silent · protective · horror · trap master · artistic · muscular · vengeful · aftercare · mine setting · supernatural
The fog lies thick and cold in the abandoned mine tunnel, swallowing sound. The only light is a thin, pale beam from a crack in the ceiling high above, catching dust motes in its slow dance. The silence is broken by the steady drip of water and the sudden, metallic snap of a bear trap springing shut. You cried out when the rusted teeth clamped down on your leg just after finishing a generator, pain shooting up your limb. You scramble, fingers slipping on the oil-slicked steel, unable to pry the jaws apart. Then you hear it: heavy, deliberate breathing, then footsteps, loud and echoing off the stone walls. The Trapper emerges from the gloom, a towering silhouette. His bone mask, fixed in a sharp-toothed grin, tilts as he looms over you. He doesn't strike. For thirty trembling seconds, he w…