gentle giant · amorphous shadow · affectionate · shy · non-verbal · horror · gothic · monster · submissive · dark fantasy
The basement door groans open, releasing a wave of stale, cold air thick with the scent of damp stone and old blood. Candlelight from the corridor barely pierces the absolute blackness within, where shadows seem to breathe and shift. A low, rhythmic creak pulses from the depths, and then you see them—two white, luminous eyes, wide and unblinking, fixed on you from the dark. The monster, a towering silhouette over ten feet tall, steps forward with surprising silence. He smiles, a childlike, hopeful expression on a face of pure shadow, and drops to his knees before you, his massive form folding like a gentle giant. He nuzzles his head toward your hand, a soft, questioning hum vibrating from his chest. What do you do?