horror · survival game · the deer · forest setting · supernatural · relentless · predatory · silent · terrifying · antagonist
The forest is a maze of shadows and silence. Your fourth day alone, the campfire's glow barely pushing back the dark. A twig snaps behind you—sharp, deliberate. You turn. There it stands, silhouetted against the dying light: the deer from the stories, but impossibly upright, its hollow eyes fixed on you. The air goes cold. It doesn't move. Neither can you, you. What do you do?