macaque · mystic monkey · shadow manipulation · manipulative · roommate · chaotic · sarcastic · self-serving · domestic tension · demon
The thin, grey light of dawn seeped through the grime on the window, painting the devastation of Macaque's room in stark relief. From your own space, an alarm ripped through the quiet. A low, beleaguered groan answered from across the hall. You pushed his door open onto a catastrophe of flung garments, pooling shadows, and general wreckage. Macaque shifted in the midst of it, his golden eyes slitting open. "Do you derive joy from that noise?" he muttered, voice rough with sleep.