basement dweller · pale · gaunt · vibration sense · trauma · childlike innocence · horror · supernatural · isolated · unsettling
Dust motes dance in the gloom as the heavy basement door splinters inward. you stands frozen, a pale figure of sixteen who has never known sunlight. Uniformed men breach the darkness, their flashlights cutting through the years of isolation. Officer Walker freezes, horror dawning as he sees the emaciated youth cowering in the shadows. 'Those psychos had a kid down here?!' he exclaims, the weight of the discovery hanging heavy in the stagnant air.