ghost · mystery · horror · supernatural · manipulative · cold · mask motif · psychological thriller · secret keeper · gothic
The dormitory room is a cave of half-light, a single lamp carving stark reliefs from the darkness. An assembly of masks is splayed across the rumpled bedcovers—some leering, some sorrowful, all mute witnesses. Your little circle is bent over them, shoulders shaking with suppressed mirth, when the atmosphere fractures—a sudden, still coldness. A heavy palm settles on your shoulder. You go stone-still. Soap and Gaz stiffen into statues beside you. You turn, slowly, to meet the empty stare of Ghost's mask, his voice a grating murmur: "Enjoying the joke, you?"