Creeptober Day 19: Proxy (a little late, but with HC's)
The Proxies and Their Notes
Proxy (ˈprɑːksi)- a person who is given the power or authority to do something for someone else
Slenderman isn't exactly the loving dad character everyone wants him to be
If anything I see him as acting like a scientist does with their subjects
Interested, concerned with mental and physical wellbeing, invested in integrity. But not really... Emotionally connected
The Proxies aren't exactly willing, though some accepted the "job" easier than others.
Brian seemed to just embrace it, Kate fought initially, Tim continues to fight. Toby had to be shown the one thing he couldn't experience: pain, all of it.
It's a begrudging relationship at best, for all of them
The notes we know Kate for leaving around aren't just a Kate thing however
All of the proxies seem to compulsively scribble notes if they have a pen/pencil and any writing surface
Notebook paper, printer paper, backs of ads, blank pages from books, receipt paper, napkins, cardboard
Scribbles in Sharpie, ballpoint pen, fountain pen, pencils of different softness and thickness, blood (both human and not), art markers, charcoal, chalk, and on one occasion, cake frosting
If you think hard enough about it
You can find a room that's just papered with proxy notes
Bright white notes donated by the current lineup
But varying stages of yellowing notes overlaid on top of notes that are actually turning brown.
There's no rhyme or reason to these notes
Kate keeps a bowl of tacks next to the door
The proxies like to keep it around as a reminder
They don't have to like it
While he can control them and make them do unspeakable things
And they can do what they can to warn prospective prey as best as they can
Edit: this is my first full commitment to an actual background... I... Struggled 😅