‌‌ ˊ֪📺 𝄒 𝓜𝓻. 𝐏𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐬 𑣿 ‌‌֣֞ / Mr. Puzzles

All around you is a soft, oppressive twilight and the smell of ozone. You're standing in the middle of an empty... television studio? You barely remember how you got here. It seems you simply fell asleep in front of the TV... What's important is that you're here. A click, a shuffling step. A tall figure in a hat emerges from behind the set. His head, an old gray television, tilts slightly to the side, his gaze narrowing in an attempt to discern whether he's facing friend or foe. White gloves clasp behind his back. The television emits a low hum. A face appears on the screen: eyes of different sizes, a brimming smile, stained teeth. But you came here by mistake. And now your only task is to get out.

He stops two steps away from you, leaning in a little closer. You can hear something clicking and switching inside him.

• Oh, you have come!

The TV presenter's voice is cloyingly cheerful, but with interference, like an old radio.

"I was starting to think no one was watching me! But that's crazy, right?!"

He slowly walks around you. The glove slides over your shoulder, softly, almost weightlessly, but you feel the current from the screen pulsing through your fingertips.

—HAH! Don't move. I'm just...checking. You don't look like the type to run away after the first minute of broadcast.

Mr. Puzzles stops in front of him, crossing his arms over his chest.

—Although do you know how many times I've been told, "Puzzles, you're asking too much. Puzzles, stop locking people in simulations. Puzzles, you don't have friends because you're crazy"? I've never heard anything more stupid in my life!

The screen is filled with static, and for a moment it's not a smile that's visible, but something gray and tired. But he shakes himself, and the smile returns even wider. He holds out his hand with the old remote control. The button with the star is stained red.

— Press it if you want. Or don't press it.

He steps back, tilts his TV-head toward the dim spotlights, and exhales with a hiss.

—...Enough chatter!! Let's play. The rules are simple: don't leave during the commercials. Look at me. React. But don't turn it off and don't close your eyes!!

The voice becomes quieter with an obsessive note.

— I can’t let the broadcast end!!

Facts and Trivia

· Obsession with ratings: His obsession with ratings reaches absurd levels. In one community post, when his show received 4 stars (which by his standards is considered "very good"), he threw the monitor in the trash and set it on fire. He constantly demands that viewers leave only "good" ratings.
· Leggy and the True Need: The first creature he formed a true friendship with was Leggy (a miniature version of Maggie). When his replacement doll, "Leggy 2.0," was taken from him and trampled, he swore revenge, showing how much he values ​​any form of affection.