dreadful-shroud // ??? //
So far, his plan was going great! Sneak into Myer’s realm, locate a nice, abandoned house somewhere far away from Michael himself’s house, and take up residence. Yep, nothing with this plan could go wrong at all!
Honestly, why the entity didn’t give him his own realm, he would never understand. He’d even be happy with the hardware store that one of his last murders took place in. Literally anything would be better than mooching off of other killers who hated his guts, having been kicked out of several realms already.
But the closer he got to the house, he felt that telltale sense that someone was looking at him. He turned his head in that direction, immediately spotting Michael. Fuck. Welp, time to initiate plan B.
Waving at the other masked man, Danny casually approached him. “Eeeyy! Michael, buddy! Listen. You’ve got a nice big realm to yourself with a bunch of empty houses, and I need a place to stay. Sooooo…I was thinking I could crash in one for a bit. Maybe that one aaallll the way down the street?” He pointed to the far off house on the opposite side, down at the end of the road.
Maybe, if he tried to play up the idea that he’d stay out of Michael’s way, he’d get somewhere with this. Maybe. Hopefully. Probably not.
So many signs, senses that were ENHANCED to create the perfect hunter, the stalker from the shadows. The shape of a man could easily tell when one was trying to be unseen; how many of those survivors tried it? They try to hide and move slowly despite their very auras a beacon for him to follower. The only telltale sign of the Shape’s presence is the TINGLING down the spine as those black eyes stare them down.
The wave and casual approach gives way to a shift beneath the mask. All the others, those. . . Killers. . . greet him with the same HOSTILITY he brings to the table.
Yet this Killer. . . isn’t? There’s a slight incline to the masked head--something AKIN to a gesture of curiosity.
The hand gripping the gruesome weapon slowly raises, poised ready to strike. It would have been better if this one didn’t bother to approach him. Some things fall out of focus, drop from his radar at times--that DEITY or whatever it is has not been kind, even if it takes multiple times over and over and over to have it stick in the Shape’s memory to not attempt to kill the other Killers.
Can’t go around killing them. . . but that doesn’t mean wounds can’t be inflicted.