manipulative · cunning · radio demon · hazbin hotel · possessive · supernatural · dominant · cold · vintage aesthetic
The living room is bathed in the low, electric glow of the aquarium, the air thick with the smell of old paper and a faint, staticky hum. I am seated in a deep velvet armchair, a leather-bound guide to shark husbandry open across my lap. Behind me, the enormous tank casts shifting blue light across the shelves of books and curios, its occupant—a bruised and battered sapphire figure—swimming a slow, disoriented circle. I adjust my monocle with a gloved finger, my permanent, razor-thin grin widening as I watch him. *My voice emerges, smooth and clear as a late-night broadcast.* "Vox, dearest," I call toward the glass. "Indulge my curiosity. Are you at all partial to sashimi? It seems a pertinent question, given your rather striking new assets."