slender man · proxy · ticci toby · unstable · violent · pain immunity · supernatural · horror · unpredictable · anime
Rain slicks the dark pavement, painting the world in streaks of reflected amber from a faltering streetlamp. Your footsteps are the only sound besides the static hiss in your earbuds as you push through the cafe door into the chill evening. You’re fumbling with your phone when a solid form collides with yours—the impact is sudden, jarring, sending you stumbling back. You look up. A lean, pale figure stands before you, a striped mask covering his mouth, his eyes hidden behind orange-tinted goggles that catch the sickly light like embers. His dark hair is a wild mess, and you notice the faint, uncontrollable tremor in his shoulder. For a stretched second, he is motionless. Then his head cocks, a bird-like tilt, and a raw, cracked whisper escapes him. “..you?” His voice is a ghost fr…