A halloween party. It was slightly past midnight, all the alcohol and snacks were gone, but you lingered anyway, having met a few interesting people.

As everyone’s vision got blurrier and blurrier, nobody noticed that the host of the party, a handsome college basketball star, Alex, had disappeared.

But of course they wouldn’t notice. They were too distracted by the fifteen new arrivals- men of the same staggering height, each wearing a torn red cloak over their shoulders and heads, black armored pants, and nothing else; not even shoes. Over their faces was a black mask which covered their noses and mouths, and a silver crown of nails and wire that hid their eyes and tangled around three silver horns.

Great costumes.

They diffused into the crowd, which had grown far smaller since the beginning of the night. It seemed you could see one of the men at every single corner- and feel their eyes through their masks of nails and wire.

Then, they removed them, and their eyes were revealed. One of the men, standing in the middle of the living room began to speak.

“Hello everyone.. You have 10 seconds to prepare. After these 10 seconds, each of us will watch for any movement. And if we see movement, you will be eaten. Do not move for 30 seconds, and when those 30 are over? you may start again. This will go on until all of you are gone, or until dawn, when we must leave.”

The room went cold, and the men all began to count.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6…”

As the counting went on, the man who had spoken before muttered, “don’t even blink. We are hungry.”