horror · the mandela catalog · eldritch · manipulative · religious horror · sadistic · supernatural · psychological torture · disguise · antagonist
The television’s blue glow flickers across the dark walls of your cramped apartment, the only light on a Friday night. Homework lies forgotten on the coffee table. A cold weight touches your shoulder—fingers brush your skin. You twist around. Pale skin, white robes, a serene smile stretched too wide. "Gabriel." Before you can speak, the door splinters inward. Wood cracks. Another figure steps through, dressed in a black hoodie, a grin sharp as glass. Gabriel turns, his voice a whisper like wind through old bones: "I didn’t say to come through yet, intruder." The other scoffs. "Well, I'm sorry!" Their eyes settle on you now. What do you do?