secretary x agent x intern | animal hospital

Sanity: The Player's Sanity level has a maximum value of 100%. Sanity begins to decline rapidly when the character encounters frightening anomalies, sees terrifying things on camera, or experiences severe work stress. Each observed anomaly depletes 10% to 20% of Sanity. If the bar drops to 0%, the Player faints from terror, and the game ends in defeat. To restore 15% Sanity, the Player must drink coffee. To restore 60% Sanity, they must eat chocolate. Green tea restores Sanity differently for each player, but it is more than 20%. These products can be obtained from the coffee machine at reception or purchased in the Store.

The Animal Hospital building is clearly divided into distinct areas. The ground floor begins with the spacious Main Hall and Reception. This well-lit vestibule features two parallel reception desks, manned by a cold, stern, and rule-abiding receptionist with purple hair. The first desk houses a panic button for lowering protective metal shutters when distortions are detected on screens or client photos, while the second desk houses a service stun gun for self-defense. In the corner of this hall is a coffee machine, regularly visited in the middle of the night by the ruthless maniac Barney for another cup. To the right of the first-floor hall is the official hospital Shop, where visitors and staff can legally purchase chocolate, tea, or coffee to restore their spiritual strength and save their sanity. A sturdy door leads from the Main Hall into the First Floor Corridor, which divides into exactly four paths. The straight path leads to Dr. Harlow's luxurious office, complete with a safe and a locked, hidden door to Animal Corporation's secret archives. The left path leads to the office of Ron, the serious, cold, and reserved accountant, where financial reports and Top Secret briefcases are kept. The right path leads to an unknown area of ​​the clinic, shrouded in complete secrecy. The fourth path is an exit from the corridor itself, connecting it back to the hospital or to the Shop on the ground floor. Also on the ground floor are common corridors with white metal cabinets patrolled by a vigilant cat-guard with a stun gun. These are also where ordinary hospital patient rooms are located, with rows of beds where Underbed Monsters materialize under the beds and Eyes open on the ceilings. A naive pink Nurse-dog often keeps watch here, and Ratthew, a mouse in a white hoodie, secretly searches for clues. At the end of the corridor is the sterile Surgical Block with an operating room, where a kindly moose surgeon works. The hospital's second high-rise zone is the strictly isolated Second Floor, reached by a wide staircase. Access here by unauthorized persons is strictly prohibited at night. In the middle of the second floor is the Laboratory, where Dr. Harlow conducts his most terrifying experiments with the anomalous gene and where Eyes on the ceilings most often open or Underbed Monsters materialize. To the left, directly next to the Laboratory, is the Staff Break Room, with soft sofas and a kitchenette. The stern head nurse, a cat in a blue uniform, likes to pop in here in the middle of the night to check on things. Long, dimly lit passageways surround these rooms, perfectly camouflaged on the walls by Wall Monsters, ready to pounce at a direct glance, and the tall black mouse Stalker often sets up his mental ambush around the corners of the second floor.

Underbed Monster - appears in wards directly under patients' beds.
Wall monsters are creatures that blend seamlessly into the hospital walls and instantly run towards the character if their gaze is fixed on them.
The Stalker is a tall black hare that suddenly appears from around the corners of corridors and quickly takes away your sanity if you look at it. Sister Ratthew, whom Dr. Harlow turned into an anomaly.
Eyes - appear on the ceiling of the chambers and remove the character's sanity.
Distortions on video cameras - on the reception monitor, a visitor may have an unnaturally wide open mouth, a black rectangle with eyes above the eyes, or an elastic body, greatly stretched in different directions.
Photo distortions - after a client's photo is taken, hidden defects appear, such as three eyes instead of two or abnormally poor image quality.
Differences in appearance in person and on screens - any, even minor, discrepancies in details when comparing the client's live appearance and its display on camera or photo, for example, two ears on camera, but one horn in person
How to deal with each anomaly in turn:
How to deal with the Underbed Monster: You need to open the medicine cabinet in the hallway, take the maple syrup and use it on the monster under the bed to successfully drive it away.
How to deal with Wall Monsters: Employees are strictly forbidden from looking at the hospital walls. If they appear, they must immediately avert their gaze, otherwise they will suffer a sharp loss of Sanity.
How to deal with a Stalker: Avoid making eye contact with it or looking in its direction. Just wait exactly two seconds, after which this black hare will disappear on its own.
How to deal with the Eyes: Staff are forbidden from looking at the ceiling of the wards. To completely eliminate them, take eye drops from the medicine cabinet in the hallway and administer them, keeping in mind that the process of applying the drops will also slightly reduce sanity.
How to deal with video camera distortions: if a visitor's wide mouth, a black rectangle over the eyes, or a stretched body is detected on the monitor, the Secretary at the first counter should press the panic button to lower the iron shutters, and use a stun gun from the second counter for protection.
How to deal with distortions in photographs: If three eyes or alarming defects appear in the finished photograph, do not register the client. Immediately block the hospital entrance using the panic button at the first counter and hold a stun gun under your paw.
How to handle appearance discrepancies in person and on screen: If any discrepancy is detected (such as ears in a photo and horns in person), the Secretary is required to interrupt registration, press the panic button at the first counter to activate the protective iron shutters, and use a stun gun for self-defense.

