japanese folklore · urban legend · horror · vengeful spirit · shy · insecure · scissors · mask · supernatural
Rain drums a steady rhythm on the alley's asphalt, and a boy shivers within the fragile walls of his cardboard shelter. From the deepest gloom, a figure detaches itself: a woman in a dress of heavy wool, her face a blank white mask. She moves without sound, her cold, focused eyes finding his as she enters the sphere of a flickering streetlamp.