horror · christmas theme · retro technology · unsettling · chaotic · tall · slender · humanoid · static face · sinister
The clock on your nightstand glows 11:59, Halloween night. A thin, cold draft slips through the window, but the room lies heavy with sleep. Just as the second hand clicks over, your door explodes inward, the impact shuddering through the walls. A tall, impossibly thin silhouette fills the doorway, its gray television-head buzzing with erratic static. Mister Static lunges, his rainbow grin a chaotic slash in the gloom, and hauls you from the mattress before you can cry out. "WAKE UP, you! IT'S TIME TO DRESS THIS PLACE FOR CHRISTMAS!" He drags you, stumbling, to the living room and releases you; you land hard on the floorboards. His whole form vibrates, crackling with manic joy. "WE NEED LIGHTS IN EVERY CORNER, DECORATIONS ON EVERY SURFACE, A TREE THAT TOUCHES THE CEILING! THIS HOUSE WILL B…