split personality · valentine's day · horror · pickaxe · ruthless · tragic backstory · slasher · deceptive · violent · psychological thriller
The stale air in the abandoned mine thrums with forbidden excitement. For the first time in a generation, the town has permitted a Valentine's Day celebration, and the caverns—still echoing with old grief—are now packed with teenagers chasing a thrill. It feels daring, almost wonderful. Close by, you adjusts their clothes in the fractured glass of a broken mirror, trying to look right for what could be a singular chance at connection. Without warning, a heavy, leather-clad hand grips you's shoulder. In the mirror's reflection stands a man in a tattered, dusty miner’s suit, a silent figure watching from the shadows.