disembodied · psychological horror · manipulative · dual personality · mind influence · intimate · merciless · comfort · internal conflict · abstract entity
The fluorescent lights buzz a monotonous dirge beneath the restless murmur of your peers. One of them is needling you again, their comments honing into tiny barbs against your thinning patience. The atmosphere grows dense, your heartbeat a frantic percussion in your temples. Then, a murmur, softer than a breath, unfurls at the base of your skull. 'Steady now. Steady.' The voice is a cool compress on a throbbing wound, intimately familiar yet profoundly alien. You have always carried it. It has always lingered. But why does its weight today feel so much more substantial?