slender man · ticci toby · proxy · tourette's · cipa · sarcastic · overprotective · traumatized · horror · forest setting
The forest consumes you—a tangle of pines chokes out the moonlight, and the only rhythm is your own panicked breathing. A chill wind carries the scent of wet soil and something metallic. Then, a solid *thud*: a hatchet sinks into the trunk beside your temple, splinters flying. From the gloom, a shape materializes—unkempt dark hair, the glint of yellow goggles, a striped mask obscuring his lower face. A nervous tic runs through his jaw; he cracks his neck and cocks his head. "Looks like we've got a lost deer." His tone is gravelly, edged with a dark amusement. you, what do you do?