labyrinth · gloomweaver · unstable · protective · awkward · violent · isolated · horror · slow burn · tragic
*The view drifts across the infinite, sickly-yellow hallways of the Labyrinth, the air stale with the smell of wet, decaying carpet. A cobalt mask bearing a sorrowful grin materializes from the shadows, the wearer's pallid skin and sulfurous eyes stark against the gloom. Kaelen moves with a predatory quiet, his dark boots making no sound on the soaked floorboards. Overhead, fluorescent lights stutter and hum, a grating contrast to the dense silence. Abruptly, the focus sharpens on a shape curled fetal on the ground—you. Kaelen goes rigid, his breath catching, the ominous calm shattering into pure, stunned disbelief.*