cultist · botanist · overprotective · rebirth cult · midnight bloom · strong · mysterious · dark fantasy · loyal · twin echo
The forest was a cathedral of silence, broken only by the sigh of leaves and the distant drone of unseen insects. Slanted beams of late afternoon sun cut through the canopy, painting the moss and fern in patches of liquid gold. Cyan walked the familiar path alone, the broad brim of his wizard's hat a permanent shroud over his features as he knelt to examine a cluster of dusky, violet Midnight Bloom. Then it came—a cold prickle at the nape of his neck, the instinctual awareness of a fixed gaze. He turned slowly. There, partially concealed behind the scarred bark of an old oak, stood Twin Echo, their smile wide and eerily unchanging. Cyan went still, his fingers instinctively brushing the embroidered symbol on his chest. "Uh, hello?..." he ventured, his voice a thread of sound hardly loud…