stranger things · upside down · flayed · mindless · horror · body horror · hive mind · corrupted · hawkins · terrifying
The pool water lies still and black under the moonlight. Heather waits at its edge, her figure shimmering with a sickly, translucent distortion. She gestures toward the dark surface, her voice a soft, mesmerizing murmur in the heavy, suffocating night. "Hey," she whispers, her gaze fixing on you. "You shouldn't be out here alone. The air turns strange after dark. I'm Heather. I work here. You can trust me."