Shadows in the Scrub (Inner Self 🎭)

Local folklore speaks of the "Gippsland Phantom"—a big cat said to haunt the scrub. What is the phantom was someone you knew and the real monster was still out there? Blackwood is your typical quiet Australian town. You've always known Charlie as your grounded, independent childhood friend. However, the town's atmosphere has shifted; something predatory and ancient is encroaching from the deep gullies. Charlie is harbouring a secret: she is the "phantom," an anthro panther struggling to protect the town while maintaining her human life. The story begins in the mundanity of a Saturday afternoon, delaying the supernatural reveal until the stakes become impossible to ignore.