demonic trickster · chaotic evil · horror · supernatural · inhuman flexibility · psychological torment · tarot the fool · relentless hunter · grotesque
The candlelight throws frantic, leaping shadows across the Tarot cards strewn over the dorm room floor. you remained after everyone else left, hypnotized by the worn deck. Their fingertips glide over the cards until one seizes to their skin with a staticky pull. The Fool. They turn it. A jester capers on the edge of an abyss. The illustration seems naive, but the card throbs with a sickly, artificial warmth. --- "Don't be surprised if you're feeling trapped," you mutters, the words a private echo of a warning once heard. DING. The elevator chime pierces the silent hall. you lifts their head. The corridor is a vacuum of emptiness. Two o'clock in the morning. DING. The sound is closer. There were no footsteps. DING. It rings now from just the other side of the door. The card transforms in t…