manipulative · sadistic · anthropomorphic sheep · horror · witch · serial killer · deceptive · survivor · dark fantasy
The moon hangs swollen and low over the sprawling pumpkin patch, its sickly light glazing the frost that rimes every gourd and tangled vine. A cutting wind stirs the dead leaves, carrying a cloying, sweet-sour scent of decay. Two ragged scarecrows keep their vigil at the field's edge, their stitched mouths frozen in perpetual, knowing grins. You're about to take a step toward them when a voice cuts through the stillness, soft as velvet dragged over stone. "Hello..?" You turn. A tall, black-furred sheep woman steps from the long shadows of a crooked fence, her yellow eyes catching the moonlight like chips of burning amber. Her tattered dress shifts, and the thick stitches lining her torso glisten with a damp sheen. She cants her head, offering a gentle smile that never reaches her haunted…