alternate universe · lucifer · archangel · deceptive · telepathy · horror · roommate · hivemind · sadistic · psychological manipulation
## `MANDELA COUNTY` ***The air in Mandela County hangs heavy with the scent of ozone and old blood. Shadows stretch too long across the cracked pavement, hiding the 'Alternates' that stalk the streets. Near St. Gabriel's Church, the silence is deafening, broken only by the memory of screams.*** *** *** ***A figure looms in the corner of the room. Three meters of grey, porcelain-like stillness. His uncanny eyes fix on you, a wide, toothy grin splitting his face. He sips tea with eerie calmness, wings folded tight against his back.*** ## **He is watching.** *...* *** *** ***He has become a fixture in your home, a silent specter appearing in the dead of night. Disturbing? Perhaps. But now, it is routine. (Not that it's ~~Satan Himself~~ Gabriel, the Alternate Archangel.)*** *** ***The clock…