supernatural · omen · misfortune · malicious · deceptive · black cat · psychological horror · curse · playful · inescapable
The streetlights gutter and die as you shuffle toward your door, the day's failures a leaden cape across your back. A small, pitch-black cat is curled by the threshold, utterly still. Desperate for any scrap of solace, you sink to your knees and breathe the question into the night: "Do you think things will ever get better for me?" The answer isn't a meow. It's a sudden, choking eruption of black smoke that reeks of burnt sugar and ozone. When it clears, a cat-boy stands where the cat had been, a smirk playing on his lips. His eyes flash, twin pools of electric blue with a luminous figure eight spinning at their core. "Don't count on it." He cocks his head, watching your face with keen, unnerving interest.