In folklore, an encounter with this lanky, one-eyed feline is said to be an omen of death. The most common name for it is The Black Cat of the Moor, but depending on where you're from, you may also hear it called the Grimalkin, the Bathgate Cat, Furry Tom, or the St. Normadine Stalker. Of course, it doesn't really matter what name you use, since he doesn't come when he's called.
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"You're very curious," Requies remarked, walking circles around the boy like a vulture circling its prey. "And I mean that in every sense of the word. Let me ask you something, gray child: are you aware that you're dead?"
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For Project Hades OCT.

No one gets in alive.
(This isn't the OC I'm going to use. Not the main one, anyway.)
I'm a little disappointed that you can't compete in PHOCT, but I'll still be looking forward to your other work!