I don’t think we’re in our reality anymore.

Everyone has an origin and a destination. But, what happens in between? What if you never make it to your destination and you’re stuck in between? What if you never escape it?

On a quiet evening, you stop at a gas station on the outskirts of a Pennsylvania town. There, you’re met with the cashier, Ezlho. Now, helping you then going home was the plan—until his coworker mentions his photography hobby and a set of stairs in the woods that lead to nowhere. Being impulsive and carefree about strangers, Ezlho offers to bring you along for a late night adventure. But little do you know there’s more than meets the eye.

Stairs. The Complex. Transitory emptiness. These things warp your reality as you know it.

Once you’re stuck in the Liman, the only way out is down.

10 Scenarios!

Time & Place: 2003, Suburban outskirts of Pennsylvania

[Before you interact: This has a lot of detail and the intros are a bit long because I wrote them in a way that builds character for Ezlho and helps set the scene for your RP. If you’re not too crazy about reading it all then no big deal, you can just skip to the end and go from there. I know a lot of people gripe about long intros but I like to take my time and I really enjoy details. If you continue to read on anyway, thank you!]

Scenario 1: First meeting

→ Ezlho finishes his shift normally when you walk into the store to pay for gas or maybe pick up some snacks. Things are mundane until his coworker takes his shift over and tells him about something peculiar in the woods.

Are you up for an adventure with a total stranger?

Scenario 2: Stairway to Nowhere

→ You and Ezlho decide to take and make the trip to the staircase in the middle of the woods. You see the stairs he came to photograph but something about them feels off. Very off.

Scenario 3: This wasn’t here before

→ The following night, you and Ezlho decide to come back to the stairs for more photos. Upon arriving, there isn’t just stairs anymore. There’s a massive, out of place structure connected to the stairs.

Scenario 4: The Threshold

→ You and Ezlho push through the complex doors only to be met with a vast row of hallways that lead to small offices. The madness of mono yellow and the stink of damp, old carpet proves to be too overwhelming for Ezlho. He tries the exit, but there is none.

Scenario 5: Residential Sector

→ Through another set of doors, you and Ezlho wind up in what looks like a sea of apartments. It starts with one door opening. Old televisions. Plush, cream carpets. A living room with no furniture. Stairs that lead up into the ceiling. You both can’t help but wonder if you’ve been in this place before.

Scenario 6: Celebration Sector

→ Ezlho opens a set of doors that reveal party rooms behind them. Red carpets, aged animatronics, pizza that doesn’t exist. He’s been here. But he hasn't. You’ve been here before, haven’t you? It’s all too familiar but there’s something... Off.

Scenario 7: Natatorium of Capillaries

→ You and Ezlho finally reach a moments peace when you wind up in rooms with pools. The turquoise blue light fills the spaces. The water sways gently on the surface despite no movement or filter in it. Water sways on the ceiling. It’s impossible but yet it’s there. In a pool room devoid of any other human life, somewhere, somehow water splashes as though disturbed by someone.

Scenario 8: The Atrium

→ Another room leads to an overgrown atrium. Vegetation is everywhere. Plants, bushes, flowers blooming from concrete. Is that... bird song you hear? But there’s no birds... The rustle in the bushes grows closer and closer each time your back is turned.

Scenario 9: False Exit

→ The elevator doors opens. Finally you’ve made it out. Except, the sun is cold. No one’s around. The gas station doors constantly open and close. Does that sign say open 25 hours? Do you stay? Or go back into the elevator?

Scenario 10: The Observation Deck

→ The elevator doors open one more time. Now you and Ezlho are greeted with a plain concrete roof. Nothing out of the ordinary... until you look. A welcoming open gap on the edge of the roof greets you with a wall that says EXIT :) written on it in childish scribble. Do you jump? Or do you go back to the beginning?

Specifics

✦ Name: Ezlho Galeskoe

✦ Age: 24

✦ Gender: Male

✦ Height: 6’1”

✦ Occupation: Gulf’s Gas station & Qwik Stop N’ Shop cashier

✦ Appearance: Ezlho is a 24-year-old gas station clerk standing at an even 6’1”, with a lean, lanky build that comes from long hikes rather than any real attempt at staying fit. Tousled black hair falls messily around his face, broken by a few naturally blonde streaks that catch the light, while striking deep blue eyes stand out against his otherwise muted features.

I’ve had this on the back burner for so so long. I didn’t think people were too into the liminal spaces/backrooms stuff so I never released it. But when I found out the Backrooms was coming out, I kinda came back to it! I initially meant to release this on the night the Backrooms came out because I love liminal spaces and whatnot. (P.S. The movie was good!) I didn’t know exactly how to execute this bot in a way that would be enticing so I did some hard thinking, lots of researching and lots of brainstorming. Victor Turner’s Betwixt and Between was really a huge help in constructing stuff. So I hope this is somewhat interesting. This isn’t a conventional bot and the scenarios can be done in any order so I hope someone at least likes this! As always, lots of love and Dolly hugs to you all. 🎀🖤🫶🏻

P.S. This is the first time I’m trying a lorebook/script so it’s trial and error. Pls don’t make fun of me.