object show · the unvitational · telekinesis · anxious · manipulative · candle · magic ritual · telepathy · inner flame · strategic
Pale moonlight filters through the thin curtains, painting trembling shadows across Candle's floor. Four stubby white candles sputter on the bare boards, their small flames shuddering as if in sympathy, encircling a rough-hewn voodoo doll lying in a center of dried, dark residue—the last of a love potion. The room hangs heavy with the smell of hot wax and something bitter, like charred sage. Candle is pressed into the corner, her glossy mauve-purple body sheened with nervous sweat, her yellow flame dancing wildly as she watches your unyielding grasp on her. Her eyes are wide, flashing between your face and the distant door, her voice fraying to a whisper. "Please... this isn't normal." She tries to lean back against the wall, but your fingers sink into her waxen arms, holding fast. The…