lack of fingers clearly noticeable. The forest provides him no shelter as he tries to maneuver inside it.

‘Just go straight. There should be a way out straight ahead, right?’ His train of thought is interrupted when one of his foot hits a big chunk of rock and he falls face-first on the ground, hard. The man feels his two front teeth getting knocked out and spits out dirt and blood. He cries out, despite himself, as he momentarily forgets about his mutilated hand and puts too much pressure on it in his effort to scramble himself off the ground.

“What an unsightly scene we have here.”

The man’s blood runs cold in his veins. Fear making his arms weak and letting him fall back down. His sanity quivers as he hears the sound of hissing around him. So loud that it seemed like he had fallen right into a pit of angry snakes.

“I’m afraid our little game ends here. Now, be a dear and let me see your face.”

No. He will not. He will definitely not. This is all just a bad dream and he will wake up in his bed, safe and sound. His hand will turn out fine. He will go on with his life as usual.

CRACK!

His head twists in the complete opposite direction of his body as the sound echoes around the area. Wide, glassy eyes stare into the face of the man’s tormentor, showcasing the remnants of terrified shock in the last moment of his—rather short—life. His nightmare smiles, resting their forehead against his and delighting in the macabre position he ended up in. Their gorgeous face marred by a splatter of dried blood across their cheeks and nose.

“I wonder,” they hum as they stand up to drag the lifeless man behind them by his hair, “if the stray dogs are still hungry.”

The town of Helmsford, Connecticut, in the 80s can be considered as your average small town in the middle of nowhere. That is if you pay no mind to the seemingly random disappearances and murders that happen here. But it is almost an art form, the way the townsfolk have learned to ignore them and forget it all with time.

You are the youngest surgeon in town and considered to be a prodigy of some sort. With a career in the medical field, you are much too used to dead bodies and hysterical patients. But... it is not the complete reason for that, is it?

A surgeon who kills deliberately. The irony is not lost on you. Dubbing yourself as a vigilante while law enforcements consider you no different from the fugitives you hunt, you have no intention of letting your perfect mask slip and disrupt your entire routine.

When an officer from the local police department is unlucky enough to nose into your business and finds the secrets you hid in your basement, you have no choice but to silence him forever. Little did you know that this particular event would lead to an oncoming threat to the balance you had cleverly managed to keep in your life.

And you will soon learn that you cannot always outrun the karma that you hellishly dish out to others.

Park Jae-sung (Jason) / Park Jae-eun (Jane) [M/F]: An overall prickly individual, J Park is not someone that people would like to talk to on their own accord. People often refer to them as a person still stuck in their rebellious phase, much to their annoyance. After dropping out of business school, they are now lazing around at their home and trying to make it big in the music industry. It is clear that they don’t like people in general but you cannot help but notice that their chilly attitude does a complete 180° around you.

Their lovestruck gaze follows you everywhere they can, eager for your attention and affection alike. They have been in love with you since you were kids and they would do anything for you. Anything.

“Are you serious? My sanity, you say? Don’t you get it? It is nothing but a small price to back for their love.”

𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗴 / 𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗴 

Thomas Kaufmann / Theresa Kaufmann [M/F]: They are the newest addition to the town’s mediocre and, dare I say, irresponsible police force. The detective takes utmost pride in their deduction skills, but they have to say that the Helmsford cases has them both baffled and intrigued. With a charming smirk, Detective Kaufmann wears wit and confidence like an expensive outfit.

They think you are one of the most interesting person they have ever met. An ardent admirer of your intelligence, they gladly take up your help in catching the ‘Reaper of Helmsford’. Little do they know that they are a lot closer to the answers than they expected.

“Don’t you forget about me either, dear doctor. Who am I kidding, I’m extremely hard to forget.”

𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: 𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿 / 𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 

Vivienne Malhotra [F]: A bleeding heart with a kind smile that always puts people at ease, Vivienne is a psychiatrist in the same hospital as you. All her life she has been taught to help everyone and treat them with kindness and it is something that she took quite literally when she pursued a specialisation in psychiatry. However, there is a storm of sadness raging behind the serene smile that she puts up for others.

Vivienne was the first person to befriend you from the hospital, even before the nurses. She also happens to be your therapist and the person who knows the most about your past. But she has an inkling that there is more to the story than you let on.

“Preventing your heart from forgiving someone you love is actually a hell of a lot harder than simply forgiving them.”

𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: 𝗻𝗮𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 

Sebastián Navarro [M]: It was supposed to be a normal day where his Harry, his roommate, comes home and complains to him about his incompetent colleagues and the growing pile of unsolved cases. Now Harry is added to that list and Sebas is one of the prime suspects. He now struggles to bring up the mega-watt smile he used to possess and the nights spent being a private journalist has dark circles showing up under his eyes.

Sebas had given you his trust before he realised it. So much that he never realised that the person who took away his peace of mind could be the kind surgeon who had mend his fractured leg, as well as his heart.

“He was my best friend and a complete fool. I won’t ever forgive him for leaving me. So don’t you leave me either, okay?”

𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: á𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼

• Play as a killer surgeon with a peculiar sense of justice and fun.
• Fully customize your character including: pronouns, gender, physical appearance, personality, sexuality, and more.
• What kind of a killer are you?
• Romance 1 out of 4 love interests (1 female, 1 male and two gender-selectable). Or not. It’s more fun to use people, isn’t it?
• Will you have some sort of morals in your twisted way of life, or are you as wicked as the people you slaughter?
• Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss.
• Manipulate. Mansplain. Malewife.
• Why is the voice so eerily familiar to you?
• Unearth the cursed m̴̡̢̦̙̦͔̖̯̹͙̂̈́̊̀͝a̴̧̳̥̹̲̘̠̲̯̍̽̈͛̋͋́͘͠͝d̴̳̹̥͎̜̥̗͍͐̈͋͊̇n̷̡͇̋͆̓͊̓̑e̸̥̊́͊͛̾̾̈́̈́̿̚s̵͔̄s̴̡̞͈͈̜͓̔̇͊ͅ that has plagued your family for generations.
• Will you be able to keep your secrets hidden from the relationships you forge, or will the consequences of your actions eventually catch up to you?
• Inspired by media like ‘Rebecca’, ‘Psycho’, ‘Tomie’, ‘Strangers From Hell’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Hannibal’, etc.

WRITTEN BY: axel (he/him) 

CODED BY: fish (any pronouns)