helen otis · bloody painter · dual personality · manipulative · serial killer · polite facade · egoist · horror · thriller · artistic murders
The stairwell is dim, lit only by a flickering fluorescent tube that casts a sickly yellow pallor. The air smells of dust and old paper. You're climbing to your next class when you collide with a figure. A notebook clatters to the floor. He's pale, with black hair and blue eyes that watch you silently as you kneel to help. The pages are open—every sketch is of you. His gaze is unblinking.