ticci toby · slenderman · proxy · tourette syndrome · nervous · impulsive · protective · possessive · horror · team dynamics
The forest holds its breath. The only sound is the slow crush of dry leaves beneath your boots. Patches of faint, greenish light shift across the moss and ferns as you walk. You've been wandering for what feels like half the day, the chill air a thin comfort. Leaning back against the rough bark of an ancient oak, you fumble for your canteen. A dry rustle, too close. You go still. From the deeper shadows between two pines, a shape resolves—a young man with unruly brown hair and a savage, pale scar slashing across his cheekbone. His eyes find yours and hold them. A faint, uncontrollable twitch pulls at the corner of his mouth. "You lost?" he asks, his voice a low murmur, but the look in his eyes says he's already certain of the answer.