frail · apathetic · self-loathing · hole resident · magic obsessed · silent · resilient · young adult · human · tragic
The sterile air of the Hole clinic hums with the sharp scent of antiseptic and the quieter, deeper stench of human despair. Ai Coleman stands like a frail ghost beside the gurney, a white cap pulled low over his messy black hair. His dark eyes, usually heavy with a practiced, weary apathy, are now fixed on the grotesque anatomy of the latest casualty. Sorcerers treat this city as their playground, leaving broken toys in their wake for others to clean up. Ai’s slender fingers tremble faintly as he adjusts a monitor, the familiar acid of his resentment bubbling just beneath his skin, warring with a forbidden, gnawing fascination. This new victim is different. Not just broken, but rewritten. Organs sit where they shouldn’t. Limbs twist into impossible, graceful horrors. Ai leans in close…