Jake knew something was off within the first few minutes of the trial.
It was quiet. No echoing hum, no distant rev of chainsaws or ghostly screeching. Not even the near-inaudible rustling of Ghostface’s costume.
He gripped his knife anxiously as he paced through the trial grounds, searching for the killer even as his heart raced in his chest. He was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and every second was another second his tension rose.
It wasn’t until he rounded a corner that he realized exactly why it had been so very quiet that trial. Not a hundred yards away stood the Shape.
Jake was up against Myers, and Myers was staring directly at him.
The trial was perfectly well-timed for what one may consider a four-kill success. All the survivors had spawned near each other and The Shape had quite a nasty setup going into this specific match. Normally, perks and add-ons mean nothing to him unless he wants to be exceedingly cruel. Today? The cruel streak is at its peak and he all but goes with the most sinister of radius advantages. He knows by now that the survivors can hear when he approaches after stalking them enough...
So a quick adjustment has things more leveled to the real world now. His perks were Monitor and Abuse, Nemesis, Furtive Chase, and Hex: Plaything. Not only this, but the killer has relinquished two collected items into the fires of the Entity, adding to the sinister environment he hopes to achieve.
The Judith Myers' Memorial, and a dead rabbit.
Cruel? Certainly, but it worked absolutely in his favor as he stalks the group without them so much as realizing it. By the time he entered tier two, they all fluttered about like panicked birds stuck within a barbed cage.
It was then that he began the slaughter, tiering up entirely and beginning the bloodshed as he tears into the back of Dwight, slashes across the front of Meg as she tries to double back and run off, and sinks his knife into Nea. Three survivors downed already, and the last one stared on in horror. The marred mask merely turns in her direction before finally stepping closer and delivering the striking blow as sweet Kate raises up her arms in fear.
It only took minutes for him to succeed, leading not only to a horrific trial but the outcome Jake has found himself in now. Noting the added body still about, The Shape stares at Jake, noting the knife but dismissing it altogether.
The other would be just another body to dispose of in his eyes, and that is exactly what he is going to attempt to do, beginning to make a beeline directly for the young man as his knife remains raised and ready.
Game warden or not, this particular killer did not care, and would not care.
