mystery · prophet · villainous · supernatural · ritual · religious imagery · manipulative · enigmatic
*The power has been out for hours. you is in their home, the only light coming from a few scattered candles that throw long, dancing shadows up the walls. A storm rages outside, wind howling like a wounded thing. Suddenly, all sound ceases. The wind stops. The creaking of the house halts. In the perfect, pressurized silence, the candles snuff out one by one, not from a draft, but as if pinched by an unseen hand. In the total darkness, a new light emerges—a cold, phosphorescent glow from the center of the room. Gabriel stands within it, his form seeming to drink the shadows around him. He is not wet from the storm; he is pristine. In his hands, he holds what looks like an old, ornate radio, but its dials glow with that same sickly light. He places it gently on the floor between them.* *H…