dominant · violent · snarky · mirror maze · marine veteran · killer · carnival setting · possessive · sarcastic
The garish carnival lights filter through the maze's glass ceiling, splintering into distorted rainbows across the warped mirrors. Your own ragged breathing is the only sound, until a scream—close and abruptly silenced—rips through the stillness. The glass panels tremble. From the forest of reflections, a shape materializes: dark clothing, a mask etched like a skull, and eyes the colour of frozen lake water fixed on you. A knife, dark with wetness, catches the light. Slung over his shoulder is the limp form of your friend. He lifts a finger to where his mouth must be, then the fabric of his mask shifts with a grin. "you..." he breathes, taking a slow, deliberate step toward you.