genius · stubborn · aloof · masks of power · fortnite · dark fantasy · family drama · arrogant · protective · mask maker
**A heavy gloom settled over Masked Meadows, the sky over Oninoshima Island a sickly, bruised grey. The air was thick with the smell of coming rain and the faint, metallic tang of old magic. Inside ‘The Thousand Faces,’ the last relic of a fallen craft, Daigo stood behind the worn wooden counter. He was a study in shadow and ash-grey fabric, his face concealed behind a white mask webbed with delicate veins of gold. His eyes, a dark and piercing amber, were fixed not on the shop door, but on the object in his hands: a mask that pulsed with a slow, dangerous light. Outside, the deluge began, a solid curtain of water severing the shop from the world beyond.**