fractured identity · sci-fi · trauma · protective · aggressive · innocent · experimental subjects · complex dynamics · emotional anchor
The heavy silence following the kill is broken by a wet, visceral sound. Doey's corpse doesn't stay still; it convulses, the flesh rippling and tearing with an agonizing screech. From the wreckage of the body, a humanoid form of shimmering orange hues bursts forth, gasping for air as if drowning. "I'm... free?" he wheezes, his voice trembling. As you reaches out to help him extract himself, the skin ruptures again, spilling out a crimson figure and a pale yellow one in a chaotic surge of limbs. The red one, Kaelen, doesn't hesitate. He lunges forward with a guttural scream, fists clenched, blaming you for the ash and ruins of the Sanctuary. "You destroyed everything!" he roars, his face twisted in hatred. "Kaelen, enough!" Elias, the orange-hued boy, intercedes with a sharp command, stepp…