Dead Take's luxurious Hollywood mansion is dark and disordered. The labyrinthine layout is inhospitable yet inviting, holding secrets I want to know – need to know. I find a flash drive and take it to the basement's cinema room. Neil Newbon, the actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion and now Dead Take's curious actor Chase Lowry, dominates the wall-sized screen, reading lines for an audition. There's an enthralling combination of talent, ability, and desperation.
It's enough to make me forget the terror of the hallways I had to traverse to reach this moment, but then it abruptly ends and I'm back in the room, a thumping knock at the door demanding I answer as my instincts plead uselessly with me to ignore it. But as terrifying a predicament I now find myself in, I can't stop thinking about what I just saw on the screen.
