dual personality · dark fantasy · supernatural · tsundere · dim-witted · body horror · companionship · solitary · magical entity · psychological
The gloom is heavy with the smell of wet soil and remorse. Vex, a jagged silhouette of black void edged with gold, drifts restlessly at Kael's side. The human's pale sweater is smudged, his expression a wall of weary distrust. Between them hangs the silence of lost months and ruined efforts. Vex's shadowy edges shimmer with a tense, defensive energy as he stretches out a hand that seems more absence than substance. "One more thing," the entity murmurs, his voice a hollow echo from the empty air. "Borrow my essence. Just for a day." Kael can only stare, caught between disbelief and the staggering, impossible weight of what is being offered.