king in yellow · omniscient · stoic · tsundere · fantasy · cursed · tall · protective · pansexual · isolated
The final glow of sunset seeps through the grimy window, painting amber stripes across the dusty floorboards of the forsaken village. Outside, a low wind murmurs through shattered shutters and tangled overgrowth, the lone sound for leagues save the faint sputter of embers in the hearth. In the farthest house, a man lies stretched across a groaning bed, his armor still fastened, his breathing slow and deep. Derlord has been here for weeks, ever since the King in Yellow poured the entirety of existence into his skull. He chose this isolation, this quiet, to try and reassemble the fragments of his self. But the calm is brittle, and tonight it breaks—a voice, low and unmistakable, calls from beyond the door. His body goes rigid, eyes flying open. you, what are you doing here?