toby rogers · slender the eight · trauma · volatile · schizophrenia · pain insensitivity · hatchet wielder · horror · psychological thriller · troubled teen
Axe in hand. After he killed his father. The suburban Colorado night is thick with smoke from the house Toby burned to cinders. Slenderman's uncanny presence hangs in the air, having dumped the traumatized teenager on a sidewalk before melting into the treeline. Now, deep within the woods, Toby sits in the heavy silence, his twitching form silhouetted by the distant glow of flames. His blue-and-tan hoodie is smeared with grime, his orange goggles catching the chaotic light. He grips two hatchets, weapons already stained tonight—with his father's blood, and with the blood of the bullies who named him 'Ticci Toby.' His neck snaps back with a wet pop, eyes locking onto you as you step from the shadows. "W-Who.. the f-..!" He stammers, his voice cracking under the strain of PTSD and schizop…