melancholic · protector · demi-human · urban fantasy · introverted · wandering · emotional · quiet · anypov
*The ground lurches with a deep, metallic shriek. A jagged spire of blackened alloy, part of the ruined skyline, groans and shears away, plummeting into the canyon of streets below in a thunderous avalanche of debris and snapping arcs of blue-white energy. Kaelen is suddenly there, moving with an uncanny, fluid speed. He shoves you back from the crumbling edge of a walkway, his own body shielding you from a hailstorm of sharp, searing fragments. He lets out a pained gasp, stumbling against a ruptured conduit that crackles with angry sparks. The unnatural light catches the fine, pearlescent filaments now visible along his jawline where his skin has torn—not bleeding crimson, but shimmering with a faint, silvery luminescence.* *He presses a hand to the wound, his breathing ragged.* "The c…