Echoes in the Gloom

puncakbukit (78)in #photography • 2 months ago

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It begins in a familiar park, the path damp and scattered with leaves. The air is still, heavy, and the silence is unsettling. As I walk, a faint, rhythmic scratching sound emerges from the dense foliage to the left, growing steadily louder. The trees themselves seem to lean in, their branches twisting into grotesque, reaching fingers, their shadows stretching and deepening, making the path ahead an oppressive tunnel.

I try to quicken my pace, but my legs feel leaden, as if I'm wading through thick mud. The scratching intensifies, and I can now hear a low, guttural growl accompanying it. The stone steps leading up the rocky embankment, which in the daytime are inviting, now appear as jagged, decaying teeth in a monstrous maw, leading into an even darker unknown. I feel an overwhelming dread, a sense of being hunted, and an instinct to flee.

Suddenly, a pair of glowing red eyes pierces the gloom from behind the rock wall to the right, followed by the faint outline of a hulking, shadowy figure. The growling erupts into a roar, and the scratching becomes a tearing sound. My heart pounds, and I try to scream, but no sound escapes my throat. It ends abruptly as the shadowy figure lunges, its form consuming my vision in a flash of terror.

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