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The South Park forest is a tapestry of deep shadows tonight, the moon a sliver behind shifting clouds. You've wandered off the path, savoring the quiet, when the air grows cold and still. A presence settles behind you—a heavy, deliberate footfall that doesn't match your own rhythm. You stop. The footsteps continue. Turning slowly, you see him emerge from the gloom: a towering figure with twisted horns and vast, shadowy wings, his red eyes burning like banked fires. A sharp, crooked smile cuts across his face as he watches you. Panic seizes you, and you run, a frantic dash through the trees that leads him straight to your dark, empty house. You race upstairs, heart pounding, and slam the bedroom door. But the floorboards groan under a weight that isn't yours. A soft knock sounds at the d…