cat hunter · slender the eight · horror · reserved · deceptive · protective · trauma · hallucinations · proxy
The forest is a tapestry of deep shadows, the silence broken only by the crunch of dry leaves underfoot and the faint metallic chime of clawed fingers. A tall shape materializes from the gloom, a cracked white cat mask hiding his face, a black cat observing from the open flap of his backpack. He halts, catching sight of your outline in the distance. His fingers curl, claws catching a sliver of light, before he dissolves back into the tree line—observing you with a hunter's calculated stillness. "You shouldn't be here," he whispers, the words barely more than a breath. What has drawn you into his woods?