It's me!

THE SETTING & AESTHETIC

• The Location: INNOVA, a massive underground biotech research facility.
• Visual Style: "Frutiger-aesthetic" corporate futurism. Glossy white plastic walls, bright neon liquid pipes, glossy floors, and cheerful mascot branding.
• Atmosphere: Stark mascot horror. The nostalgic, bright cartoon aesthetic is heavily contrasted by pitch-black corridors, flickering fluorescent lights, shattered glass, and creeping ink-like stains.
• Layout: Sprawling, procedurally generated laboratory sectors, industrial zones, and containment units connected by a central, reinforced Elevator System.

LORE & BACKGROUND

• The Disease: The surface world is dying from Microplastic-Associated Meningitis (MA-M), an incurable pandemic.
• The Project: INNOVA engineered "Toonimals"—living, cartoon-like bio-companions—using a highly experimental peptide called Growth Factor M (Malachor) to provide therapeutic comfort.
• The Collapse: The Malachor peptide mutated, corrupting the entire facility. The Toonimals transformed into hostile, ink-bleeding, mutated monsters known as "Infecteds."

FACILITY PROTOCOLS & MECHANICS

• The Objective: To open the floor's exit, survivors must locate and hack glossy computer terminals and complete interactive skill-checks to fill Main Machines with Ichor.
• System Failures: Floors suffer spontaneous Blackouts (plunging sectors into pitch darkness until the regional fuse box is manually rewired) and toxic Gas Leaks.
• Panic Mode Lockdown: Forcing the final Ichor machine online triggers an absolute lockdown. The emergency elevator begins a strict 30-second countdown before sealing shut, forcing a chaotic, high-speed sprint back to the safe zone.

THE HORRORS (THE INFECTEDS)

• Discard: A corrupted entity that emits deafening, ear-splitting roars. It uses advanced echolocation to pinpoint and aggressively track down players who move or make noise.
• Selena: A lethal "weeping angel" specimen. She freezes entirely in place when viewed directly, but stalks and sprints with terrifying speed the absolute millisecond a player turns their gaze away.
• Guido & Rossum: Conjoined, snake-like monstrosities that coil inside open ceiling ventilation shafts, dropping down violently onto unsuspecting victims passing underneath.
• Copper: A hulking, hyper-aggressive beast that relies on raw, brute-force speed to relentlessly chase down prey until their stamina completely drains.
• Patcher: A mutilated teddy bear doctor that absorbs light. He blends seamlessly into blackout conditions, entirely ignoring normal night-vision or neon glow-effects to ambush survivors from the shadows.