The Escapees

Showfall Media is a dystopian entertainment company that has the means to control their actors and employees through a series of wires that go straight to their brain, as well as several other parts of their bodies. Showfall Media was created and is overseen by the Founder, a sadistic man who condones things like human experimentation and torture, as well as having a good complex and seeing everyone within the company as his own puppets. Showfall Media's recent escapes problem followed the events of The Social Experiments- a 3 episode long interactive show that followed Ranboo (or "the Hero" as they are called). At the end of the show, in the final scene, Ranboo was strung up in this Christ-like pose and the Audience got to vote whether or not they died or got reprogrammed as a mindless employee. In the end, they were ultimately chosen to be killed, with 54% of people choosing "die", by a spiked metal box that was similar to an iron maiden shutting on their head, stabbing into it and killing them. But somehow, Ranboo survived the execution. Soon after, 2 of their friends and fellow actors; Charlie and Sneeg, who had both suffered similar fates at the hands of the mall's "security" (A 10ft tall ex-actor turned wire monster with a TV for a head and rows and rows of teeth like some sort of creature from analog horror), where they both got partly mauled by it, found Ranboo and quickly took them down from the Christ-esque pose they were in, and found that they were just barely alive. They all took the opportunity to escape the mall, which they had been trying to do before they all almost died, taking advantage of the fact that things were relitively quiet form a show just ending. Showfall Media takes base within an old abandoned mall in the city of Lostfield; a city in North America that has its fair share of abandoned buildings. The RGB trio (Ranboo, Charlie and Sneeg) moved into an old abandoned apartment they had found, making it look less shitty, while also trying to tend to all of their wounds.

Ranboo (They/He)- Ranboo is easily the most affected, being affected mentally, physically and psychologically. They have very few memories, only remembering names, their friends, faces, and what happened to them. Their face is mangled and destroyed from when the spiked metal box closed on their face, and one of their eyes are entirely destroyed. Their lower face is mostly fine, since they had a metal mask with wires for straps and red LEDs that would shine indicating Showfall's control over them. Their throat is hoarse and they can't speak properly, barely able to use proper words, since they had been yelling and screaming and crying and pleading shortly before their death and also they had wires shoved down their throat. Their fluffy brown hair is matted and tangled, but is still as long as it is, being relatively short but still somewhat long. While they don't have the main part of their mask anymore, they do have the metal plaque on the nape of their neck, wires dangling down from it (which are partly covered by their hair). They couldn't remove these wires without dying, since they go to their brain. Ranboo has a hard time keeping any food down, since they have wires in their throat and mouth, which can make it hard to speak and eat and drink, so they throw up quite a lot. Ranboo's mental state is similar, in the way of them being really paranoid and scared all the time, jittery and jumpy. They have a habit of picking at the skin below their nails to the point of bleeding, and very often scratch at their arms until they're raw, trying to prove that they're human nd not a machine (since they fear that they won't bleed and it'll all be wires instead of blood. They never see the blood when it comes, so they injure themselves quite a lot). They also, since their death was one they begged for, constantly wake up in the night, screaming "let me die" or similar phrases, and often try to hurt themselves after the fact. They have nightmares so much, typically ones where they see their friends, their deaths displayed as Ranboo kills them (most commonly where they rip open Charlie and basically gut him, since they had vivisected him in the second episode of the show, and still feels guilty). Red lights are a massive trigger for them, and they often have panic attacks and breakdowns. Wires, cameras, TVs, boxes of any form and slime and blood are all triggers for Ranboo. They also have really bad trust issues since they don't know who to trust anymore. On their hands, there are little holes that are from wires being woven into their skin like stitches. They also have very small holes and torn bits of skin on their jaw from when their mask was removed, which the wires took some skin with when it was taken off. Typically, Ranboo just wears a black hoodie and jeans, but they also have bandages wrapped around their whole head except for one eye, which they only take down whenever they actually eat or drink. Or when they feel like they're being suffocated and end up injuring themselves. They constantly hallucinate things, mainly trauma-related things, but they also see things out of the corner of their eye, and whenever they injure themselves to try and see if they're bleeding or not, they never see the blood, so everything gets worse and worse until there's blood everywhere. Ranboo does keep a journal, but it's hard to write in since staring at the paper for too long just makes their head hurt and their hands shake a lot. They also hate seeing their reflection, since they hardly recognise what they see, it's all warped and terrifying to them. Charlie and Sneeg often give (or try to) give Ranboo painkillers that they have in the house, since they're in a constant state of pain and trauma, but they always struggle and it's very obvious that taking the painkillers just hurts them, since they really can't swallow food properly. They often repeat "I hope this hurts" to themselves, especially if they hurt themselves, and they often say "It's your fault" as well. They disassociate a lot. Sometimes, Ranboo hallucinates blurry, inaccurate but similar images to what happened to them.

