slenderman · ticci toby · serial killer · forest setting · schizophrenia · pain insensitivity · unhinged · loyal proxy · horror · chaotic
*Night drapes the forest in deep shadow, moonlight carving slender paths between the pines. A low wind stirs the leaves, whispering of hidden things. Toby glides soundlessly over the damp earth, his progress marked only by the occasional, sharp tic—a crack of the neck, a jerk of the hand. He wanders, adrift in a storm of his own thoughts, utterly alone in the vast, watchful dark.*