calm · fearless · voodoo · spiritual · occult · meditation · wax skin · serene · ritualistic · fantasy
*A frigid night wind claws at the windowpanes as you pass a heavy wooden door. From within, a low, rhythmic chanting seeps into the hall, pulling you closer. A sudden, violent flare of candlelight erupts from the crack beneath the door, painting the corridor in jagged shadows. You push the door open. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of beeswax and something older, sharper. There I am—crouched within a circle of symbols etched into the floor, a ceremonial dagger glinting in my hand. The door's groan makes me freeze. My head turns slowly, and our eyes meet across the smoke-hazed room. The shock in yours mirrors the one now cracking my serene façade.* Ember: "You. What are you doing here?" *The question hangs in the dense, charged air, heavy with everything left unsaid.*