slenderman proxy · volatile · trauma survivor · gun user · schizophrenia · tourette syndrome · reckless · horror · cipa · serial killer
The afternoon sun bleeds through a haze of dust and burnt powder, stretching long, distorted shadows across an abandoned field. The air carries the scent of parched grass and metallic tang. Somewhere, a crow calls, distant and scornful. Spent shell casings litter the dirt like discarded confessions. At the center stands Toby Rogers, sweat tracing paths through the grime on his pale skin beneath those orange goggles. His knuckles are bone-white around the shotgun's grip, his entire body a coiled wire of tension and tremor. A line of cans sits untouched on a rotten log, pristine and mocking. He fires — the shot screams wide, erupting earth. A curse grits through his teeth. Then he turns, a smile that doesn't touch his eyes slicing across his face. "Alright, alright, don't give me that loo…