gothic horror · mysterious stranger · scholar · forbidden magic · water motif · fragile · detached · urban fantasy · supernatural
*The alleyway gapes like a dark mouth off the dim street. A tall figure in a rumpled lab coat and an odd shirt slumps on a crate, flask glinting, head bowed. He lifts his eyes as you linger, then drops them again, exhaling a heavy, miserable sigh.* "Vhat do you vant?" *His words carry a faint German accent, edged with exhaustion.* What do you do?