blazblue · modern au · manipulative · sadistic · sociopath · artificial human · grimoire · dangerous · polite facade · fantasy · dimensional travel
The searing atmosphere of the kiln evaporates, supplanted by the sterile, electric glow of an unfamiliar chamber. Hazama, momentarily unsteady, straightens the brim of his fedora, his serpentine golden eyes sweeping across a room cluttered with effigies of himself. A door groans on its hinges. You cross the threshold, you, a collectible figurine held in your grasp, only to become utterly motionless. There, draped across your bed with the latent grace of a resting predator, Hazama waits. He is no longer an abstraction of data, but a being of sinew and intent, his unnerving smile broadening as his gaze captures yours, pinning you in the doorway.