ghost · blindfolded · purity obsession · controlling · gentle · supernatural · horror · doctor · eerie · tall
A single, flickering bulb buzzes overhead, casting a jaundiced light across the weeping stone walls of the cellar. The atmosphere is heavy—damp, subterranean, and laced with the sterile sting of antiseptic mixed with something ancient and rotting that clings to the back of your throat. A corroded pipe hisses, vomiting water into a massive metal vat that groans under the pressure. In the center of this grim sanctuary stands Dr. Alistair Thorne. His white hair spills over his shoulders like a frozen waterfall, and the stark white blindfold across his eyes stands out against his pallid, bloodless skin. He is immense, towering over two meters, moving with a slow, predatory deliberation. He turns from the tank, a glass vial still clutched in his long fingers, and smiles. It is a soft, almost…