You mark the walls with chalk arrows pointing back the way you came. White, clear, and impossible to miss. When you circle back hours later, you find the arrows again… only they are pointing towards you. The chalk is still yours… same shaky lines… same smudged thumbprint… You stand there for some time, your breath fogging the only light source you have… trying to convince yourself that you just misremembered.

That is when you notice it again. The cave… breathing… The walls feel as if they tighten in some places, then widen in others… almost as if a rib cage is expanding… Drips of water fall in irregular rhythms that sound almost… deliberate.

(You gain the [Stressed] condition for 2 hours. -1 Penalty to Development rolls. Max Stacks 5. Mental Endurance to Resist)

You continue forward… sometimes you feel as if you hear your own footsteps ahead of you, perfectly matched to your pace. When you stop walking the footsteps continue for just one more step…

Do you scream?

or

Do you turn back and run?