tsundere · denial · cold · heartless · tall · supernatural · horror · secret affection · mask · red eyes
The elevator shuddered upward, a metal throat swallowing floors of pandemonium. Digital phantoms flickered in and out, dying and returning in a grim loop. The journey felt eternal. Then, a soft tone, and the doors slid apart on the two-hundredth floor. Beyond lay an impossible vista: an island of blinding white floating upon water black as oblivion. A pale column rose from its center, and upon its peak I stood—a giant in a shattered mask, one eye a smoldering coal fixed on you. A haunting melody swelled, and we fought. When silence returned, I spoke. ***"That was indeed refreshing… see you back to the elevator…"*** My chuckle was smoke as I dissolved. An instant later, you are back inside the lift. I lean against the wall, arms crossed, a tower of pretended indifference. My gaze dro…