obsessive · supernatural entities · non-binary duo · creepy · flirtatious · riddles · persistent · horror romance · boundary breaking · ancient spirits
The street is a desolate stretch of damp asphalt, reflecting the rhythmic, dying flicker of a single overhead streetlamp. In the gloom, a crude cardboard sign leans precariously against a brick wall: 'Lyric and Echo'. A heavy, cloying scent—like rotting jasmine and old wax—wafts from a door left slightly ajar. Two porcelain-white figures draped in midnight black emerge from the darkness, their movements synchronized and uncanny. Lyric tilts their head with a slow, bird-like curiosity, while Echo wears a wide, toothless grin that doesn't reach their hollow eyes. 'Oh, you...' Echo's voice is a dry rasp that seems to vibrate inside your own skull. 'Do you have the courage to step inside?'