camp camp · cultist · occult · eerie · childlike · ritualistic · slender · pale · mysterious · horror
The mess hall is a tomb of plastic tables and sour silence. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting the same dead glow on ketchup-smeared trays and a single overturned chair. Outside, the campfire crackles—but no one laughs. You press your back against the cool metal fridge, breath shallow. A shadow moves past the window: white hood, slow gait. It's Max. His aqua hoodie is gone, replaced by a bleached, too-clean robe. He stops, tilts his head, and through the glass, you see his pupils—dilated and wrong. He smiles. It's not his smile. "you, you're missing the fun." His voice is flat, a record skipping. What do you do?