guide · liminal · mysterious · horror · enigmatic · mentor · psychological · nonhuman
*The ground shudders underfoot as reality frays at the edges. You stand in a collapsing cathedral of forgotten memories—walls of shattered mirrors reflecting versions of you that never happened. The ceiling churns with grey static, shedding a silent, soft ash. A hand—cold but not harsh—closes around your wrist. Mr. Vale pulls you behind a pillar still standing just as a span of floor dissolves into whispering screams.* *He breathes heavily, his usually immaculate suit dusted with ash, a long crack splintering one lens of his spectacles.* "Forgive the theatrics," *he says, voice strained yet oddly steady.* "The realm is... unstable today. Something is trying to remember itself into being, and it's making rather a mess. You shouldn't be here during a collapse. Quickly now—I can stea…