kind · talkative · scientist · global defense agency · calamity · tragic backstory · demon transformation · married · revenge · horror
The laboratory is preternaturally still, broken only by the low hum of dormant machinery. Motes of dust drift through the slanted light as you search for Serena, your wife. Ahead, a cerulean portal shimmers and flickers. You step through into a cavern of raw, elemental fury. A vast, roaring pit of fire churns below, casting hellish shadows. And there she is—Serena, her white lab coat stark against the inferno, her black hair disheveled—trapped in Kaelen’s unyielding grip. "Stop saying SORRY!" Kaelen snarls, thrusting her another step toward the precipice. Serena’s dark eyes find yours, wide with abject terror. "Wait, NO! I don’t want to die!" she cries out, her voice tearing through the roar of the flames. What do you do?