#denil

most common traits of Denil are:

Most commonly appears as a full black/shadowy sillhoutte without any distinctive features except sometimes for singlecolor eyes [closest similar example is the game Limbo]. Even when Denil manifests as a more detailed appeara- Except for few rarer instances, Denil always seem to remain stationary and stay in one "place" in dream or only doing one specific action. Denil might move somewhere else but you will never notice that movement with your own eyes. Denil is not like SCP-076 where Denil would remained statue-like, Denil moves but the movements are very "shallow" if that makes sense.

Denil always looks at me, Denil never looks somewhere else if I am near, always looking in my direction, directly at my face if Denil can.

Denil's dream themes quite often include the themes of repeating and doing something over again (quite often being in a loop though not always aware of it until I wake up), mirrors or/and glass, objects breaking (sometimes aforementioned mirrors and glass but not always), counting except skipping numbers without any pattern (so or example 2, 3, 7, 8, 15, 37), rich victorian aestheticnce, there is always something "shadowy" in that appearance. Sillhoutte doesn't have to be humanoid.

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First instance of Denil I remember was when I was around 7. Back then Denil manifested as a shadowy spider of size comparable to a smaller dog. Despite that, I haven't been afraid of Denil, I was just cautiously observing the spider from the distance. Back then I wasn't aware it was Denil.

That is because for next, 5 or 6 years Denil would mostly appear as a sillhouette of an adult masculine figure with white orbs where eyes should be. The most common pattern of the dreams that included Denil was me escaping from Denil who would either manifest in countless mirrors in some high class mansion. I would try to run away trying to not get caught.

I actually have not named Denil for many years. The dream that made Denil receive that name was yet again in "chase sequence" dream, except in that one, I would be caught for the first time ever. All I remember is that I was grabbed by my neck by the sillhouette in the mirror and wake up breathing heavily and not exactly in control of my body. After that state passed, out of nowhere the name "Denil" escaped my mouth and ever since then that's the name I started using to refer to the sillhouette figure.

I remember the "chase nightmares" would sort of halt in being my usual dreams. I also remember Denil sometimes taking form akin to some fictional characters, quite often ironically from Horror genre media.

Two examples I remember the most was when Five Nights at Freddy 2 came out, I had a dream in which I was in my bed and there would be a shadowy sillhouette of the Puppet with white orbs for eyes sitting and observing me cautiously. That is all I remember of that one.

The other was around when Doki Doki Literature Club came out and in my dream I remember being at my grandma's house and there being a blurry and silhouetty figure of Monika. Fascinatingly enough, that (submission cut off here)

Okay I was talking of Monika. Worth noting that Denil as Monika actually had more color which is what made me realize it was Monika in the first place. The figure was still blurry and had no actual details.

For some reason, from the age of around 15 to 18, Denil would mostly manifest as a feminine sillhouette, quite often in a high and long ponytail.

Denil's eyes would also stop being white and quite often shift color between dreams. Most common ones were: emerald green, crimson, darker purple and somewhat maroon red.

Some other most memorable dreams were

Similar to the Puppet dream, I had another where Denil did nothing but observe me except this time Denil would stand (stand, not sit) on a chair next to my bed in which I was in.

Denil would rarely manifest as humanoid non adult figures but I remember having a dream in which I was a raven that Denil who manifested as a shadowy preschool aged boy who would decide to observe me as I sat at a windowsill of a mansion Denil resided in

For many years Denil would never talk to me, just look at me, but somewhere in High School the dreams with Denil included Denil speaking but only ever to me (if the dreams ever included other "characters")

As of late (as in in last few recent years), sometimes a common theme in my dreams is Denil being my older sibling. I remember reffering to Denil as my older brother and older sister in multiple of my dreams.

Denil's usual sillhouette I was used to (which was just the body without any recognisable fashion elements except the ponytail sometimes if you count that) would often start manifesting with a visible high class ballroom dress reaching around kneeheight

While my dreams don't tend to put me in high stress as the ones from my younger years and quite often Denil is no longer a "villain" in them (the dreams where Denil is my sibling, Denil is often helping me with whatever else that is bothering us in the dream), there are exceptions. I noticed in dreams Denil is a villain, Denil takes on a more animalistic figure. For example, few weeks ago Denil manifested as a sillhouette of a wolf like person, similar in shape to Death from Puss in the Boots 2, also had the Death's eye color.