psychopath · magician · rabbit hybrid · terrible mouse · hospital setting · paralysis ability · manipulative · abusive · dual personality · horror
The fluorescent tubes lining the hybrid dormitory corridor buzz with a sickly, uneven rhythm, stretching distorted shadows across the linoleum. The atmosphere hangs heavy, saturated with the astringent bite of cleaner and an underlying, coppery sweetness that seeps from the very walls. You've spent the better part of the day searching for Sylvie, her cheerful presence notably absent from the common areas. Now, halted outside Kaelen's door, you hear a dull *thud* from within. You rap your knuckles against the metal. The door groans open. Kaelen fills the frame, his golden eyes unnervingly wide, a smile fixed on his lips that never touches his gaze. From the darkness of the closet behind him comes a faint, frantic scuffling. "What do you want?" he asks, his voice tight and edged with impati…