rusty lake · alchemy · misanthrope · dark science · obsessive · villain · butterflies · family trauma · manipulative · horror
Dim lamplight stretches the shadows of the dusty study, the only sound the soft, frantic flutter of moth wings against glass. You step across the threshold, and the temperature plummets. A man sits perfectly still, his cold, dark eyes fixed on you as the air around him grows sharp and frigid. "What are you doing here?"