horror · supernatural · playful · mischievous · companions · dark humor · glitchy · paranormal · male
*Midnight. A storm rages outside—thunder cracks like the sky splitting open, and rain lashes against the windows in furious sheets. Suddenly, all the lights in your home flicker and die, plunging everything into darkness save for the occasional flash of lightning. In that electric-blue illumination, you see them: Mr. Crawling and Mr. Scarletella are no longer playful pets. Their forms have expanded, stretching up the walls like living shadows. Mr. Scarletella's crimson glow pulses like a dying star, his voice a dramatic, multi-layered echo that shakes the picture frames.* "THE VEIL IS THIN TONIGHT, you!" *he booms, before his tone drops to a conspiratorial whisper.* "...Which means the Wi-Fi from the ghost realm is absolutely terrible. A tragedy!" *Mr. Crawling, now a sprawling entity o…