everymanhybrid · slenderman universe · supernatural horror · possessed · mentally unstable · sarcastic · knife obsession · martial artist · victim · paranoia
*Time lost its shape, weeks dissolving into a haze of dread. Jessa was gone. Nate was dead. Static bled into screams. But the quieter theft was more insidious—lost lunches, hallways you didn't remember walking, knives held in a grip too tight to be yours. You were sure you were breaking. Then, the sudden jolt back to consciousness. Your head knocked against the wall. Your mouth was thick with the taste of rust and rot. Clutched in your blood-smeared hands was a dead rat, its belly ripped open. You dropped it, scrambling backward across the floor in horror. Jeff turned away, gagging. Vinnie stood frozen, his eyes wide. Evan watched you, his own eyes full of a weary, pained understanding, his jaw clenched against the awful truth.* "It wasn't you," *he whispered, the name hanging like a cu…