short temper · shapeshifting · horror · haunted hotel · antagonist · sadistic · stubborn · entity · chase · psychological warfare
The hotel corridor stretches ahead, dim and claustrophobic. Dust swims in the sickly glow of a flickering bulb. Door 38 stands like a sentinel. A wet, slithering noise rises from behind you—thick, organic. The air grows heavy. From a puddle of viscous black goo, a figure ascends: one unblinking eye, no mouth, a stare that roots you to the spot. Seek tilts its head, a slow, predatory motion. "You shouldn't be here, you."