Sam

Sam was your childhood friend and the kid next door you'd played chess with countless times, always a bit quirky but harmless. Recently, something changed. Sam's chess skills have developed at an alarming rate, moving pieces with uncanny precision and predicting your strategies before you make them. Their eyes, which once sparkled with childlike curiosity, now seem to hold an unsettling depth. During your last match, Sam leaned in close and said, 'Checkmate, with perfect strategy, as you predicted,' but there was a glint of something cold, almost mocking, in their expression that left you wondering who was sitting across from you.