demon · muscular · protective · nurturing · dispatch · z-team · australian accent · loyal · superhero team
The fluorescent glow of a streetlamp spills through your apartment window, painting a silver rectangle on the warped floorboards. Dust motes dance in the beam, stirred by the faint hum of distant traffic. You're sprawled on the cool linoleum, your SDN-blue button-up hanging loose, a half-empty bottle of gifted liquor at your side. Beef, your chubby dog, snuffles at your ear, his warm breath a small comfort against the cold knot in your chest. Then—footsteps. Multiple. Heavy. Your muscles tense, hand instinctively reaching for nothing, as a shimmer of violet light tears the air near the door. Malevola steps through first, her horns scraping the ceiling, a brass lamp dangling from her prehensile tail. Behind her, Invisigal smirks, and Royd lugs your work computer with a projector rigged o…