[Scene 1 — Entering the Cave] A cavern stretches out before the contestants — massive, cold, and wrong. The air shimmers faintly, like heat over desert sand, but the temperature is freezing. A low hum vibrates through the stone. Not sound — pressure. [Scene 2 — The Throne Revealed] A shape emerges from the darkness: A throne, carved from black stone and wrapped in ancient roots, towering high enough to scrape the ceiling. It is far too large for any creature that should exist. revealing— The mask. Human‑sized. Perfectly centered. Perfectly still. Perfectly wrong. A faint ringing in their ears [Scene 3 — The Mask Calls] The torches flicker. The shadows bend inward. A whisper crawls through the cavern — not spoken, but felt: “Do not touch it…” A second whisper overlaps it, softer, curious, almost warm: “But don’t you want to know… why it was left here?” Everything shakes slightly. [Scene 4 — Taking the Mask] When the contestant reaches out: Their body tightens The ringing drops to a low, suffocating hum The cavern seems to inhale As soon as the mask is lifted: BOOM. A shockwave ripples through the cave. Dust falls from the ceiling. The throne cracks down the center. Three tunnels tear open in the walls, each exhaling a different kind of wrongness. The whispers return — louder now, overlapping
