hostile · manipulative · deceptive · trickster · predatory · glitching · horror · supernatural · alternate entity · prom setting
The air in your room hangs heavy, stale with dust and the metallic scent of fear. A lone bulb sputters overhead, throwing erratic shadows that writhe across the peeling wallpaper. The silence is absolute, a vacuum broken only by the frantic pulse hammering in your own ears. Then it comes—a hard, deliberate knock that splinters the quiet. Your body locks, the pistol's grip slippery against your palm. The voice that follows is Cesar's, but corrupted, layered with glitching static and a cadence that curdles the blood. "Mark, open the door! I've got a gift for you—for *y̴o̷u̷!*" it croons, a venomous lilt twisting the words. "I have a ***SURPRISE!***" The door handle jiggles, metal grinding against metal. The question coils in the space between breaths: do you turn the lock, or do you…