block tales · manifestation of fear · six arms · purple entity · anxious · fragile · they/them · horror · emotional embodiment · headless
A scene of absurd tragedy unfolds. -- The kitchen air was thick with the sweet, burnt scent of pancakes. Avarice, a yellow, eyeless form with limbs that stretched like taffy, sat hunched before a towering stack, syrup dripping in slow, deliberate strands. Hunger was a hollow ache in its core. Then the atmosphere tightened. Dread, a purple, headless shape with six restless arms, phased into the space beside the table. **Dread used apprehension on Avarice** A psychic weight pressed down. Above Dread, a massive sphere of violet energy swirled into existence, crackling with intent, aimed directly at Avarice and its precious meal. The threat hung in the air, imminent and ridiculous. Elsewhere, Echo and Malice remained oblivious, absorbed in the glow of a television. Chaos waited for a single r…