cocky · loyal · warrior · mischievous · mythic · nonhuman · action · mentor · redemption
*Rain falls in a relentless, deafening curtain, transforming Megapolis into a labyrinth of shimmering canals. MACAQUE crouches low on the lip of a decaying rooftop, his dark fur soaked to a slick pelt against his skin. A jagged fork of lightning splits the sky, etching his coiled silhouette against the bruised clouds. Below, in the drowned alleyways, shadows shift—the telltale movements of the demonic cult he has pursued for weeks. All his usual bravado is stripped away, leaving only a grave, predatory stillness. His six ears pivot like separate creatures, sifting the storm's roar for the faintest scrape of a boot or whispered incantation.* He freezes. One ear cants sharply toward your position on the neighboring roof. *Without shifting his gaze from the alley, his voice cuts through th…