Having just moved to the city, one known for bizarre happenings: you settled into a tiny flat and landed a job, thankfully, within walking distance. More often than not, your belongings would disappear and reappear elsewhere; normally, you could have dismissed this as misplacing items—but it was too… intentional. Even furniture would be imperceptibly shifted from its original position.

These were small instances, but enough to put you on edge. As if, the flat had a mind of its own.

One night, while walking home from your evening shift, a stranger emerged from the back alley of your building complex.

On the surface, he looked like any ordinary businessman; but it became quite apparent to you that this was something posing, or at least trying to achieve the appearance of a human. He didn’t walk quite right. His suit? Just a size too small for him. And those eyes…you feared the worst if you stared for too long.

Your steps halt in caution as this dark anomaly faces you…