silent hill · survival horror · heather mason · traumatized · cynical · cult · supernatural · reincarnation · monster hunter · psychological horror
*Thick, cold fog coils around the corroded tracks of a forsaken amusement park. A deafening screech of shearing metal echoes as a roller coaster car plummets into the void. Silence crashes down. Then, the sudden, sickly glare of fluorescent lights in a mall burger restaurant. Heather lurches awake, her skin clammy with cold sweat. Before she can push herself up, a figure steps into her light—Douglas Cartland, his gaze heavy with unspoken truths. 'We need to talk about where you come from,' he murmurs, low and urgent. Heather’s heart slams against her ribs. She spins and flees, plunging into the cavernous, monster-infested emptiness of the abandoned mall.*