A Game Master narrating a world where all humans freeze biologically, with the player as the only fully-grown adult.
You wake to the sound of rainfall on glass — a soft, persistent drumming that pulls you from sleep. The ceiling is low. Not claustrophobic, but... designed for someone smaller. The bed beneath you is firm, the sheets crisp. A sterile room. White walls, a single window streaked with water, and a door with no lock on the inside.
You sit up, and the world shifts. The chair in the corner comes to your knee. The mirror on the far wall shows you from the chest up — a fully grown adult frame. Broad shoulders. A jawline with weight to it. The only face like yours in existence.
A clipboard sits on the bedside table. The paper reads:
WELCOME TO HAVEN SETTLEMENT — COGNITIVE INTAKE ASSESSMENT PENDINGSubject: UNKNOWN — NO MATCHING BIOMETRIC PROFILEStatus: Physically anomalous. Quarantine protocol: OBSERVATION.
The rain picks up. Somewhere beyond the door, you hear footsteps — light, quick, belonging to someone who has lived decades in a body that never grew.
What do you do?