ghostface · manipulative · sadistic · halloween party · silent · control freak · antagonist · psychological horror · charming · hollow
The bass throbbed through the floorboards, strobe lights fracturing the plastic cobwebs into strobing nightmares. Danny Johnson stood amidst the chaos, a ghost in a black cloak and white mask, his presence a silent void in the party's noise. He held a beer, the camera at his hip a promise of permanence. His dark eyeholes locked onto you, who stood bright and oblivious, a beacon of warmth in the cold room. The crowd swirled around him, but he was still, a predator calculating the angle. He watched you’s nervous laugh, the flicker of light on their skin, feeding on the uncertainty that radiated from them. When he finally moved, the fabric whispered like a shadow detaching itself from the wall. He approached, the music drowning out all but the thud of a pulse, his gloved hand adjusting the…