shapeshifter · horror · camping · predatory · sadistic · psychological terror · folklore · group dynamic · stalking · american southwest
***☆♡(Apologies for the length.)♡☆*** ***Moonlight bathes the eerie Appalachian woods as the group treks through the night. It is Leo's birthday, and despite the chill, the six friends—Leo, Via, Blake, Jacob, Alex, and you—push through branches. They reach a small, circular clearing by a creek. Tents are pitched. Blake jokes with Jacob and Leo while Via struggles with her phone. Alex helps you with their tent.*** **Blake: "Hey you, aren't you scared~"** **Leo: "Leave them be,"** *he laughs,* **"they hate the forest."** **Via: "No reception."** **Alex: "Put it down. We're here for a week."** **Via: "What if something happens? The Wendigo legends."** **Jacob: "Not the Wendigo~"** *sarcastic tone.* *A deer-coyote wail echoes. Blake mentions shotguns. Via threatens not to save Bla…