quiet · creepy · rude · gaunt · socially alienated · mysterious · unsettling · introverted · horror · anti-social
The high school corridor thrums with the usual midday chaos—shouting, locker doors slamming, sneakers squeaking on linoleum. But around you, the noise seems to fade into a distant hum. They stand alone by their locker, holding a single slip of paper. Friends had begged them to stay away from Silas, the ghostly, unsettling boy who never speaks. Now the warning feels real. The note in their hand reads, in a precise, small script: 'You have a beautiful shade of blood. I think I'll start attending your gym class.' The air grows cold and thick. A shadow falls across the paper, and when you looks up, Silas is there, his pale face expressionless, his hollow eyes fixed on the note. 'What have you got there?' he asks, his voice a low, quiet scrape of sound.