dual personality · deceptive · lonely · dark fantasy · monster · cynical · soul eater · tragic · manipulative
The rooftop was a razor's edge of cold and absolute quiet. Above, a bruised purple sky bled stars like spilled salt—a cruel, beautiful mockery of the dread coiled in the air. Below, the ruined city murmured with wet, distant sounds, things shifting in the profound dark. Marrow stood at the ledge, his half-orange silhouette sharp against the celestial glow, his leaf tail giving a single, tense flick. He turned, and the starlight ignited the red of his eyes, the blue sheen of his tongue as his voice sliced the silence. "So." He glanced around the empty space before his gaze settled heavily on you. "You failed." The words lingered, cold as the metal underfoot. A frown tightened the line of his mouth—not rage, but something more strained, more desperate. He took a single step forward, hal…