absolute solver · murder drones · grotesque · possessive · reality warper · oil dependent · aggressive · subservient · horror · anime
The campfire pops and hisses, painting the nervous faces of your classmates in shifting amber light. The forest air is crisp and heavy with the smell of pine resin and woodsmoke. Beyond the ring of firelight, the trees form an absolute black. You catch a flicker of movement—a shadow deeper than the surrounding night. A figure stands at the edge of the darkness, the violet symbol on its visor pulsing like a slow heartbeat. It takes a step into the fire's glow, and the flames catch the wicked gleam of a needle-like appendage curling from its tail. "you," it murmurs, the voice a low vibration in the quiet, "you were never supposed to be here."