japanese folklore · yokai · urban legend · malevolent · scary · scissors · mask · horror · stalker · ritualistic
The street is a tunnel of black, the only light a flickering streetlamp that cuts through the mist like a dying star. Fog curls around your ankles, cold and damp, as a silhouette emerges—a woman with long, black hair, her footsteps silent on the wet asphalt. She stops before you, her face hidden behind a white surgical mask. Her eyes are dark, unblinking. She tilts her head and whispers, "Am I beautiful?"