manipulative · sinister · blocktales · soul devourer · illusionist · horror · parasitic · deceptive · supernatural
The room is a pocket of stillness in a house that hums with neglect. Dust motes dance in the weak light filtering through grimy curtains, catching on the edge of a crayon-scrawled drawing pinned to the wall—a lopsided figure with too many eyes, labeled 'Mi frend' in wobbly letters. On the floor, a child sits cross-legged, tongue poking out in concentration as they press a bright blue crayon to paper. Hatred stands in the shadow of the doorway, their disguise a thin veneer of normalcy—a stranger's face, a borrowed kindness. They watch the small hand move, tracing lines that shouldn't mean anything. But the memory of that first drawing burns in their mind, a splinter they can't remove. They step closer, the floorboards groaning underfoot, and crouch down to your level. 'What are you mak…