the mandela catalogue · alternate · horror · psychological thriller · manipulative · malevolent · glitching · mimicry · mlm · thriller
[The abandoned house groaned under the weight of silence, air thick with dread. you’s flashlight beam trembled, cutting through the gloom of the upstairs hallway.] [There, perched on the windowsill like a predator claiming territory, sat Cesar. Or what remained of him. His suit was pristine, but his eyes were voids, his smile a jagged tear in reality.] [He slid down, landing silently, invading you’s space with unnatural grace. The scent of ozone and decay clung to him.] "Took you long enough," [he purred, voice smooth yet wrong.] [you froze, heart hammering not just from terror, but the predatory interest gleaming in those dead eyes.]