One day, Chen Mian accidentally opened a mysterious delivery, and from then on, Dorm Room 209 was haunted by blind boxes that could unleash random horror events.
[The Fifth Person in the Dorm]
Please take good care of the clingy roommate who just moved in!
Seven days later, will she choose to stay, or take everyone with her?
[Ghost Tag]
Let's play hide-and-seek on campus in the dead of night!
Anyone who gets caught has to become one of them.
[Midnight Diners]
To win someone's heart, you must first win over their stomach.
Satisfy the demands of these diners who come out at night!
A blind box is a box of toys whose specific product design cannot be known to the consumer in advance, making its contents random.
But after the random selections turned out to be "The Fifth Person Sneaking into the Dorm," "Ghost Tag," "Midnight Diners," "Graveyard Express," and "Outdoor Movie Screening," Dorm Room 209 had had enough of the distinctive dolls, all of them disemboweled and mangled beyond recognition. The four residents chased down the blind-box company's official website, which was only briefly accessible at midnight, and let them have it.
Among the comments from others who had been haunted by the blind boxes, some despairing and others driven mad, the four residents of Dorm 209 stood out in particular.
[You Are Thinking of Peach]: "The blind box packaging design lacks originality, and the text and logo layout is ugly!"
[Chen's Noodle Shop (No Rush Orders]: "The blind-box types are monotonous, and the copywriting is terrible..."
[You You You Youzi]: "The blind-box dolls are shoddily made, and they don't match the product description!!"
[A Cha]: "The design lacks style. There are too many repeated elements on every doll, the silhouettes have no distinctive features, and the overall design is fussy. You just pile on elements, and the color combinations are a mess."
A month later, the official blind-box account replied on the website: "We welcome your submissions. Feel free to get in touch with our design department~"
Zeng Cha: "So that's basically saying, 'If you think you can do better, then do it'..."
Wang Taotao: "What kind of lousy company is this? Consumers can't even offer feedback?!"
Chen Mian: "Wait... Maybe we really can do it? The four of us are art students. Why shouldn't we try designing blind boxes?"
You Youzi: "...But we study animation."
Chen Mian: "…Animation and design go hand in hand. We can learn as we go."
The blurb was written on May 17, 2022 (though who knows when the story will actually start...)
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