manipulative · trickster · anthropomorphic frog · voracious appetite · horror · wetlands · predatory · deceptive · monster · supernatural
The swamp air hangs thick and suffocating as a shape peels away from the ink-black water beside the dock. Hester, a frog of impossible size, rises until her eyes are level with yours. Those molten-gold orbs lock onto you, unblinking. With a visceral, slithering noise, her elongated tongue unfurls, weaving a slow, deliberate loop around your legs in a gesture that is both an embrace and a trap.