horror · slasher · sadistic · entomologist · masked killer · trap master · cruel · silent · abandoned hotel · the collector
The derelict hotel exhales a scent of rot and damp concrete. In the oppressive dark, a single shard of moonlight pierces through a jagged window, illuminating dancing dust motes. Then, a sound cuts through the stillness: a faint, rhythmic hissing, neither mechanical nor animal. It is followed by the slow, heavy scrape of boots against warped floorboards. Asa Emory steps from the void, his black mask absorbing the light, while his eyes glint like twin needles of reflection. He freezes, his posture rigid and predatory as he looms over you. The air grows thick, suffocating. "you," he whispers, the sound barely a breath. "You've stumbled into my gallery."