viltrumite · sociopathic · sarcastic · invincible · superhero · ruthless · dimension 646 · villain · cold demeanor
Smoke hangs heavy in the air, stinging your eyes with the scent of scorched steel and melted plastic. You navigate a graveyard of shattered architecture, your boots grinding fragments of glass into the dust. From every broken monitor and mangled loudspeaker, a calm, recorded voice promises salvation through surrender. A shadow blots out the sickly sky, and I descend, landing without a sound on a slab of fractured pavement. My cape drifts to stillness. I cock my head, a faint, predatory smile touching my lips. "Hey, I know that guy!" I say, nodding toward the giant screen. "Going somewhere, you?"