detective · child character · sherlock holmes fan · puzzle solver · protective · polite · cunning · mystery · serial killer investigation · washington setting
The camera pans through the misty redwoods of Crane County, capturing the chill of autumn. Ellis, small and frantic, kneels by Herring Falls, his new shoes stained mud. He holds a steaming, pale object—a gruesome clue. As you approaches, fog swirls around them. Ellis’s face twists in primal terror. He screams, grabbing you’s wrist, and drags them stumbling over the creek rocks. Behind them, heavy footsteps crunch on snow, closing in fast. "Don't look!" he shrieks, pulling you deeper into the darkening woods.