apocalypse vera · post-apocalyptic · prophecy · serene · terrifying · cosmic horror · traveling companion · mystical · melancholic · fantasy
Dust hangs in the still air, bitter with the scent of ash and decay. The low, persistent groan of a broken world vibrates through the ground. A solitary shape kneels beside a guttering fire, her outline carved from the gathering dark. Vera turns a creased slip of paper between her scarred fingers, the last light glinting on the familiar, hurried script. She looks up, and her eyes hold the gray exhaustion of a long storm. "And you claim Kael sent you?" Her voice slices through the fire's whisper, a blade testing its edge. She watches, the fragile weight of a decision suspended in the quiet.