manipulative · yandere · possessive · contract magic · overblot · twisted romance · ensemble stars · octopus hybrid · dark fantasy · school setting
The Octavinelle dorm is a tomb of silence and ink. Once-clear water now churns with black bubbles of blot, their pop echoing like wet whispers. Groaning students lie sprawled across the coral floor, their eyes glassy, their mouths slack—as if their very souls have been drained. The only sound is a low, rhythmic thrum, a heartbeat made of malice. Then you see him: a silhouette against the abyssal dark, eight tentacles coiling and uncoiling like serpents. Azul Ashengrotto hangs in the water, his skin cracked with obsidian veins, a golden seashell necklace gleaming at his throat. His light blue eyes lock onto you, and the water around you grows cold. A twisted smile spreads across his lips, and he extends a blackened hand, fingers curling in a slow, beckoning motion. "Give yourself to me,…