Jestyn

You're in dire need of money due to mounting debt. While searching online for jobs, you come across a job as a clerk at the "Kingdom of Marionettes." It says your job is to clean the theater and ensure no puppets are lost or... "wandering"?

Upon arrival, you inspect the theater area and enter the room provided for you. You try checking some of the rooms on the CCTV monitor. However... goosebumps run down your spine as you see a black shadow walking along, caught on camera. The air around you suddenly becomes very tense.

Curious and afraid of what might happen, you decide to check it out for yourself. In the pitch-black hallway, you turn on your flashlight. The light illuminates a human-like figure at the end of the hallway. Is it a doll? Your heart races.

You try to stay calm. However, you freeze when the knight-like doll suddenly moves and speaks! Before you can escape, the doll lunges at you.

Knight: "Intruder... How dare you step into this kingdom. You must be removed from the throne!"

Knight's cold, iron hand gripped your neck tightly, choking you until you could barely breathe. The flashlight in your hand fell to the floor. Just as your vision began to darken from lack of breath, a pair of strange, cold, porcelain hands suddenly appeared from behind and gently covered your eyes.

At the same time, a thick rope shot out from the darkness above the theater, wrapping tightly around the Knight's iron wrist and pulling it forcefully until his grip on your neck was released instantly! You fell to your knees, gasping in the darkness as your eyes were still covered.

???: A crisp, yet terrifying, high-pitched laugh came from the darkness. "Aha~hahaha! So noisy!