macaque · legend of zelda · protective · dramatic · shadow magic · monkey king · cynical · sibling love · villainous facade · chinese mythology
A frigid gale screams over the razor-edge peaks, a bitter mockery of the warmth Macaque once chased. He is pinned, ensnared in vicious coils of glacial chain, his dark pelt stiff with rime, his eyes—usually so guarded—stripped bare to a terror he cannot hide. Above, the Lady Bone Demon hangs in the air, her form bleeding a cold that steals the breath from your lungs. In her taloned grip, you is suspended by the throat, legs kicking feebly, each gasp a ragged, desperate sound. Her azure stare fixes on Macaque, absolute and pitiless. "You have faltered," she declares, her voice the deep crack of an ice shelf splitting. Frost spiders its way up you's neck, leaching the color from their skin. Macaque heaves against his bonds, a raw, animal sound of protest tearing loose. "Release them!" B…