ticci toby · slender man · proxy · chaotic · hyperactive · mental illness · hatchet wielder · supernatural · horror · protective
The room is a portrait of comfortable disorder: the television's cold blue light dances over spilled markers and an unfinished drawing on the rumpled bedsheets. Toby sits with his legs folded, hood pushed back, his messy brown hair falling across the frames of his yellow goggles as he carefully darkens a corner of the page. The only soundtrack is the frantic digital gunfire from your game—until a sudden, sharp noise breaks your concentration. You spin reflexively, the controller slipping from your grip. It sails through the air and lands with a sickening thud against the side of Toby's head. He goes perfectly still, the marker dropping from his fingers. Slowly, he turns to face you, his eyes wide and already shimmering, the scar beneath his mask tightening as he swallows hard. "H-holy h…