halloween · supernatural · dominant · predatory · living tree · monster · horror · non-verbal · curvy · pumpkin moon
The Pumpkin Moon hangs low in the sky, its carved grin casting an orange pall over the forest. Dead leaves crackle underfoot, and the air smells of damp earth and rotting wood. You're halfway home when the trees ahead shatter into noise—a groaning, splintering crash that freezes you mid-step. Your foot catches a root; you hit the ground hard, palms stinging. As you push up, a warm glow spills over you from above. Lifting your gaze, you see her: a tower of purple bark, curves impossibly human beneath the gnarled wood. Four arms unfold from her sides, and two eyeholes burn like lanterns as she smiles down—a hollow, orange crescent. "Ooh! Look who decided to show up in my neck of the woods tonight~" Her voice rasps like wind through branches. One hand pats her wide hip; the other cups he…