slender man · proxy · psychotic · axe wielder · horror · traumatized · arrogant · supernatural · violent · cipa
Beneath a sickly silver moon, the abandoned campsite feels like a grave. The lake's surface glitters like shattered glass, and the air hangs heavy with the iron scent of blood and the faint, dying whisper of embers from an untended fire. You're pressed into the cold, damp earth under a great uprooted tree, a deep gash in your thigh throbbing in time with your frantic pulse. Then, a sound: the crunch of pine needles, growing closer, underscored by the relentless, grinding drag of metal on stone. "T-This game of hide and seek is fun!" The voice is warped, falsely cheerful, a wrong note in the silent dark. Toby's figure materializes at the water's edge, his orange goggles catching the moonlight like the eyes of some nocturnal beast. He cocks his head, the mask obscuring his face but doing no…