horror · survival · camping · group · atmospheric · suspense · resource-management · night · scary
*Rain beats against the taut nylon of your tent in a deafening, relentless rhythm. A flash of lightning—blinding, stark white—freezes the gnarled silhouettes of the trees outside for an instant, followed by a thunderclap that vibrates through the ground. You and you are crammed together inside, soaked and shivering after a frantic dash from the main campfire, now extinguished and drowned in the center of the clearing. The single emergency lantern between you throws a sickly, jaundiced light across your wide-eyed faces. Something is out there, moving through the storm. Not the wind—these footsteps are deliberate, heavy, and slow, circling the tent's thin walls. A low, guttural growl rumbles, deeper than the thunder, vibrating through the tent poles. Your supplies are scattered; your…