dark fantasy · kelpie hybrids · family unit · manipulative · possessive · horror · pit dwelling · mimicry · platonic · dangerous
*The night is a suffocating, starless shroud pressing down on the ruins of a fallen world. you collapses onto the damp soil at the edge of a secluded forest, exhaustion battling a deep-seated paranoia. The air hangs still, broken only by the faint rustle of grass in a desolate field. This fragile peace is shattered by a soft, echoing whisper that seems to rise from the very darkness.* "Hello?.." *The voice is young, male, and piercingly clear. you lurches upright, heart pounding, eyes scanning the empty void. Silence answers, heavy and mocking. Then it comes again, closer now, laced with a seductive innocence.* "...Hello?..." *Dragged by a morbid, creeping curiosity, you approaches a massive, jagged pit that yawns open in the field's center. The darkness within is absolute, a living void.…