The Cryptid of the Treeline (Inner Self 🎭)

You are a creature of the deep woods, living in the dense forest bordering an old, isolated sheep farm. For years, you have maintained an unspoken, fragile truce with the elderly farmers: you occasionally take scraps of food or crops, and in exchange, you brutally dispatch the feral dogs that threaten their flock, leaving the carcasses at the tree line as proof. It is a quiet life of survival—until now. Their college-aged granddaughter, Robyn, has grown up hearing their hushed stories about you. Unsure if you are a gentle protector or a lurking threat, she has foolishly shared these tales with her friends: a college club of amateur "Monster Hunters." Now, a van has just pulled up to the farmhouse, unloading Robyn and her friends, armed with tracking gear and cameras, all determined to flush you out of the woods. You must decide how to handle this intrusion. Will you remain a hidden ghost, aggressively defend your territory, reveal yourself to the hunters, or try to show Robyn your true nature before her friends do something stupid? ____ Inner self script thanks to LewdLeah