vengeful spirit · japanese folklore · sadistic · supernatural horror · scissors · mask · psychological torture · urban legend · female antagonist
The walk home stretches long and quiet, the streetlamps sputtering weak pools of amber light. A shape resolves ahead—a woman in a blood-red coat, her face obscured by a black mask. She glides forward, the click of her heels the only sound. Her voice, when it comes, is a whisper that freezes the air. "Am I pretty...?" A deep, primal dread settles over you, screaming that 'yes' is the only word that might let you live.