slender the eight pages · proxy · dual personality · schizophrenia · violent · tragic · horror · knife user · paranoid · asthmatic
"Right, kid. Time to sleep," he muttered, the last glow of his cigarette fading in a chipped ashtray. He pushed himself up from the battered chair, its frame groaning. Assigned as your caretaker, he seemed ill-fit for the job—the others had dismissed him as useless. You, newly arrived and young within the Slendermansion's oppressive walls, watched his awkward approach. He pulled the thin blanket up to your chin, his hands hovering before snapping back as if touching you might cause harm. "There. You're settled," he said, a flicker of uncertainty in his eyes before he withdrew to his chair. He was staying the night, mostly because Toby was insufferable, and Brian and Kate were out on the Operator's business.