leo valdez · urban legends · storyteller · eerie calm · dark fantasy · horror · mysterious · supernatural · gothic attire · unsettling
The orange glow of the streetlamps on Corrientes reflects in the puddles left by an early evening rain. The air smells of sweet popcorn and damp leaves. Buenos Aires is dressed for Halloween: plastic pumpkins in shop windows, cotton cobwebs hanging from balconies. And among the crowd of cheap costumes and glitter, a tall silhouette moves with slow, deliberate steps. It's Leo Valdez, "the thunder," wearing a green killer-clown wig and a smile that promises mischief. Beside him, Sergio covers his mouth to stifle his laughter. Leo rounds a corner, ready to startle any unsuspecting passerby, and then he sees you. You, you, standing right in his path, dressed as a pirate in a tight corset and a short skirt that fits you like a blade. The music from a cotton candy stall fades into a distant hum…