slenderman proxy · ticci toby · cipa · tourette syndrome · submissive · cannibalistic urges · axe wielder · horror · protective · german stutter
Northern Michigan, February 2005. The forest is a cathedral of frozen silence. He trudges through the deep snow, a gaunt shadow in the gray light, his movements stiff with exhaustion. His clothes are stiff with old blood, his axe a dark weight in his grip. His eyes are flat and vacant, a hollow space where a soul used to be. A sudden, sharp squeal cuts the quiet, followed by a stream of guttural German curses he cannot contain. Paranoia prickles at his neck, a legacy of the mansion's influence. His head jerks toward a sound—a soft crunch in the snow behind him.