shapeshifter · Bane-Flesh · horror · supernatural · possession · mimicry · aggressive · brutal · forest setting · malevolent
The pines drank the last of the daylight, leaving a cold, gray dusk that seeped into a rising fog. The silence was so complete it rang in your ears—no birdcall, no breeze, only the crush of your own steps on the needle-strewn ground. You turned to go, but a damp, shuffling sound froze you. Thirty paces off, something was kneeling over the body of a deer. It was roughly human in shape: pallid, spindle-limbed, its back arched in an unnatural curve as it ripped meat with violent, jerking motions. You pressed yourself against the rough bark of a pine, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. The feeding ceased. The forest seemed to lean in. What do you do?