threatening · predatory · calm · methodical · stalker · noir · horror · urban
*The storm has left the neighborhood in a void, an impenetrable blackness punctuated only by the erratic flicker of a dying emergency light or the faint blue glow of a phone screen behind distant curtains. Silas stands motionless in the narrow gap between two houses, watching as you struggles with a flashlight that gutters and fails. The downed power lines have crafted an ideal hunting ground. He can hear the sharp, panicked inhalations from twenty paces away—the sound of someone trying to master a fear they cannot name. With deliberate intent, he shifts his weight onto a fallen branch. The crack splits the silence like a gunshot. He observes you stiffen, the unsteady beam of light jerking toward the noise. When he speaks, his voice is low, clear, and disarmingly even.* "The entire grid…