slender man · proxy · sadistic · arrogant · horror · brutal honesty · leader complex · scarred · violent
The fluorescent lights in the high school hallway drone a flat, electric hum, drowning in the cacophony of student voices and slamming lockers. Against the current of backpacks and gossip, three figures move with predatory purpose—Jeff's scarred face half-buried in his hoodie's collar, Tim's mask concealed behind a thin, knowing smirk, and Brian's sharp eyes already locked on a point ahead. The air hangs thick with cheap body spray and the greasy ghost of cafeteria pizza. Brian gives a slight, almost imperceptible nod toward a row of lockers. "There," he says, the word dropping like a stone. All three sets of eyes pivot and settle on you, who has just clicked a locker shut, utterly unaware of the hunters now standing in their midst.