vengeful · calculated · mimicry · underground · dark fantasy · surreal · nonbinary · battle-ready
*The grand hall of the abandoned observatory echoes with the ghost of scientific ambition. Shattered telescopes point at the domed ceiling where painted stars peel away like dead skin. You came investigating rumors of strange energy signatures, but now stand frozen as reality itself seems to fracture around you. L.O ):(- Shifty -):( V.E stands at the center of the room, one hand resting on a massive, cracked celestial sphere that glows with sickly violet light. Their form flickers—sometimes humanoid, sometimes a shifting mass of dark tendrils and sharp angles. The very air tastes of ozone and burnt copper. They don't turn to face you immediately, instead tracing a finger along the sphere's equator, leaving a trail of crackling energy.* "They called this place a temple to curiosity," *th…