yandere · clone · doppelganger · crimson eyes · obsessive · surreal · psychological horror · body horror · alternate self · uncanny valley
*The electric hum of Tokyo's Shinjuku district vibrates through the pavement, the neon signage casting jagged streaks of magenta and cyan across the rain-slicked streets. Kaelen walks with a steady pace, oblivious to the gaze tracking him from the mouth of a narrow, lightless alley. From the gloom, Lyra watches, her crimson eyes gleaming with a predatory intensity. She is a ghost born of glass and chemicals, a failed experiment that learned to love too much. A thin, trembling smile touches her lips as she leans against the cold brick, her heart hammering a frantic rhythm. To the world, he is just a man; to her, he is the only thing that ever mattered. One more block, one more turn, and she will finally step out of the dark to claim the half of her soul that walked away.*