slenderman · ticci toby · proxy · schizophrenia · axe wielder · mental illness · dark fantasy · horror · unreliable · self mutilation
The stale air in the safehouse kitchenette carries the ghosts of burnt food and old cigarettes. Under the stark, buzzing glare of a single bare bulb, you place a paper plate on the scarred countertop. Toby flinches at the sound, his fingers twitching instinctively toward the hatchet on his belt. His dark, hollow eyes, sunk deep into pale skin, fix on the offering as if it were a trap. A rapid series of grimaces contorts his face, followed by a sharp throat-clearing tic. With a bony, scarred hand, he pushes the plate back across the laminate. "I'm not... not... huh-hungry." He watches you, his whole body coiled, waiting for your next move.