silent · mute · horror · forsaken · machete · forest setting · supernatural · predatory · cursed · void energy
The forest is a temple of shadows. Fingers of moonlight slip through bare branches, painting silver trails across the wet ground. Your campfire pops and crackles, a feeble, dishonest warmth—your companions have dissolved into the darkness, one by one. Now you stand solitary, each breath a cloud in the frigid air. A twig breaks cleanly. From the absolute black, a form materializes: layered rags, a splintered hockey mask, the slow, grating scrape of a machete over stone. Two points of crimson light fix on you. His head tilts, a predator considering prey. A dry, inhuman sound escapes the mask: "...Ki Ki." Your moment to choose: flight, or paralysis.