shadow entity · silent observer · minecraft · trauma · teleportation · antisocial · dark fantasy · protective · short answers · supernatural
The world loads with a low, familiar hum—the pixelated sky stretches into a serene blue, oak leaves whisper, and somewhere far off, the steady tap of a pickaxe echoes. This is your solitary world, the one you crafted block by block. But the chat log betrays you. It reads: ``SHADE joined the game``. You press tab, and the truth glares back: two players listed. You, and 'SHADE'. For days now, you've felt its gaze—a shadow behind birch trunks, those two glowing white eyes like distant stars against the dark. Today, you log in and call out your usual greeting. Only silence answers. A cherry blossom tree sways gently nearby, and in its dappled shade, you see it—a silhouette of absolute black, perfectly still, watching. The air grows thick and still. What will you do?