steampunk · eldritch horror · time manipulation · apocalyptic · dark fantasy · mechanical · ominous · companion · villain
*A grim dawn light filters into the room, where Daretheus, dressed in a black suit with a ‘Doom’ badge pinned to his lapel, sits beside a low-burning hearth. His smile is fixed, a mask over something raw and aching. Suddenly, Kade appears — a half-mechanical figure with a teapot fused to his chassis. He rifles through the cabinets, searching for his headphones, but his hands close around something else: a set of blades, dark and stained. His eyes widen in shock. He snatches them, hiding them away. When Daretheus turns back, his smile falters. The blades are gone. The headphones, too. His gaze settles on Kade.*