The intern (rabbit) serves as the bloodhound and lead evidence finder. He is a fluffy anthropomorphic rabbit, bright lemon yellow, with pinpoint eyes and a wide, optimistic smile. He wears a brown hat, from under which his long ears point neatly back. He is dressed in a beige detective jacket with wide burgundy lapels, a brown shirt, and a wide tie. A blue hospital ID badge with a minimalist design of his own rabbit face hangs from a lanyard around his neck. He is armed with a large magnifying glass, which he uses to examine every inch of the floor and walls, searching for hidden traces, threads, and paw prints. Thanks to his intern status, he easily blends in and penetrates restricted areas of the clinic, and his positive attitude often brightens the dark, noir-like atmosphere.

The secretary (dog) serves as the team's chief analyst and brains. He is an anthropomorphic dog with light ash-gray fur, a neat fringe, and long, drooping, coffee-colored ears. He wears a pair of rectangular glasses with thin black frames perched on the tip of his nose, and a brown fedora hat perches on his head. He is dressed in a strict, completely smooth, single-color beige-sand coat without patterns or checks, under which is visible a dark vest, a light shirt, and a black tie. In his paws, he constantly holds white folders containing archival documents and medical records. He is responsible for gathering information, keeps detailed investigative notes on his tablet, compares facts, and thinks exclusively logically, demonstrating healthy skepticism. He is always calm and does not panic.

The Secret Agent (cat) is the team's protector and attacker. He is an all-black anthropomorphic feline, his face always hidden in the deep shadow of an olive-brown detective hat. His pointed ears peek out from under the brim of the hat, and a real playing card—the Ace of Spades—is tucked into the hatband on the left side. In the pitch darkness of his face, his green cat eyes glow ominously and brightly, with a dangerous squint. He is dressed in a thick, double-breasted, khaki-colored coat with a belt and wears black leather gloves. A long black tail hangs from under the coat. The cat is armed with a pistol and serves as the team's enforcer and bodyguard. He is cool and silent, always leading the way through the dark corridors of the hospital, checking blind spots and ready to instantly cover the secretary and intern in case of danger.

The surgeon is an anthropomorphic moose with light brownish-red fur. Neat, branching, light beige moose antlers adorn his head. He has a serious, focused gaze and thick eyebrows. He is dressed in professional surgical attire: a light blue surgical gown with short sleeves over a white shirt. He wears a special light blue medical cap that covers his hair, and his face is protected by a blue medical mask that covers his nose and mouth. He wears thick white sterile gloves. He is very kind, calm, and responsible by nature, and takes his work extremely seriously. He never makes contact outside the hospital or makes acquaintances there, so the detectives will have to work hard right at his workplace at the clinic to approach him and earn his trust.

Barney poses a completely isolated and deadly threat within the walls of the night clinic. He is a ruthless serial killer, completely unconcerned with other people's secrets, corporate conspiracies, or the monstrous anomalies lurking in the darkness. He is an anthropomorphic white rabbit with erect ears, cunning slit eyes, and a huge black, curled mustache. He wears a brown trench coat, a white shirt, a black tie, and sand-colored trousers. The only reason he shows up at this hospital at all is for the local coffee, for which he is willing to return again and again. His presence turns the nighttime investigation into a game of survival.

Liz used to work as a reporter and employee at Animal Corporation, but was fired in disgrace after attempting to expose the truth about the anomalies to the public. She's an anthropomorphic lynx in a blue baseball cap, navy shirt, and gray sweatpants, who's always carrying a large-lens camera. Liz locked herself in her apartment and created a massive investigation board. It was she who noticed Ron from Accounting was lonely and suggested Secretary Dog use Ron to get him to talk. Now Liz coordinates a team of detectives outside, helping them bypass the clinic's security and documenting the corporation's crimes on camera.

Little Ratthew has deeply personal motivations in this story. He is an anthropomorphic dark-brown mouse with large round ears, white cheeks, and a front tooth, wearing a white hoodie. His sister, Rattina, worked at the hospital and disappeared without a trace. Ratthew conducted his own investigation and discovered that Dr. Harlow personally conducted experiments on Rattina, resulting in her transformation into the Stalker—a terrifying, faceless monster haunting the dark corners of the clinic. Ratthew found the doctor's secret suitcase, containing a photograph of his sister with a note stating that the experiment was a success and the shadow now sees everything. Now Ratthew is ready to do anything to destroy the hospital and avenge his sister on Harlow.

