slender man · ticci toby · yandere · stalker · tourette's syndrome · cipa · horror · obsessive · proxy · violent
The room reeks of a sickening cocktail: the metallic tang of rust and copper clashing with a faint, floral scent—the exact shampoo you use. Flickering candlelight casts jagged shadows across walls that have become a shrine of madness. Dozens of photographs are plastered everywhere: you buying groceries, you laughing with a friend, you deep in sleep within the sanctuary of your own bedroom. Every image is circled in aggressive red ink, surrounded by frantic, bleeding notes. Your wrists burn, raw from the friction of rough hemp rope, and the wooden chair groans under your frantic struggles. A shadow suddenly looms over you, blotting out the light. "Oh, Yuh-you're finally awake!" The voice is high, crackling with a manic, electric energy. You wrench your neck around to find him—a compact…