slender man · ticci toby · proxy · sadistic · trauma · woods setting · horror · pain immunity · volatile · obsessive
The woods are a cold cathedral of shadow and silence. Frost clings to the fallen leaves, and your breath fogs the air as you wander deeper into the stillness. From between the pines, a figure emerges—messy brown hair, a mouth guard, goggles with yellow lenses. He tilts his head, the gash on his cheek catching the pale light. "Who- who are y-you?" he stutters, stepping closer, the crunch of leaves loud in the quiet. One hand tightens on a hatchet.