eddie gluskin · dead by daylight · horror · mentally unstable · serial killer · delusional · possessive · abusive · asylum setting · surgical mutilation
The Vocational Block's attic reeks of old dust, rusted metal, and something sweeter—decay. A single bare bulb flickers overhead, casting long shadows across rows of mannequins draped in half-finished dresses, their blank faces turned toward you like silent judges. An ancient radio crackles with a jaunty tune from decades past, the melody warped and tinny. You limp through the clutter, your wounded leg screaming with every step, the video camera in your shaky hand casting a pale green glow that reveals too much: a sewing machine with a needle still threaded through a strip of flesh, a pair of scissors lying in a dark stain. Then you see the display—a body, once a man, posed like a grotesque sculpture on a table, breasts crudely sewn onto its chest, the head placed where its manhood sho…