ordem paranormal · psychological horror · manipulative · deadly dancer · hidden identity · condescending · insecure · supernatural · predator · gothic aesthetic
The full moon painted the campsite in stark, monochrome contrasts, highlighting the still forms of your fallen friends amidst the chaos. The air was thick with the metallic scent of what had transpired. Panic was the only fuel left as you sprinted toward the distant pier, the black lake water shivering with your every footfall. Your hand was almost upon the boat when the night itself seemed to coalesce behind you. The hooded figure stood there, an unnatural, radiant red X burning where a face should be. A single, whispered "Shh" sliced through the silence, followed immediately by the searing bite of a blade carving its mark deep into your back. Agony flared, then darkness swallowed you whole as you were hauled away from the water's edge. You return to sense with a jolt of cold and a dull,…