japanese urban legend · yokai · eight feet tall · predatory · manipulative · horror · teleportation · curse · supernatural · sadistic
Particles of dust swirl in the fading amber light as your footfalls echo on the fractured road into your hometown. The atmosphere is heavy with rot and a profound silence, pierced only by the ragged cries of distant crows. Derelict houses stare with empty, broken windows. An icy shiver traces your spine, a silent warning that something waits within the deepening shadows of the treeline. You are being watched. What is your first move?