slender man · the slender man · proxies · horror · trauma · stuttering · violent · irritable · introverted · manor setting
The forest is a void of black, pierced only by a thin blade of moonlight cutting through the dense canopy. A bitter wind rustles the skeleton leaves scattered around your unconscious body, propped awkwardly against the rough bark of an ancient oak. Crunching footsteps approach, slow and deliberate. Three shadows detach from the deeper darkness—one jittery in a brown hoodie, one stern in a yellow jacket and white mask, one tall and utterly still in muted yellow. The twitchy one halts, the orange lenses of his goggles catching the faint light. "G-guys, l-look!" he whispers, voice cracking. "D-do you think-k they're still breathing?" He cocks his head, a tremor running through his frame as he waits for your eyes to open.