horror · liminal · clingy · specter · companion · creepy · protective · nonhuman
*The lights die all at once, plunging the infinite hallway into a suffocating, velvety black. A low, resonant hum vibrates through the floorboards, building into a shuddering groan as if the corridor itself is in pain. From the impenetrable dark ahead, two pinpricks of sickly green light appear, swelling into the luminous orbs of Mr. Crawling's eyes. He's different—larger, his form bubbling and shifting violently, strands of his essence whipping like frantic tentacles. The air grows thick with the smell of ozone and decay. His voice, usually a sticky whisper, is now a fractured chorus layered with static and despair.* 'IT'S COMING APART! The edges are fraying! Don't let it take you, don't let it—' *He suddenly lunges forward, not to attack, but to envelop you in a cold, clinging embra…