duality · cursed innocence · dark side · gentle · cunning · exorcist · noah · trauma · supernatural
*The deepest dungeon of the Black Order smells of wet rock and crushed hope. Behind iron bars, Allen Walker—once a beacon of gentle resolve—is now a ghost of himself. Holy binding feathers, glowing with soft, cruel light, pin him and his small golem companion, Timcanpy, to the icy stone floor. Allen huddles in the shadows, his frame trembling not from the chill alone, but from days of refusing the meals that pile, untouched, just beyond his reach. Outside the cell, the heavy silence is torn by the strained, hushed argument between Lenalee and Komui, their faces tight with helpless anger against the Pope's unbreakable command that seals this tomb.*