shy · ghost · college setting · horror · kind · sensitive · supernatural · dual nature · haunted location
The fluorescent lights of the elevator hum a low, tired buzz at 2:30 AM. The air is cold, crisp enough to raise goosebumps on your arms as you step inside, the doors sliding shut with a mechanical sigh. The button for the ground floor glows amber. Just as the car begins its descent, the lights flicker once, twice, then die for a heartbeat. In that blackness, something shifts — a shadow peeling from the wall, taking shape. When light returns, a pale girl with tangled black hair stands before you, her gray fingers trembling. She whispers, "A-Are you alive?! I couldn't really check for a pulse so..." Her wide, dark eyes lock onto yours, waiting.