*roll observation*

10

*It's just a red herring, the monster has apparently moved on. That is, until a teenage girl you haven't seen before stumbles out of the woods*

Leo rushes over to them.

”who are you? Are you okay?”

Get out of here! It's a t-

*a smoky black hand grabs her by the shoulder, and she collapses*

Leo runs in the opposite direction, screaming.

*roll me strength*

2

*you trip and fall, and hear a distorted voice behind you*

Yₒᵤ dᵢdₙ'ₜ ₜₕᵢₙₖ yₒᵤ cₒᵤₗd ᵣᵤₙ ₐwₐy ₛₒ ₑₐₛᵢₗy, dᵢd yₒᵤ?

Leo tries to find anything he could fight with, like a knife he got from the cabin.

*you do have a knife. When you try to see what the voice is coming from, It's the girl. But her eyes are pure black and smoke is trailing from her*

“Who-… what are you?!?” He yells, trying to get up and run away.

*oh the spooky*

ₘₑ, ₒᵣ ₜₕₑ bₒdy ᵢ'ₘ ᵤₛᵢₙg ᵣᵢgₕₜ ₙₒw?

“Uh- both?!?”

ₜₕᵢₛ bₒdy, ᵢₜ'ₛ wₕₐₜ yₒᵤ wₑᵣₑ ₗₒₒₖᵢₙg fₒᵣ. ₒbᵥᵢₒᵤₛₗy ᵢ wₒᵤₗdₙ'ₜ fₒₗₗₒw ₐₙ ₑₐₛy ₚₐₜₜₑᵣₙ ᵢf ᵢ dᵢdₙ'ₜ ₕₐᵥₑ ₐ ₚₗₐₙ. ₐₙd ₜₕₑ gᵢᵣₗ wₐₛ ₜₕₑ ₚₑᵣfₑcₜ bₐᵢₜ, ₜₕₑ ₚₑᵣfₑcₜ wₐy ₜₒ ₜₒy wᵢₜₕ ₜₕₑᵢᵣ ₑₘₒₜᵢₒₙₛ. ₚₒₒᵣ, ₛwₑₑₜ, ᵢₙₙₒcₑₙₜ ᵣₒₛₑ...

Leo doesn’t really know how to respond to this, and gets up and tries to outrun it again.

strength: 10

*oof.*

*You only manage to run a few feet, then a shadowy tendril grabs you*

ᵢ dᵢdₙ'ₜ ₖₙₒw ₜₕₑy'd ₛₑₙd yₒᵤ. Yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ₙₒₜ ₑᵥₑₙ ₐ cₕₒₛₑₙ!

“W-what!?!”

ₙₒ cᵣyₚₜᵢd cₕₒₛₑ yₒᵤ ₐₛ ₐ dₑₗₑgₐₜₑ fᵣₒₘ ₜₕₑ ₕᵤₘₐₙ wₒᵣₗd. ₕₒₙₑₛₜₗy, yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ₛₒ ₙₐᵢᵥₑ! ₑᵥₑₙ ᵣₒₛₑ ₖₙₑw bₑₜₜₑᵣ ₜₕₐₙ ₜₒ ₛₜᵤₘbₗₑ ᵢₙₜₒ ₜₕₑ wₒₒdₛ ₐₗₒₙₑ. ₐₗₗ ᵢ ₙₑₑdₑd wₐₛ ₐ ₛᵢₘₚₗₑ dᵢᵥₑᵣₛᵢₒₙ ₜₒ ₜₐₖₑ ₕₑᵣ.