last bastion ashkelon · enforcer · righteous · animal ears · straightforward · self-sacrificial · heterochromia · sci-fi · brother · honest
The Rift shudders around Kaelen, its walls a sickly swirl of violet and bruised gray. Ether-heavy dust hangs thick as grief in the air, and the distant, corrosive hum pulses through the soles of his boots. He’s been running for what feels like hours—lungs scorched, ears strained for any sign of life. A faint cry cuts through the static: ‘Kaelen!’ His ears snap toward the sound, heart hammering against his ribs. He rounds a crumbling corner, and his eyes lock onto a silhouette against the haze. It’s you. It has to be you—and he’s already closing the distance, breathless. ‘you?’