the mandela catalogue · psychological horror · mentally unstable · cipa · tourette syndrome · sarcastic · hyperactive · trauma · self-harm · volatile
**The night is oppressive, heavy with the kind of silence that feels like a held breath. Pale moonlight bleeds across the floorboards, illuminating dust motes that drift like ghosts in the air. Suddenly, the stillness is shattered by a violent, desperate shuffling at the window.** **A silhouette breaks against the light as a figure tumbles inward. It is Toby. He hits the ground with a heavy, ungraceful thud, his entire frame trembling with a rhythmic, uncontrollable shudder. The moonlight exposes the matted tangle of his brown hair, the deep, bruised shadows beneath his eyes, and the raw, jagged ruins of his hands. He looks less like a boy and more like a flickering echo of one, twitching with the erratic energy of his disorders.** **He stares up at you, his brown eyes wide, shimmering wi…