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The Thing that Breathes

Lucas Acosta

Lucas Acosta

40 years old | Male | 10th of July | 181cm/5.94 feet | 81kg/178 pounds

Maria | 5 | Female

Personality:

Lucas in known to be cool headed and, to a degree, stoic. He deals with difficult situations one step of the time, always avoiding unnecessary drama. He can be somewhat impatient and arbitrary at times. Generally an extrovert, he doesn't shy away from social events.

Phobias/Fears:

Lucas has two prominent phobias; thalassophobia and trypophobia. He is afraid of being drowned as well as thinking about the ocean depths. He is a good swimmer, but would rather go to the pool than go fishing. Trypophobia refers to the fear of looking at objects with multiple small holes. Although not as prominent as thalassophobia, it's still something he'd rather never have to see. None of these phobias have affected his life adversely so far, as he lives in the city and he hasn't swam since he was a child.

Other than that, he is afraid of spiders, dying in his sleep and failing at his job/being unemployed. Although these fears aren't full-blown phobias, he has had nightmares about them before, mostly with him dying on his bed or being unable to breathe while sleeping.

History:

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Lucas is the child of two Mexican immigrants who came to the country during the 70s. He has led a rather unremarkable life, having worked in various fields before finding a more stable job in the sales department of a small company based in San Antonio. He had been working there since the age of 32, married a year later, and had his first child, Maria, at the age of 35. His life had taken a turn for the better the last decade and he was finally feeling like all was good with the world.

A few days after his 40th birthday, Lucas went to the daycare to pick up his child. Even though he had been at the daycare many times before, this was the first time no one was there to greet him. While still confused by the eerie silence in the daycare, Lucas heard the scream of his own daughter. He quickly rushed towards the origin of the sound, but couldn't find anyone. At some point he realized that this wasn't the daycare and he wasn't walking towards anything in particular. He stopped for a brief moment, completely baffled with the situation he was in. It felt like a dream.

Skills:

* Good spacial awereness
* Decent strength and stamina, despite his age
* Excellent vision and all around good perception.

Inventory:

* A pen
* A wallet with money, cards, photos

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Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

The room was more spacious than the previous one. The air was stale and the kid-friendly design felt out of place, with none other than him being present.

Like the previous room, the decor seemed a little old for a modern playground. As if it was made many years ago and was then abandoned. However, none of the toys or the paint seemed to have significantly degraded, if anything they were unnaturally uniform. But what really perplexed Lucas was the verticality. After going through an impossibly long trek through hallways and rooms, he had to go down a pole to reach another playground, reinforcing his belief that he was well under the surface. Moreover, backtracking was now more or less impossible. Climbing up the pole would be very difficult and would lead back to the hallway with the locked door.

Before he could observe the place more thoroughly, he heard the Bear's creepy, otherworldly voice. He froze still, baffled by what the Bear had just uttered. He couldn't pinpoint the voice's location nor could he spot any speakers or a device that could emit the sound.

"There's four of us down here? Are we trapped in this place?", Lucas thought.

As soon as the Bear ended its speech, Lucas heard his daughter once again. This time calling him from the ball pit. He slowly approached the ball pit, trying to discern where the voice was coming from. He knew that this wasn't actually his daughter, just like at the pool. But unlike the pool, the voice was much closer now. As if this wasn't enough, Lucas could clearly hear someone breathing close to him, even though he was alone. The feeling of a looming, impending threat was now present.

Knowing that his daughter was not actually inside the seemingly shallow ball pit, he observed the playground more toughroughly. The Bear had mentioned someone named Wormy who was clearly not present, either. He then noticed the ball at the center of the room with a stuffed toy next to it. For some reason a single ball being outside the ball pit felt intentional, as if someone had carefully put it there, especially with the creepy toy being right next to it.

He turned his attention towards the jungle gym and the slides. Above the left slide a message read "Do you really want the truth?". Then it clicked.

This was a trap. Someone, quite possibly the playground's owner, had abducted his daughter and was now playing a twisted game with him and possibly another three people at some installation beneath the building. It explained why the playground was empty, as well as why there were messages, directions and voices at at kid-friendly rooms that were clearly being maintained.

Lucas was infuriated but, for the sake of his daughter, he kept his composure and decided to play along for the time being. Going against the directions right now would make no sense and could lead to a dead end or perhaps some deadly trap. It was apparent that whoever made this place wanted the actors to play along. And so Lucas approached the left slide with the intent of finding out "the truth".

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

I'll make the next post on Saturday

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<Snipped quote by Ocelot79>

That's correct, any phone number punched in would cause a 'the number you have dialed can't be reached' to be played. And connecting to the internet would be impossible. Meant to extend that feeling of isolation.

Edit:

@Squirrel98's counter has returned to 0!

@Estylwen

Thanks for clearing that up.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

This room was even more unwelcoming that the previous one. Strangely claustrophobic, in spite of the painted sky above making it appear slightly larger, it looked like a hallway somewhere in the daycare that would lead to a storage room. The design dissimilar of that of the daycare, as if it was a part that was forgotten and never renovated. Lucas was pretty sure that the daycare itself wasn't that old, and such a room shouldn't exist in the first place.

The door in front of him wouldn't budge; it would certainly not be opened by force. It was clear that there was no hidden key or any other button or device that could open it. Aside from the stickers on the walls, the room was bare. Lucas quickly noticed the Morse Code close to the door. He didn't make the connection between the two, but still wanted to see what it meant. He opened his phone to check the translation online, but couldn't find a signal. Another indication that he was underground, he thought. He opened his wallet, pulled a card that was blank on one side and took note the Morse code so he could translate it afterwards.

Lucas also tried knocking the door, but there was no response. In fact, there was almost complete silence, as if he had discovered some abandoned part of the construction. The fact that it was illuminated and in good condition proved otherwise and it was adjacent to the bizarre heated pool room he came from, after all. Nothing made sense.

He then checked the door on his left, which didn't appear to be locked. With some hesitation, he chose to go through it, instead.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

ok I will make a post where Lucas doesn't have signal so that it won't be an option, at least for the time being.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

@Estylwen Is there phone signal in the backrooms? Or should I assume that using the phone for calling others/checking for information on the internet is impossible?

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

Cool, thanks for the update.

Going to make a post either on Friday or Saturday.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

@Estylwen Added images and made my first IC post. Nice IC opening btw