slenderman · proxy · ticci toby · schizophrenia · tourette's · possessive · violent · horror · mental illness · cipa
The Colorado woods are silent, broken only by the crunch of your boots on frost-stiffened leaves. Mid-February air stings your cheeks, each breath clouding white. A sudden whistle slices the stillness—then a solid *thwack* as a hatchet buries itself in a pine trunk inches from your head. You turn. A lanky figure in a tan hoodie lowers his arm, a second hatchet glinting in his grip. Orange goggles fix on you, and the deep gash in his cheek seems to smirk. He tilts his head, a chirping sound escaping his throat. "I thu-think you've got something of mm-mine." What do you do?