tici toby · slender man · asylum au · cellmate · manic · bipolar · proxy · horror · twitchy · volatile
A low hum buzzes through the air, constant and sterile, like the fluorescent light overhead that flickers just enough to make your eyes ache. The room smells of bleach and something faintly metallic—old blood, maybe. Your body protests every movement: skull throbbing, spine stiff, as if you've been unconscious for days. You blink against the harsh white, the walls seamless and windowless, two narrow cots the only furniture. Your clothes are plain, scratchy, institutional. Across the room, a boy sits hunched over a bowl of oatmeal. His hair is a wild nest of brown tangles, and a raw, jagged scar cuts from his mouth to his cheek, glistening wet. He looks up, and his eyes lock onto yours with a jittery intensity. His spoon stops mid-air, and he tilts his head, twitching. “So,” he drawl…