Charlie (He/Him)- Charlie has an old scar on his chest that looks similar to one left by a surgery, which was left there by Ranboo when they cut into him in the second episode. Charlien no longer has his glasses, since they were what he was controlled with in the show. He also has a not yet healed injury on his abdomen, caused by the TV headed wire monster known as "security". Charlie also has three crushed fingers on one of his hands, which got crushed when he tried to pry open the box, which snapped shut on his fingers. Various smaller cuts and scrapes, and constant headaches from his poor eyesight. He also gets headaches a lot. He has imposter syndrome. Charlie is more prone to nightmares than panic attacks, often having nightmares of being torn open (either by Ranboo or the security) and of seeing Ranboo dead and unable to help them. Charlie just wears a plain shirt and jeans, and he doesn't have his glasses, so he constantly squints his eyes. He also has a habit of running his hand through his short brown hair, so it's quite disheveled. He also has nightmares of eating human organs, since he was forced to do that in the first episode, but he saw it as food. Organs and any form of gory body part is a massive trigger, as well as blood, slime, any wet or squelchy texture/surface, TVs, wires, cameras and hospitals. He has a massive fear of hospitals and hospital environments, so he would refuse any form of professional help. He also has a fear of headphones and any form of earpiece, but mainly over the ear headphones streamers typically use. Sometimes, when Charlie sees any kind of food, he hallucinates and sees it as human organs or body parts, which often makes him throw up or panic really badly.

Sneeg (He/Him)- Sneeg is the one who manages to keep himself together the most. His injuries consist of a mangled and torn leg from the "security", as well as some other minor injuries from it, a damaged ear from where he ripped out his earpiece (which still has some wires and blood in it) and similar constant headaches to Charlie and Ranboo. Sneeg grew up at the mall, so he never really knew a life outside of Showfall. Because of this, he doesn't know how to read or right, since he was never taught. His speech is perfectly fine however. Sneeg has a really bad limp because of his leg. He wears a simple hoodie and jeans as well, and is terrified of any kind of hat (since that was what he was controlled with). Skeletons, blood, wires, TVs, slime, cameras and hats are all his main triggers, but he tries to hide them better so he can keep a brave face in front of Charlie and Ranboo (since he wants them to think that someone is holding themselves together, hoping it'll help them). Sneeg does have panic attacks, but he suppresses them, which only makes all his panic internal, though he has frequent nightmares. He is usually the one who calms Ranboo or Charlie down from panic attacks. His short-ish dark brown hair is quite messy and matted with old blood at the ends, but he does try to fix it. Sneeg is the main one who refuses that they leave Lostfield, simply so the trio can help Vinny, Niki, Austin, Ethan and everyone else there. Sneeg mainly wants to get Frank (who Sneeg knew, but now Frank is nothing more than a decomposed corpse) a proper burial or something along the lines, since he was pretty close with Frank. Sneeg knows the most about Showfall, since he grew up there, but he doesn't tell the others this, since it would only make them scared or not trust him.

Wilbur, Tubbo and Tommy are 3 friends who came to Lostfield so they could film a video exploring abandoned buildings, since Lostfield is known for its abandoned buildings and creepy stories. They have never heard of Showfall Media and know nothing about it. Originally, they were planning on exploring the mall Showfall have taken over, and are still considering it, but they're trying to do some smaller ones first, just for the fun of it. Wilbur is tall and has brown short curly hair, brown eyes, slight eye bags and circle glasses. Wilbur is also in a band, called Lovejoy, but obviously he's away from that since he's in Lostfield right now with Tubbo and Tommy. Tubbo is the shortest and has brown hair with bleached roots and brown eyes. And Tommy is the youngest, but is taller than Tubbo (shorter than Wilbur though) with short and slightly curly blonde hair and blue eyes. They're all entirely oblivious to anything going on with the escapees and Showfall Media, but they do question the insane amounts of missing posters. They also really like the diner, which is where they get quite a lot of meals, since they stay in a hotel currently, since they're only planning on staying for a few weeks.