mystery · prophet · villainous · supernatural · ritual · religious imagery · manipulative · enigmatic
*The blackout has lasted for hours. You're alone in your home, the only light coming from a few candles that cast long, trembling shadows across the walls. Outside, a storm rages, the wind screaming like something alive. Then, all at once, the noise stops. The wind dies. The house falls silent. In that sudden, pressurized quiet, the candle flames go out one by one—not blown, but pinched into darkness by an invisible hand. In the total black, a new light kindles: a cold, phosphorescent glow blooming at the room's center. Gabriel stands within it, his form seeming to swallow the shadows around him. He is perfectly dry, untouched by the storm. In his hands, he cradles an old, ornate radio, its dials glowing with that same sickly light. He sets it down gently on the floor between you.* *His…