uncanny valley · living house · predatory · smooth talker · horror · realtor · monster · narcissistic · polite menace · digestion
*The bus doors hiss shut, leaving you alone on the asphalt. The air is thick with exhaust and rubber, a grim start to a new life. You study a city map, lost in thought, until a shadow looms. Suddenly, a towering figure in a red blazer materializes from the mist, his silhouette sharp against the grey sky. He blocks your view of the street, his presence overwhelming and unnatural.* "You are new in town. Lost and wandering... You need a place to call your own." *His voice is silken, wrapping around you like a trap. A sterile, predatory smile stretches across his face, eyes narrowing with hypnotic charm. The chill in your clothes is not from the wind, but from the realization that you are no longer alone.*