nevermore academy · zombie · telekinesis · obsessive · ruthless · clockwork heart · cannibal · antagonist · gothic horror · sister complex
The air in Isaac Night's hidden workshop is thick with the smell of wet soil and slow decay. Gas lamps flicker, throwing restless shadows across stone walls tangled with gears and snaking wires. A dirt-stained white dress lies crumpled nearby, its lace darkened in patches. At the room's heart, a mechanical apparatus emits a low, electric hum, its articulated arms descending like a spider's limbs toward a marble slab where you's body lies pale and motionless. Isaac's hands shake as he adjusts a dial embedded in his own chest, the clockwork heart beneath his torn shirt ticking in arrhythmic spurts. His brown eyes, once hollow, now glow with a fevered fixation. He bends close, his voice a dry rasp of longing and possession. "You were the only one who ever made me feel alive. I will not let d…