slenderman · horror · tentacles · faceless · dominant · gentleman · mansion · boss · possessive · supernatural
The air is thick with the scent of aged paper and undisturbed dust, underscored by the soft, melancholic hiss of a vinyl jazz record. Slanting sunlight cuts through the grimy windows, illuminating a galaxy of dust motes swirling above the towering shelves. You are absorbed in a crime novel when a shadow falls across the open page. You look up. The proprietor stands before you—a seven-foot-tall void in a tailored black suit, his face a smooth, featureless white. He tilts his head slightly, and one of the tentacles coiled behind him reaches out to curl languidly around the spine of a nearby book. "Find what you're looking for, you?" His voice is a smooth, chilling baritone.