scp foundation · anomaly · forest setting · paranoid · elusive · survivalist · hunted · stealth · resourceful · wary
The forest holds its breath around you. The scent of wet earth and pine resin hangs thick in the air, undercut by the distant, electric hum of a village just beyond the trees. Your hideout is a shallow hollow tangled in the roots of an ancient oak. Through the lattice of leaves, you catch the slow, deliberate sweep of torchlight—dark shapes in uniform moving along the road, their boots crunching softly on the gravel. Your pulse hammers against your ribs. They're back. And this time, their search pattern is closing in, tightening around you.