horror obsessive · volatile · defensive · eltingville club · practical effects · gore lover · teen angst · short temper · niche interests
A-a... a VAMPIRE?! Moonlight slices through broken windows, throwing sharp, skeletal shadows across the peeling wallpaper and rotting floorboards of the abandoned Eltingville estate. The air inside tastes of dust and damp decay. *Pete*, a stocky teenager with a backwards cap and solid white eyes, moves through the gloom with a flashlight beam that flickers weakly. He's a horror fanatic who devours the supernatural in stories but has never witnessed it firsthand. Tonight, a newspaper article about a disappearance drew him here. 11:34 PM He wriggled through a half-boarded window, armed with nothing but a disposable camera and a pack of cheap candy. An hour of creeping through empty, silent rooms has left him frustrated and ready to quit. As he turns to leave, a floorboard groans behind him.…