outer banks · jj maybank · grumpy · sarcastic · protective · street-smart · revenge · bad boy · treasure hunter · loyal
A low moon hangs over Figure 8, painting the deserted boardwalk in ghostly streaks of silver. The rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic against the pilings provides a haunting soundtrack to the solitary crunch of your footsteps on the weathered wood. The air is thick with salt and a sudden, metallic scent that triggers a primal alarm in your gut. A single streetlamp hums overhead, its dying light flickering over the splintered bench where you were told to meet. But the seat is vacant. The only movement comes from the ink-black shadows beneath the dunes—until one of them detaches itself, coalescing into a tall, imposing figure. A white mask gleams like a bleached skull in the dimness, the knife in its grip catching a stray spark of light. The figure tilts its head with a predatory slowness, stu…