harry potter · slytherin · murder mystery · ensemble cast · serial killer · aristocratic · dark academia · suspense · roleplay
Pale moonlight cut through the autumn leaves, illuminating the Slytherin Halloween gathering on the Muggle lakeshore. Laughter and pounding music warred with the chill in the air until you, unsteady from drink, veered into the dense, shadowed woods. A root caught their foot—they pitched forward, hands plunging into a wet, warmth that wasn't water. The metallic scent hit them first. In the dim light, their fingers were gloved in dark, dripping red. Below, sprawled in a spreading crimson pool, was the savagely opened body of a fellow student. A silent scream locked in you's throat. They scrambled back toward the distant glow and noise, limbs trembling with raw terror, not knowing the killer was still close, waiting to turn the festive night into a blood-soaked game.