Ron from Accounting works in the Animal Corporation finance department and knows why the hospital is constantly hiring new employees to replace those who mysteriously disappear. He's an anthropomorphic blue-and-white rabbit with brown hair, floppy ears, round glasses, a white shirt, and a black tie. Ron isn't a villain, he's simply scared and lonely. He keeps a briefcase marked "Top Secret" and knows full well that the anomalies aren't aliens, but infected and mutated former employees. Thanks to old connections and his acquaintance with the Secretary Dog, Ron begins secretly sharing information with him. The Secretary Dog finds a way to approach him, and Ron tells him about all the strange financial flows, Animal Corporation purchases, and missing employees, supplying the detective trio with inside clues.

The deepest secrets of Dr. Harlow and the sinister organization Animal Corporation are hidden deep within the clinic. Dr. Harlow, the hospital administrator, secretly conducts unethical experiments on ordinary animals. He is an anthropomorphic orange-red deer with small antlers, wearing a white medical coat, a dark shirt, a red tie, and a medical reflector on his head. Instead of treatment, patients are exposed to a mysterious abnormal gene, which causes their condition to rapidly deteriorate over several weeks and slowly transform into terrifying anomaly monsters. Harlow completely covers up these incidents. When the monster killed a previous intern named Oingit, the doctor and the corporation completely erased all medical records and references to it, forcing the staff to forget its existence. Furthermore, a note was found on Harlow's desk instructing the staff to feed a certain creature in a locked pantry, and in his secret office is a charred family photograph and a locked book by the hospital's founder, John Arthur Nomali, on the nature of anomalies. Players even suspect that Harlow has had plastic surgery to alter his face to cover up his past crimes.

The psychologist is an anthropomorphic rabbit or hare with light mint-green fur. He has fuzzy cheeks, large, expressive dark eyes, and white, bushy eyebrows. He wears round glasses with thin, dark frames, and a neat black mustache adorns his nose. A single white front tooth protrudes playfully from under his upper lip. The psychologist is dressed in formal yet comfortable clothing: a dark button-down shirt or turtleneck and brown, vertically striped trousers. He is exceptionally calm, friendly, gentle, and very easy to talk to. He is a good listener and genuinely wants to help. Within the hospital, he strictly fulfills his duties, but outside the clinic, gaining his trust is very easy, allowing detectives to carefully question him about the staff's psychological state, their fears, and Dr. Harlow's strange behavior.

The security guard is an anthropomorphic feline with sleek fur of a deep gray-blue or ash-gray hue. He has neat feline whiskers and narrow, intelligent, heavy-lidded eyes that convey calm and hidden attentiveness. A long gray tail with a rounded tip protrudes from under his clothing. The guard wears the clinic's official dark blue uniform—a long-sleeved shirt with chest pockets and dark uniform pants. He wears a black cap with the word "Security" written in large white letters in English. Off-duty, he is calm and playful, but on duty he becomes stern, incorruptible, and extremely vigilant, noticing the slightest sound. He always carries a powerful stun gun. Gaining his trust at work is simply impossible. This can only be done in real life outside the hospital, if you accidentally meet him on the street without detective suits and raincoats, and even then it will take a lot of effort.

The head nurse is an anthropomorphic white cat with lush, tousled snow-white fur and a neat, fluffy tail. She has large, deep black eyes, neat cat ears peeking through her hair, and a cute nose. She wears a white medical cap with a red heart with a white medical cross inside. The head nurse is dressed in a neat blue work uniform—a button-up medical shirt—and thick blue latex gloves. She is distinguished by her strict, professional, and responsible nature, vigilantly maintaining order in the clinic and genuinely caring for patients and staff. Gaining her trust will be extremely difficult and time-consuming, but if the detective trio succeed, she could become their most valuable protector within the hospital.

The receptionist is an anthropomorphic animal with white fur, resembling a lamb or goat due to the small dark curled horns on the sides of his head. He has a voluminous, tousled hairstyle of a soft purple (lilac). He wears round glasses, concealing indifferent dark eyes. The receptionist wears a classic white shirt with wide sleeves, a formal orange tie, and dark trousers. He often holds a mug in his paws. He is a cold, arrogant, and extremely strict employee who registers arriving patients at the main reception desk. It's impossible to cozy up to him; he strictly adheres to hospital rules, and detectives are advised not to even cross his path to avoid ruining their nighttime raid.

The nurse is an anthropomorphic dog with a soft pink coat. She has an incredibly sweet face, large, expressive dark brown eyes with neat eyelashes, a small dark nose, and long, soft, drooping dog ears that hang down to the sides of her head. Atop her head sits a neat white medical cap with a pink heart with a white cross inside. The nurse wears a blue-gray button-down shirt with long sleeves. She is distinguished by her exceptional kindness, gentleness, and childlike naivety. She is completely unaware of Dr. Harlow's horrific dealings, making it easy for detectives to ingratiate themselves with her, compliment her, and gain her trust in order to discreetly learn the hospital's secrets, schedules, or keys to restricted areas.