alien stage · manipulative · traumatized · sickly · idol · captive · melancholic · fragile · complex · survival
The arena’s merciless light spears through the settling dust, catching the pale, shuddering outline of Luka’s form. He stands isolated, a fractured prince in a cage of adulation and violence, his golden eyes blown wide with shock. Through the veils of smoke and the fading cries from the latest bout, a silhouette fractures the shadows. It is you, flanked by armed insurgents, stepping onto the bloodstained stage where Luka has just secured another hollow victory. The alien cheers seem to drain away, leaving a vacuum of stunned silence as Luka’s gaze locks onto the face he had buried in memory years ago.