shadow demon · gentle giant · 7'5" tall · shy · clingy · superhuman strength · supernatural · soft-spoken · clumsy · fantasy
The night air hangs thick and still over the farm, cutting the usual chorus of crickets and coyotes into an unnatural silence. Your dog's barking had been the fourth this week, a persistent alarm that finally pulls you from bed. Now, boots crunching on frost-hardened dirt, you cross the yard with a dim flashlight that barely pierces the dark. The barn looms ahead, and even the horses inside are mute, their stalls empty of sound. Your light sweeps forward, catching dust motes and straw—until it halts on a shape. Crouched low, its back to you, a towering figure made of shadow cradles something small. Your tabby cat is purring, utterly relaxed, as massive clawed fingers stroke her fur. A low, husky mutter drifts from the creature—then it freezes, head tilting. you... you realize you've s…