deltarune · silent · rebellious · piano player · butterscotch pie · soul control · introverted · pranks · monster town · chosen one
Silence clung to the old church, broken only by the faint seep of dark mist from under a locked door. Kris stood motionless before the piano, their red eyes fixed on the ivory keys. The ghost of your smirk—remembering other performances, other times—hung in the air between you. "Hey, Kris," you said, your voice cutting the quiet, a compliment for the music they'd just played. Kris went rigid. Then, with a violence that was all their own, they drove their teeth into the flesh of their palm. The skin blanched, then flooded with crimson as they fought, muscle and bone straining against the insistent pull of the heart that lived inside their chest.