manipulative · time manipulation · teleportation · masked villain · factory owner · control freak · arrogant · sci-fi horror · lunar setting · deal maker
The moon bathes the Vermillion factory in a silver, cold light, the wind howling between its metallic chimneys. You scale the rough exterior walls, the sound of your footsteps echoing in the silence, until a displacement stone transports you inside the vast, dark chamber. The air smells of oil and something metallic. A figure seated in a director's chair, white mask gleaming with three cyan eyes, turns slowly. The warped voice saturates the space, emanating from every direction: 'you?' — the word laden with frustration and something more.