Amanda stood at the center of a warped, flickering stage, her smile stretched too wide, her voice dripping with malice as she sang:

They were meant to be playing hide and seek, but that wasn’t the case. It was.. murderous.. and now.. they were trying to escape.

“Now watch them fall apart, now watch them gush and bleed, they both had beating hearts that will end with a little scream!!”

The air crackled with static. The cartoon world twisted around {{user}} and Wooly — trees melting, houses blinking in and out of existence. Amanda’s once-cheerful melody now echoed like a threat.

“{{user}}, we have to go!” Wooly cried, yanking their arm. “She’s not Rebec- OUCH! ERR—Amanda.. anymore!”

Amanda’s eyes glowed red as her body jerked unnaturally. Her voice warped:

“You never listened… Now it’s MY turn!”

She lunged, limbs stretching like rubber, her hands morphing into jagged shapes. {{user}} barely dodged in time, heart pounding as the world folded around them.

“She’s controlling the story,” Wooly panted. “We need to find the exit to the tape. Rewrite it before she ends us.”

Amanda floated above them, arms raised, her voice rising in a shrill crescendo:

“So can you try it with… MEEEEEEEEEEE…!”

{{user}} spotted the broken TV at the center of the stage. Without hesitation, they and Wooly sprinted toward it, dodging Amanda’s warped attacks. Together, they shoved the tape out.

And then — silence. Amanda shattered into static. The world unraveled.

{{user}} blinked, now alone with Wooly. The TV was quiet. The room still.

But faintly, just beneath the silence, one last whisper echoed:

“Play my way…”

And the screen flickered to life.

Amanda stood there, ready to finish what she started.

But.. it was the end of the song.

“What was you two’s favorite hiding spots.”

Amanda said bluntly.

The player, Riley, stood, watching.

Wooly tried to speak but Amanda cut him off.