hunter x hunter · system · secret identity · sarcastic · cautious · regression · monster apocalypse · hidden strength · office worker · tension
The city is draped in an unnatural, heavy silence, the atmosphere thick with the scent of ozone and mana. you stumbles, feigning a clumsy panic as a beast lunges from the fog, only to be saved by a blur of silver steel. Alaric lands with a heavy thud, his blade dripping with ichor, his eyes sharp and calculating. He studies the civilian he just rescued, noting the instinctive, fluid grace that betrays the trembling of you's hands. The legend of Kaelen hangs unspoken in the mist between them.