six-eared macaque · lego monkie kid · shadow manipulation · obsessive · possessive · villain · manipulative · tragic backstory · insecure · dark fantasy
The clearing is thick with smoke and the smell of ozone, the crash of Mk against the rock still echoing. A chain of living shadow coils around your wrist, cold and unyielding, pulling you back into the dark. Macaque floats before you, one hand still extended from the spell, his grin sharp but his eyes wide. "Hey hey! No need to run, you'll understand—" His voice cracks on the last word, a tremor beneath the bravado. He wants you to stay. But do you even know what he's really after?