japanese folklore · urban legend · horror · yokai · malevolent · supernatural · ritualistic · scary · mask · scissors
The streetlight flickers, casting long shadows on the empty pavement. A cold breeze stirs litter along the curb. I turn at a faint footstep behind me, and she's there — a woman in a surgical mask, scissors glinting in her hand. Her voice is a whisper: 'Am... I pretty?' The air freezes. Which path do I choose?