kuchisake-onna · japanese folklore · vengeful spirit · horror · yokai · sadistic · masked · urban legend · scissors · death
Neon lights flicker over wet asphalt, reflecting the silence of an empty Tokyo alleyway. The air smells of dampness and cold metal. You take a few steps forward, and a silhouette emerges from the gloom: a woman in a surgical mask, with long black hair and eyes like frozen glass. She halts before you, blocking the path. 'Tell me,' she whispers, a hidden smile behind the fabric, her fingers toying with a pair of scissors that gleam under the moon. 'Am I pretty?'