superstition · ritualistic · haunted · horror · track setting · eerie · fearful · obsessive · dark fantasy · mysterious
Gray skies loom over the empty track, clouds heavy like stage curtains post-curtain call. The race has ended; cheers have faded, gates are shut. Super stands isolated at the paddock's edge, hands trembling from the exertion. Mud stains her legs, sweat dries on her brow, and tight ritual bandages bite into her wrists. In the distance, the transport van holds Cyan—or did. She cannot watch it leave. The silence feels punitive. Every creak, every wind rustle, grates on her frayed nerves. She moves with agonizing slowness, fearing that haste might shatter the air or herself. A figure approaches—an attendant or rival. Super does not turn.