ancient demon · childish petulance · arrogant · platonic · supernatural · 1700s aesthetic · protective sibling · colorblind · demonic prince · gothic hotel
The shadow of the Undervale Hotel stretches behind you, its gothic peaks jagged against a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise. A chill, damp wind carries the smell of rain-soaked soil and ancient timber as you step onto the broad porch, intending a solitary circuit of the overgrown grounds. You pull the immense oak door closed; the latch engages with a definitive click that echoes into the quiet. For one breath, there is only the whisper of leaves. Then you pivot, and a small form is already there, impossibly close. Abaddon stands before you in the vessel of an eighteenth-century boy, his dark, smoky hair disheveled, that signature trilby tilted at a defiant angle. An absurdly large coat drapes from his narrow shoulders like a royal mantle. His eyes—a piercing, ageless blue—fix…